Byrnoth Gundadrakk

Byrnoth Gundadrakk is the son of the former King of Barak Varr and because of this he became the new King of Barak-Varr following his father's death. Brynoth became famous for his killing of the Sea Dragon that terrorized Barak-Varr for years, and following this he became the primary pusher of the current growth path that Barak-Varr is on.

Born a younger son of the king of Barak Varr, he cultivated friendships with dwarves from other military cities, merchants and travelers. Byrnoth interested very early for iron ships of his military town, and learned of the machinists who were responsible for the fleet as they had to wait and control. Possibly Währe the young dwarf become a captain, but then overtook his family their fate: On a voyage had the young Byrnoth Gundadrak watch as the sea dragons Mauledekorr that with the Dark Elves of Naggaroth stood in the league, his father and his older brother - the heir Barak Varrs - devoured. Before he the throne Barak Varrs could take he had to, as the for a Dawi heard avenge this grudge. At the Shrine of Grimnir he swore while put a foot on land until he had killed the murderer of his relatives and the priests received the ax Rhymakangaz. Byrnoth chased Mauledekorr across the seas of the Warhammer world. He went for clues, toured the Vampire Coast, passed the fort at dusk, crossed the boiling sea, looking for the sparkling Gulf and the sea of despair from. Eventually he followed the sea monster to the Dragon Isles, where he led the monsters killed in a titanic struggle in which it its name, which means " hammer of the dragon is made ​​"all the glory. When the last dragon was dead, he emerged gasping but alive again from the waters before he celebrated by his followers after Barak Varr returned, where he was crowned. Under Byrnoth Gundadraks reign, there were some changes in Barak Varr, the king was worried that the cosmopolitan city in danger of losing its roots in the Worlds Edge Mountains. Therefore, he has determined that young Bartl Inge to be educated in Karak Kadrin be sent, and many of his Hammerer and Longbeards applicable to influential positions. Although traders fearing the city might lose its cosmopolitanism, is the king who limps as a result of the fight with Mauledekorr suffered leg injury, highly regarded, and its laws are respected without hesitation.

History

Early History

Born a younger son of the king of Barak Varr, he cultivated friendships with dwarves from other military cities, merchants and travelers. Byrnoth interested very early for iron ships of his military town, and learned of the machinists who were responsible for the fleet as they had to wait and control. Possibly Währe the young dwarf become a captain, but then overtook his family their fate

War of Tears

Main Article : War of Tears

The Dwarven War of Tears Our greed had given way to laziness. We stopped watching the borders, and they just walked in.

