Gundar's Questionnaire

Gundar lives in the Appy mountains, its the closest thing to his old dwarvish mountain home. He occasionally leaves on trips to other states to visit the natural wonders of the American wilderness. A dwarf may spend all their time in the mines and in the shop smithing away but that doesn't mean they don't appreciate the sun and the surfaces wonders. After all the sun is a source of heat and fire and those are key to a dwarf's creations. His current home in the Appalachian is built on the side of one of the more discreet mountain ranges, Gundar prefers his privacy afterall, it has a walk way built along the side of the mountain once the terrain becomes too steep to traverse normally. The walk way eventually lead to a wooden door, upon entering through said door a person will be greeted with a wide open room full of amenities. One side of the room is a bedding and resting designated area, decorated with animal furs along the floor to be used as rugs, a bed, a dining table with a couple of seats, a fireplace with a fire running at all times, as well as a seat with a smaller table and a candle stick in a holder to see. On the other side of the room is a kitchen area with cabinets and a fire stove. Next to the cabinets is a door that leads to a smaller room that serves as a food storage area, all food and drink and all sorts of ingredients are stored here. In the middle of the whole room however is a door with a stair case that leads into the deeper down into the mountain, upon descending one will reach the black smithing room where Gundar creates tools and weaponry. Along the walls are racks of tools and weapons ranging from swords all shapes and sizes to tools such as hammers and pickaxes. On a smaller table is more of a wood working station lined with sharp tools meant to dig into woods of all types of hardness. One side of the room is dedicated to heating and hammering all the metals. The staircase continues to lead on deeper however but at the bottom all that lies is the mine where Gundar retrieves all his metals and working materials from within the mountain.

Gundar smiths his own metal jewelry and coins whenever he gets low on money, he then goes to the nearest town or major city and pawns it off to a jeweler in exchange for money. Although Gundar is pretty self sufficient he does like to indulge in American consumerism, he's capable of cooking and brewing his own meals and alcohol but that doesn't stop Gundar from buying a good ole juicy burger with a nice cold tap beer. He also has found himself intrigued and captivated by the recent introduction of Gunpla figures in his life causing another form of drain in his savings.

Gundar is striving to craft and make his magnum opus, the artifact he will craft that will grant him a spot in the hall of master dwarf craftsmen. He will strive to find the ultimate metal and tools to craft this artifact, he is willing to risk his life for the process of creation as so is the will of a dwarf. Once a dwarf sets their mind to craft there is nothing that will stop the race of creators from piecing together their ideas and bringing it to fruition. A dwarf's blood is creation after all, to strip creativity from them is to sentence them to death. Dwarven ambition for creation and constructing is built it from generations upon generations of craftsmen.

Gundar was originally from middle-earth but do to mystical otherworldly forces was transported to human modern day earth. He resides in the closest mountains resembaling middle-earth. Before he was transported here he was in the middle of creating his ultimate legendary artifact but now he has lost all progress and must start all over again. He decided to explore this new world and see what new sort of metals there are to be tampered and used in creating tools and weapons. Gundar was changed in the fact that now he has a whole new world to explore and begins to think that maybe his artifact doesn't have to a weapon of war or a tool for work and maybe just a work of art something that Gundar would be happy to claim as his greatest creation.

Gundar didn't have many close relations back in middle earth but the closest thing he has to a friend currently is his smithing hammer. That hammer has been through thick and thin with Gundar and he could now stand to lose it. He would rather die than be separated from his hammer. Gundar has uses that hammer for every creation he has made, it is like his family or more so an extension of his being. To be left without his hammer is to be left with a whole in Gundar's being. He is incomplete without that hammer. He would do anything and everything to get his hammer back should it come that they are left without one and other. He is prepared to level cities just to feel the soft wooden handle in his hands, the handle crafted from wood harvested from Yggdrasil itself, with a head made of Adamantite that Gundar himself had harvested.

Gundar's parents were Gyren and Galdrina, he lived with them until the age of 15 when he began to go off and live on his own. During his childhood he fit in relatively well with his peers, although he had a knack for craftsmanship at a younger age than most dwarves did, on the days Gundar didn't go out parading around the hold with his fellow young dwarves he would remain at home within his room chipping away at stocks of wood or molding blocks of metal into his new creation for the day. As he grew his knack for creation did as well, at some point he began distancing himself from friends and family and began working on his crafts non stop. Eventually, at the age of 15, he was hit with new inspiration. He decided to explore the world and leave his dwarf hold behind and view the worlds wonders for himself, to find and be inspired for his artifact.

