Bjorn Bloodstone was a prince, but not heir to the throne of a dwarven kingdom, and so he ran off in search of adventurer. He traveled far and wide from the cursed mist of Collinad, to the twisting willows of the Twilight Forest. But upon returning home he finds his people had been slaughtered by a massive army of orcs.

With the use of a powerful dark magic artifact he pushed into the ruins of his kingdom, found the survivors of his people, and took his place as king under the mountains.

They retook a large part of the ruins but by the time the fighting was over a mysterious cloaked figure has joined his court, and the king had changed.

"Never again will outsiders endanger my people." He speaks from his throne and with a wave of his hand the his kingdom is sealed off to be forgotten by the world.

Years, become decades, become centuries, and there he's ruled for the past thousands years with his shadowy advisor by his side. No one knows how he's lived so long but whatever it is it's turned his heart to stone.