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===Pre-1st Edition and 1st Edition Biography === | ===Pre-1st Edition and 1st Edition Biography === | ||
[[File:GakamaktheSmasher.png|left|frameless|435x435px|border|Pre-1st Edition Rules]]There is little love lost between the Abyssal Dwarfs and the Orcs. The heartlands of both these wicked races centre upon the great Abyss, whence all the evil in the world issues. The Orcs are regarded as unpredictable and destructive by the Abyssal Dwarfs, and despite similar goals – the subjugation of the kingdoms of other races – the Orcs and Abyssal Dwarfs find themselves battling one another more often than not. | |||
The Abyssal Dwarfs have bound the Abyss in rings of fortresses of iron and obsidian, although periodically some mighty Orc Krudger comes along and throws it all down. The Orcs may be a plague upon the world, but if it were not for them the Abyssal Dwarfs would be able to direct all their unholy energies south, towards the lands of gentler folk. One such Krudger was Gakamak the Smasher. His early history is unknown; he fought his way from obscurity to fame, and like many Krudgers, descended the same way. But for a brief period, Gakamak’s name was whispered with dread as far away as Ileuthar. | The Abyssal Dwarfs have bound the Abyss in rings of fortresses of iron and obsidian, although periodically some mighty Orc Krudger comes along and throws it all down. The Orcs may be a plague upon the world, but if it were not for them the Abyssal Dwarfs would be able to direct all their unholy energies south, towards the lands of gentler folk. One such Krudger was Gakamak the Smasher. His early history is unknown; he fought his way from obscurity to fame, and like many Krudgers, descended the same way. But for a brief period, Gakamak’s name was whispered with dread as far away as Ileuthar. | ||
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Legend states that Gakamak stole the shield from a great and ancient sorcerer deep in the Ice Mountains, though if this is true, the identity of this wizened mage remains unknown, leading some to suspect he lives yet, bound in chains by the Smasher, held against some future service he will be forced to perform. | Legend states that Gakamak stole the shield from a great and ancient sorcerer deep in the Ice Mountains, though if this is true, the identity of this wizened mage remains unknown, leading some to suspect he lives yet, bound in chains by the Smasher, held against some future service he will be forced to perform. | ||
Some even claim that it is to this northern fastness that Gakamak has returned following the defeat of his armies and that the mage is being forced against his will to forge all manner of magical weapons and devices for Gakamak and his most trusted lieutenants to carry into battle against the armies of Mantica when next his hordes are mustered. If such tales contain even a shred of truth, Gakamak’s Siege of the Abyss might prove but the opening in a far wider and ultimately more destructive war against every race of Mantica | Some even claim that it is to this northern fastness that Gakamak has returned following the defeat of his armies and that the mage is being forced against his will to forge all manner of magical weapons and devices for Gakamak and his most trusted lieutenants to carry into battle against the armies of Mantica when next his hordes are mustered. If such tales contain even a shred of truth, Gakamak’s Siege of the Abyss might prove but the opening in a far wider and ultimately more destructive war against every race of Mantica | ||
===2nd Edition=== | ===2nd Edition=== | ||
[[File:Gakamak_the_Smasher2ndedition.png|left|frameless|432x432px]] In battle, Gakamak the Smasher lives up to the title by which he is known and feared across the whole of northern Mantica. He is utterly unafraid of engaging even the most threatening enemy and has felled every foe from noble Elven Drakon Knights to the winged Abyssal demon known only as the Lord of Midnight. | |||
===3rd Edition=== | ===3rd Edition=== | ||
[[File:Gakamak the Smasher3rdedition.png|center|frameless|587x587px]] | |||
== Trivia== | == Trivia== | ||