“We had just supposedly won the largest conflict in our people's history and yet I looked around and saw cracks all around me. Our armies were devastated, our economy was in tatters, and although we had destroyed the only real threat on the continent who knew what lurked in the darkness.” — Logan Bronzebeard It was only 50 years after the end of the War of Vengeance that the truly devastating moment of Karak Ankor would arrive in the form of a massive series of earthquakes that rocked the World Edge Mountains, and caused irreparable damage to many of the Dwarven Holds. The Skaven had not intended on causing this but they had attempted to open their great hanging bell within Skavenblight and instead had nearly destroyed the world, and had caused massive fissures to spread throughout the deep places of the world. The Skaven were depleted dramatically but the Dwarven losses were far more difficult to replace and thus the trade off ended up being a very good one for the Skaven. This damage along with the severe depletion of their armies in the War of Vengeance meant that the Dwarves were very vulnerable at this point, and it would be at this point that the thirteen Skaven Lords would decide to make their fateful move against Karak Ankor. The Greenskin The Skaven sparked the Goblin exodus from the east and into the lands of the Dwarves, as well as causing the earthquakes that ravaged Karak Ankor. “The Dwarven Holds were once the envy of the world. Elves, Demons, and all manner of monsters had thrown themselves at us for centuries and the Dwarves had always managed some how to stay alive. This time our enemies came at us from the outside but even more dangerous was how they burrowed up from our own homes. We were fighting an enemy more numerous and in most places had lost the defenses we had spent centuries constructing.” — Logan Bronzebeard The Skaven had begin to infiltrate massive number of Skaven into the weakened tunnel systems of the Dwarves in preparation for a massive invasion. Alongside this new deployment of their own forces they had spent years before the earthquakes launching their own attacks against the greenskin in an attempt to bring them into the conflict, and this took the form of burning whole villages of Goblins in the regions of Ukraine. These massacres led to the Goblins doing exactly what the Skaven thought they would do when they migrated westward into the path of Karak Ankor and the World Edge Mountains, and recovering from the War of Vengeance the Dwarves were unable to do anything to really stop this goblin migration into the World Edge Mountains. The Goblins had always been around and in a way tolerated by the Dwarves, but now it was as if they were attempting to take over the Dwarven Holds in a way they had never before even attempted. The first sign that things were changing was when a goblin army led by a force of Black Orcs rampaged through the Dwarven realm of Karak Ungor, and this would be the true start of the War of Tears. Fall of Karak Ungor Morek Stonehammer the surviving King of the Stonehammer Clan “Watching Karak Ungor burn was the first moment in my life that I have ever questioned our domination of the mountains.” — Logan Bronzebeard Karak Ungor stood at the far east of the World Edge Mountains and for this reason the entire Hold was the first thing in the path of the massive Goblin Horde that was screaming in from their old lands in Ukraine and farther east. The Dwarves who lived here dug more deeply than any other to promote and capture precious metals-a-days, and so deep and so widespread were their tunnels that even the most experienced amongst the Hold's miners didn't know the full extent of how far the tunnels went. After the earthquakes, the city was shaken as countless Night Goblins flocked to the numerous half-forgotten tunnels in the city and destroyed the defenders who barely were aware of the problem even as their outlying mines were overrun. Thulerd Bronzebeard would lead a small force from the Realm of Ekrund into the Realm of Ungor in order to ascertain what was happening with the realm and arriving at the main gatehouse they were attacked by Goblins and Thulerd would be captured by the greenskin while the rest of the party outside of Dwilin Bronzebeard were killed leaving Dwilin to return to Ekrund with news of the fall of Karak Ungor.With news of the fall of the actual Hold itself having spread it was Morek Stonehammer the King of the Stonehammer Clan that brought in massive numbers from the other Stonehammer Clan Hold of Karak Varn and attempted to retake the Hold. The army would make four attempts to retake the city but each attack failed due to the defenses of their own fortress and the incredible amount of goblins that were now teeming in the Hold. On the final attack they were joined by a force from Ekrund led by Snorri Bronzebeard of whom would manage to get inside the main gatehouse of Karak Ungor but once inside they were set upon by the Greenskin leader and his bodyguard and after Snorri was killed by the Goblin King the army would retreat leaving the goblins in command of the fortress. After these seemingly countless trials, they fought back to Karak Varn, and Karak Kadrin in the hopes of regrouping. The goblins would rename the Hold Red Eye Mountain and it would become the main base of the Goblins for centuries following its fall. “Karak Ungor is not some small mining outpost. This is one of the core pillars that hold our empire up. We must bring everything we have to bare. We must retake Karak Ungor. We must take vengeance for the dishonor we have recieved.” — Gotrek Starbreaker When Karak Ungor fell the High Dwarves were still extremely strong and because of this the High King in Gotrek Starbreaker called a meeting of the Kings of the Holds in Karaz-Az-Karak where he wanted to discuss what steps they would take as a people. As the Dwarves arrived the Kings of the eastern Holds discussed how they were under massive assault from Goblins coming from the east, and also their were growing number of attacks from Skaven who were burrowing from beneath the Holds themselves. All of this news though was overshadowed by the fact that a large number of Holds had not come when summoned, and this would be the beginning of the schism of the Dwarven Race as the Sof-Dwarves sent token forces to show their support and the Rof-Dwarves barely sent anything. Gotrek Starbreaker who had lost three sons in the recent War of Vengeance which he had fought to defend many of these now absent holds was beyond upset about this dishonor and there was some discussion about attacking these absent holds but this was shelved when messengers arrived making it clear that Karak Varn was coming under massive assault. Battle of Karak Varn “We raced towards Karak Varn with nothing but the news that the Hold was under massive assault. I think despite the fact that Karak Ungor lie in ruins and was teeming with Goblins we all thought we had this under control, and standing amongst the hundreds of thousands of Dwarves that left for Karak Varn I have to admit I to believed we had things under control.” — Grimm Firebeard A massive army was assembled from all the clans of Karak Ankor and many of the Sof-Dwarves even sent numbers to the assembling force. After weeks of assembling their forces the army would head towards Karak Varn from three main meeting points. The largest force left from Karaz-Az-Karak and headed towards Karak Varn, the second largest force headed from Karak Azul in the north, and the smallest force headed from Barak-Varr and was mainly consisting of Sof-Dwarves and southern Dwarves from the Grandin Mountains. The main force led by Gotrek Starbreaker consisted of some ninety thousand Dwarves and was massive in both size and skill so there was a level of cockiness amongst the army that didn't match the realistic position of the force. The main force would arrive on the western border of the realm of Karak Varn and would hold their to wait for the Barak-Varr force, and for word from the northern force. The force from Barak Varr would plan to travel to Karak Varn by stopping first at Karak Caraz, and this went according to plan until when they Ikit Claw would mastermind the fall of Karak and lead to the destruction of the southern force attempted to leave the hold came under a massive siege by a large force of Skaven who had burrowed their way up from the roots of the Hold. Word was sent to the main force that the Barak-Varr force was in serious trouble and would not be moving eastward, and at the same time the northern force sent word that they had arrived and were ready to relieve Karak Varn. As the two forces moved towards eachother to meet they found their path blocked by a large army of Goblins of whom was extremely large and as they couldnt communicate the two forces both moved agains the Goblin Force. As the main force moved against them they watched as the northern force moved towards Karak Varn in an attempt to get into the Hold itself. The northern force would make it into the Hold where they would find a desperate battle for the streets in which clearly the Goblins were winning. With their arrival they turned the tides and forced the Goblins back for a moment and allowed the Dwarves to rally to them and eventually retreat out of Karak Varn. Kraggdar after witnessing everything he loved destroyed in Karak Varn joined the resistence and would become critical to the war effort. "They all believed we had moved towards the Hold because we were betraying them but the opposite was true. We had come here to save Karak Varn, and that was what was most important. We understood that the main force could handle that army but the Hold itself was in danger of falling and we had to act quickly." -Dagus Tharassian Now acting alone the main force would fight for hours against the massive Goblin horde and when the dust had settled the Goblin horde lay destroyed but the main force was much diminished and word came to them that the northern force was falling before the forces attacking the Hold itself. When he asked whether the Hold could be held he was told that it was no longer possible, and it is said that Hinder wept tears of pain over the loss of the Hold before ordering all Dwarves in the realm of Karak Varn to retreat. Much of the people of Karak Varn were able to retreat to the nearby Karak Eight Peaks, but the forces within the Hold were nearly completely gone, and the northern force had lost huge numbers saving the Dwarves of Karak Varn so that they could escape. As the forces retreated Gotrek Starbreaker would be killed alongside one of his two remaining children, and several other Kings as the main force came under attack from the surrounding hills, and lost huge numbers trying to get to Karak Eight Peaks. The northern force had taken the southern way out and headed south towards Karak Caraz in an attempt to save the force from Barak Varr. By the time they reached the Hold all the Dwarves had either fled or lay dead inside the empty Hold of Karak Caraz. Fall of Karak Drazh "Everything was collapsing around us, and with the High King dead, and his brother coming to power, and then dying the entire Dwarven Race held its breathe for the death blow." -Kraggder Grimnar With the Dwarven army now in tatters, the new High King was sworn in, and before anyone could plan anything it was discovered that he was besieged in Karak Drazh. At this point the Dwarves were basically helpless, and as they planned a counter attack they got word back that Karak Drazh had fallen along with the High King in the fighting. Dwarves wept, and the sence of defeat was over everyone but Gotrek Starbreaker IV. the new High King would pull everyone up and take the High King crown. Gotrek Starbreaker IV. changed strategies from dealing with the Goblins in the open to attempting to rebuild as much of the Underway as they could while at the same time shoring up their defenses for any attacks that might come. The plan was the entire Karak Ankor to dig in while Brazen tried to get assistance from Croatia, and the Rof Dwarves as he believed that without help they would all fall. When Karak Drazh fell though everyone knew that the capital of the south in Karak Eight Peaks was right in the path of the Goblin Horde, and thus Brazen made the defense of Karak Eight Peaks a top priority. Fall of Karak Eight Peaks “In pride we built Eight Peaks, at the zenith of our ancient power. It was a wonder to the world; more beautiful then even Everpeak, open to the sky. A sign of our wealth and power, strong beyond the measure of Dwarf, Elf, or Men. We thought it would never fall and the mines would be ours forever.....What fools we were.” — Gotrek Gurnisson After decades of fighting a losing battle against the Goblins the Dwarves were hit with the hammer stroke in the form of the Skaven.

