Nyr's Chronicles

VI. Hammerfall

V. A Dwindling Fate and Broddur's Betrayal

IV. On Fengar and the Family Feud

III. On Stouthammer Hall and the War of the Dwarves and Orcs

II. Of Khazad-Dûm and Nurvi Stouthammer

I. Born from Stone

In my work as a chronicler, I have hithertho talked about what is known and tried to bury what is clouded by doubt - for a chronicle should try to pursue the telling of real stories and leave the figments of imagination to the realm of myth and prose. However, 'tis true that, sometimes, darker stories are quite left out, and that they are unjustly forgotten due to fear of having to tell them. The story I am about to tell should not be read as a true fact, for it is riddled with doubts and no sureties can be deduced from the very little proof I managed to gather.

This is the story of Bari Wormbane son of Buri whom lived from 2381 to 2638 TA. Bari lived in the Blue Mountains with his father whom often fancied travelling into the ice wastes of the Northern Ered Luin and Forochel. One day, however, Buri did not return after several days and Bari feared the worst. Therefore he himself prepared to travel North in search of his father. It was a very harsh winter and the days were dark. Many tried to persuade Bari from going out there on his own, but Bari was stubborn and did not heed their warnings.