The Digger

This is a sacred duty. 

Somebody has to leave home. Somebody has to go into the wide world and live among strangers. Someone must return with their skills and techniques.

Today, it’s Maran’s turn. She’s a widow, so this sacred duty falls to her. She will be the wayfarer. She will leave the farmlands.

Maran turns her eye towards Jura City, the capital of her people, citadel of the dwarves, a city of the greatest inequity. Among dwarves, some clans are more equal than others, and her people are the least equal of all, barely above elves. That’s what you get for making things grow.

Even against great odds, Maran believes that she can make a difference. If she can make it there, she can crack the strongest granite, just like weeds among stone.