Strommuth Bronzebrand

Strommuth Bronzebrand was a dwarf warrior of the Bronzebrand clan sent to Mount Rann to recapture the fallen Dwarven Crucible from the humanoids who had long infested the Wosswood. The Crucible was the former charge of his family, and so the mission had a personal quality to it for Strommuth. Unfortunately, his attempt to kill the Goblin King Sorzek failed, and he was imprisoned within the Crucible, forced to watch while the goblin king grew a nation from within the small fortification. Strommuth Bronzebrand was found within the dungeons of the Crucible by the Heroes of Blackbridge in 5E.1521, who freed the dwarf and gained his aid in forcing their way to the Crucible's ruler. Before the Seal, they faced Sorzek, but Sorzek managed to talk the adventurers into a deal. Strommuth left, disgusted, yet before he could disappear into the forest, Aldus pursued him and conversed with him in secret, telling him to return with reinforcements. Strommuth left for the homeland of the Bronzebrand family and returned with reinforcements, ousting the weakened Sorzek and taking back his family's property.

Strommuth met Viscount Malcolm Stenet of Ayles when the Viscount was wandering through the Wosswood; the Viscount used Brionac to aid the dwarves in their battles against Sorzek, even helping them to push the goblin back to Issethil. At Issethil, Strommuth lost two of his brothers in battle, as he would lose many more throughout the war. Strommuth's ultimate fate is unknown; after the Sunscourge Heresy, the Deluge, and the opening of the Worldwound, it is said that the magic of the Crucible and the Seal were corrupted, and its defenders were corrupted along with it, becoming eternal wardens.