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For five generations, the Slayer Kings of Karak Kadrin have labored
under competing vows: the oath of a Slayer to seek out death and
the oath of a king to watch over and protect his people. However,
the son of Ungrim, Garagrim Ironfist, has devised a means by which
these burdens might be lifted. After consulting with the oldest
and wisest Dwarfs of the Hold, Garagrim made an important realization.
If he could fulfill the Slayer vow that would pass to him when
his father died, then future generations would no longer have
the debt upon their honor. With no kingly vows to hold him back,
Garagrim embraced the life of the Slayer, leaving the courtroom
of his father to live among the hard-stone halls of the Shrine
of Grimnir.
Garagrim has taken the ancient title of War-Mourner, an old rank
that was once used by the High King's champions. It is the duty
of the War-Mourner to act in the King's stead in battle, accepting
the King's honor as his own and vice versa. As far as honor and
tradition are concerned, Garagrim's Slayer vow is the same as
his father's.
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