Killing Mauledekorr

On a voyage had the young Byrnoth Gundadrak watch as the sea dragons Mauledekorr that with the Dark Elves of Naggaroth stood in the league, his father and his older brother - the heir Barak Varrs - devoured. Before he the throne Barak Varrs could take he had to, as the for a Dawi heard avenge this grudge. At the Shrine of Grimnir he swore while put a foot on land until he had killed the murderer of his relatives and the priests received the ax Rhymakangaz. Byrnoth chased Mauledekorr across the seas of the Warhammer world. He went for clues, toured the Vampire Coast, passed the fort at dusk, crossed the boiling sea, looking for the sparkling Gulf and the sea of despair from. Eventually he followed the sea monster to the Dragon Isles, where he led the monsters killed in a titanic struggle in which it its name, which means " hammer of the dragon is made ​​"all the glory. When the last dragon was dead, he emerged gasping but alive again from the waters before he celebrated by his followers after Barak Varr returned, where he was crowned.

King

Under Byrnoth Gundadraks reign, there were some changes in Barak Varr, the king was worried that the cosmopolitan city in danger of losing its roots in the Worlds Edge Mountains. Therefore, he has determined that young Bartl Inge to be educated in Karak Kadrin be sent, and many of his Hammerer and Longbeards applicable to influential positions. Although traders fearing the city might lose its cosmopolitanism, is the king who limps as a result of the fight with Mauledekorr suffered leg injury, highly regarded, and its laws are respected without hesitation.