Arthur Ironarm



Arthur Ironarm is a half-dwarf of Keldagrim with a talent for magic. He has learned most of what he already knows from books and experimentation. He has the skill of an average fire mage due to the fact that fire spells were what he first learned. He is intent upon learning earth magics, since they involve more creation elements than fire magic, and enchantments. He is also a very talented blacksmith and crafter. His greatest acheivement was his spellcasting apparatus, one of the first inventions. It allows him to cast spells with little effort and absolute control, and the spells themselves have a little more power when cast. Of course, it isn't perfect, and it is the one device he modifies time and time again.

Keldagrim
Arthur was raised by Inara Ironarm and Uric Ironarm in the rich district of Keldagrim. Uric brought a great amount of money in to the family by forging high-quality weapons for the Black Guard and mining ore for the Trade Center. He taught Arthur all he could about living off the ore of the earth, how to forge metal, and his first spell: Superheat Item, the only spell dwarves trusted. Inara told him stories about how her father was a wizard of the Wizard's Tower. She always told him of how he had done great things for the world with magic, and Arthur was inspired by her words. He then decided to learn more about magic.

He read every book he could on magic in the Keldagrim library, cover to cover. He eventually managed to trade for some runes and get practicing. In his teens, he was able to do basic elemental spells. He then started to research complex machines. He constructed objects as small as desk widgets to as large as steamship engines. And his skills continued to grow.

When he was 19, he used the money he earned (along with a little financial aid from his family) to purchase a workship and some special materials, including runite ore for his first attempts at circuitry to extend upon his research. He began making devices powered by magic, and thus created his spellcasting apparatus. The Black Guard took interest in his research, and said that they would fund him further if he could make them weapons powered by magic.

He then began construction on even more projects, including a new battlearmor for the Black Guard. His success was short-lived however. A collapse in a nearby mining tunnel caused part of Keldagrim to collapse. Arthur's workshop was destroyed in the accident, along with most of his inventions and notes. He only managed to save his spellcasting apparatus and a few scraps of his notes on it. He didn't have the funds available to him to rebuild anything he had lost, and was forced to move back in with his parents for a short while.

Until he came to a decision. All he knew of magic was basic, and accomplished a lot with it. If he had a greater understanding of magic, he could do even greater things. He packed what he had left, and set out into the world of Gielinor in a search for more knowledge.