Gundar hasn't been in love in the typical romantic sense with another sentient being. More so he is in love with creation and how something is made, he is in love with the process and struggle and steps to make anything and everything. He stands in awe when a woodworker takes their carving tools and begin to chip and chisel away at the wood revealing the elegant form hidden underneath all the overlapping layers of wood. He revels in excitement seeing a carpenter construct a new building, watching as he brings down his hammer with all his might. Might fueled by his desire to support his family, his desire to aid whoever is in need of a house, whoever is in need of a road, a tool, a weapon, a toy, a utensil. Gundar is love with creation and the process, he firmly believes everything has a use.

Gundar fears two things, being separated from his smithing hammer and dying before being able to accomplish his goal of creating his masterpiece. As all dwarves strive for, creation, Gundar strives to create the ultimate piece of art in his eyes. Something that when he dies he can die happy knowing he put his all into a piece of work and that it has been well received by those around him and those around the world. Dying before he is able to achieve that wish would be detrimental to his dwarven heritage and legacy. His name wouldn't be written in the Halls Of Honor of which every legendary dwarf is entered into. His family would look at his grave with sadness and pity that Gundar wasn't able to create an artifact or a masterpiece. As for his smithing hammer he would rather die than lose it, it's one of his most precious possessions as he gathered, forged, and decorated the hammer and its materials all himself. Part of his soul is essentially forged into the hammer and it has become an extension of himself. Together with his hammer there isn't a thing he can't work on or improve to a greater height.

Gundar's most prized possession is his smithing hammer, it is his essentially part of his soul. He would go mad with rage if he was separated from it, would stop at no lengths to retrieve it and find it. Its special because he harvested all the materials, forged and smith the metal for the head, cut and decorated the wood all on his own. It was his very first project and thus is incredibly special for him. Secondly would be his battle-axe, Golden Lion, he spent a lot of time and put in a lot of effort to make it. He spent a while studying enchantment runes to give the axe special properties. While it isn't as important to him as his hammer it still has its worth as it required a lot of materials. The Golden Lion has runes inscribed that allows it grow in length and its able to return to Gundar granted he has used it within a certain period of time

Gundar's biggest problem right now would be his lack of access to other materials that aren't metals, stone, or wood. It is hard finding materials in a world you are unaccustomed to. Gundar has been attempting to find different fabrics as well as clay for molding. He was reasonable access to animal skins and fur as he lives in the mountains he is able to hunt easily. He also has been trying to meet with different artisans and learn more about their crafts but he has had trouble finding some way of communicating with them. Although after completing a contract he has been promised a meeting with a great artisan to be able to learn more about their craft. Right now Gundar is seeking to learn different metal layering techniques as well as exploring the plethora of tools in this new world he has found himself in. Example being that he has only used handsaws but has stumbled across a a table saw while out and about in town one day and has now gained a curiosity towards modern tools.

Gundar wakes up relatively early just as the sun itself is rising, he is as well. He starts off with a hearty breakfast of eggs, some meat, bread and a cup of mead. He then decides on what task will be worked on for the day whether it be working in the mines and harvesting new materials to stock up, going hunting for food, gathering resources/getting wood, or working in the forge and making something new. He then gets to work with whatever task he has given himself, spends roughly 6 hours working has lunch then works another 8 hours. Once he is wrapped up for the day he has a nice dinner and heads over this his chair by his campfire and relaxes for a while just to unwind before bed. He reads a book or part of it and decides what would be a good task for the next day and heads off to bed.

Depending on the event Gundar would attempt to do research on the customs of this world by heading into town and asking around or heading to the library and reading on the culture. He would ultimately decide what type of outfit he would need and find some sort of clothing store or possibly a tailor, whichever is more accessible to him. He would ask how long it would take to commission something that follows the dressing regulations of the event and pay and wait however long is needed. After receiving his outfit he will head back to his home and put it on. In his home town any formal events would require you attend in your finest armors and furs, to be dressed in extravagant and well made armors, to show off your pride in your craftsmenshiop. So a formal suit is quite unnatural and unnerving for Gundar as well as extremely out of the norm for him.