Elbek Hammerhand

Elbek Hammerhand is a Dwarven Warrior.

Biography
His family hails from Northern Etrand, with his mother having died not too long after his birth. His father had no idea what to do with the child who was suddenly left to him, he thought he'd do better if he moved to the capital and tried to forget about his dead wife. So he opened a beer brewery in Grandfolk, and as his son Elbek grew older, he got him into a school, thinking that his son would bring the well-awaited glory to his family, if he became a bear-riding mercenary warrior. Elbek wasn't lacking in physical strength, he was good at swinging the mace, and all was good as long as they were practicing on foot. But during the first time when Elbek was meant to mount a bear, he got an unusually grumpy animal that went feral, dropped Elbek from its back, and even stepped on his leg as the dwarf was trying to roll out of its way! His left leg was broken, and it didn't matter that the healers fixed him up - Elbek knew, that he wasn't as strong as he needed to be, and when there's a storm, his leg itches. After that, he proclaimed, that he shall never be a bear-rider! He'd rather beat all the bears in the head than sit on the back of even one of them!

He did not want to be an axeman either, as he had no love for axes, thinking - "Should I instead start learning how to shoot? Ah, why would I try to make a hedgehog out of my enemies, when I can just get in front of them and bonk them in the head with my mace?" - so, the masters decided that Elbek wasn't good enough for him. To "celebrate" this, he went home to his father - who by that time has gotten succesful enough to build a small tavern next to his brewery - and drank until he got wasted. Unfortunately, in his "illuminated state of mind", he got into a fight with people way above his weight class, and thus got beaten up badly. The next day, his father hold him that he should be smarter than to pick a fight with a master blacksmith. Both of them were surprised when the next day, around the noon, the aforementioned blacksmith paid them a visit, and told them, that despite all that happened, he'd gladly receive Elbek as an assistant, having seen his strength. Of course, he added: only when sober!

This is how it happened, that Elbek became a blacksmith's apprentice. For three years, he shoveled the glowing metal, and he has fond memories of that time. Over time, it turned out that his master wasn't doing his craft one hundred percent legally, at least when it came to acquiring the base ingredients of his handiwork... so Elbek has come to learn a lot of dirty tricks from his master, such as forgery, falsification of official papers, as well as smuggling. It seems that some of his master's rivals absolutely hated to see how flourishing the business was, so one fateful morning, when Elbek was going to work, he found the bleeding corpse of his master on the floor. He took a close look at the body to see if it was still living, and fortunately, he was still breathing. He yelled for a healer until one was found. His master would recover slowly, and decided to leave the city. Elbek couldn't imagine a life outside of the city, so he did not go with him. So he's still here, in Grandfolk with his ageing father, as a half-trained warrior - but besides his mace, self-made armour and some gnarled brandy, he doesn't much to his name...

The original FRPG
Elbek joined the Hungarian forum on the 29th of July, 2010, precisely at 12:24, but never took part in an adventure.

The 2012 game


Elbek was intended to be among the recruitable companions, but the game's development never got far enough to even make him meetable to begin with.

The 2013 game


Elbek was planend to be a recruitable companion in the 2013 game as well, but the game never got beyond some initial designing.