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Holtin Builderson
Name: Holtin Builderson of Clan Theriun
Race: Dwarf
Class: Sorcerer
Band: Blue
Gender: Male
Height: 4'4"
Weight: 160 lbs
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Ruddy brown. Holtin's beard stretches down to his stomach and is frequently braided in patterns with significance for his clan
Distinguishing Marks: None evident without close inspection, though his body is covered with faint scars of past combats.
Occupation: Holtin is one of the foremost sculptors in the city, but these days rarely frequents his workshop. He is also a noted sorceror, and teleports back and forth between the Coeur and his home city of Borisdach in the Irontooth Mountains.
Residence: Holtin lives in a sturdy house that he built himself in a poorer North Side neighborhood. Before he moved in the neighborhood was a run-down slum, but Holtin, working with community leaders, the guard and the druidess Fyrestarr, has led a concerted and partially successful effort to provide safety and employment. However, these days Holtin spends little of his time in the Coeur, preferring to sleep in his father's house in Borisdach. His room there was carved out of the mountain by the prayers of a Priest of Gnorr, and is only accessible by teleportation.
Effects: These days Holtin wears simple, loose-fitting white shirts and plain leather pants. He wears a simple iron skullcap, a leathery buckler on his arm, knee-high black lambskin boots, gloves decorated with a sunburst on each palm, and a gold pendant with a brilliant white diamond set in a sunburst design. Less spectacularly, he usually wears a heavy backpack and a belt hung heavy with pouches and vials.
Background: Holtin arrived in the Coeur eight years ago to open a stoneworking shop. His advancement in that field to a master craftsman has paralleled his strides in the field of sorcery. As he has become more personally capable, Holtin has played a prominent role in a number of struggles against dark forces, first in the Irontooth Mountains and then again in the Adenhault Barony. He has also begun to play a more prominent role in the affairs of his clan.
Holtin hails from the dwarven citadel of Borisdach in the Irontooth Mountains. Borisdach is one of the seven chief dwarven citadels in the Irontooths, the one located closest to human lands. Holtin belongs to Clan Theriun, the second-largest Borisdach clan, which has a mercantile focus. His father, Intorin Factorson, a notable merchant, is one of the clan elders, his position boosted not only by his long service but also recently by the usefulness of Holtin's magic for warfare and trade. His mother was a member of Theriun's rival, the large warrior clan Ogarokk, and her uncomfortableness with Intorin's liberalness led her to retreat into seclusion; as a result, Holtin was raised almost entirely by his father, though he is fond of his mother and visits her frequently.
His early career in the Parthenon was unremarkable to poor; he died several times, and got along poorly with many of the inn's patrons. On at least one occasion, the enchanter Eidolon Bliss caused Holtin's death in the Parthenon's fighting rings, and he is vaguely aware that there were others who awaited an opportunity to rid themselves of the annoyingly stubborn dwarf. Finally, Holtin spent the better part of a year dead as a result of a mishap in the inn's cellar, and after his ressurection, he rededicated himself to becoming a more competant and valuable adventurer, and earning respect. Since then, Holtin's magical research has led to a number of useful spells which have made him much more dangerous in a fight and useful in peace. He helped to rescue the Athyrian archmage Delloth Kinrael from captivity at the hands of a tribe of orcs, and has since worked with Kinrael in several areas, including giving aid to the besieged barony of Adenhault. He took place in an assault with elves and Celestians on the corrupted druidic stronghold of the Bonegarden in Delverness, and later helped the city guard stop a series of child murders related to Blackfire Stone dust.
Holtin is, in addition to being an adventurer and craftsman, is also a prominent member of the Hall of Faerg in the Coeur. He donates freely from his profits and has helped the church on several occasions, including its attempt to recover the stolen axe, Knorodran. His demeanor reflects Faerg's stern teachings: Holtin is firm and unyielding, a hard worker, practical and unpretentious, though his devotion to various crusades is out of the mainstream of Faerg's teachings. Recently, Holtin has become intrigued by the Faergian order of the Reforged, whose members attempt to reforge their very souls, expunging the dross to leave only that which is pure. He has located one of that order's manuals in the fallen dwarven kingdom of Cathilcarn, and displays the same obsessive interest in this that he applies to his crusades and his craft.
Skills and services:
Sorcery lessons, including an expanded selection of valuable original spells
Scrollwriting: All sorcery spells up through Inversion.
Identification: 25 ss per item
Stoneworking
Teleportation and other sorcery spells
Locks: unlocked for 25 ss each, must be detrapped first
Creation of constructs and golems
Affiliations
Affiliation: Faerg
Affiliation Status: Representative (18)
Friendly: Ahlrigh (2), Athyria (5), Celestia (6), City Government (6), Four Children (1), Rathenor (1)
Neutral: --
Disliked: --
Hated: Anvhad (-17)
Mortal Enemy: --
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