Jorun Tamewater

Jorun Tamewater was an elderly but strong dwarven shipwright and engineer who worked in Targos in the early 14 century DR.

"Aye, I still have some rock and fire in me yet. When I caught them trying to set fire to me ship, me eyes filled with blood – I've spent too long carving her hull to let it be touched by goblin filth."

- Jorun Tamewater

Description
Jorun was a pale-skinned dwarf. He wore a set of leather armor and was armed with a warhammer.

Possessions
Jorun Tamewater's home stood at the bottom of the cliff to the southwest from the docks'. At the time of the goblin attack, the dwarf rigged one of his chests with a deadly surprise of a stinking cloud for any unwitting thieves.

Relationships
Jorun Tamewater had a strained and argumentative relationship with Lumbar Grundwall, a lumber merchant in Targos. After a fight in 1312 DR, the two stopped talking with eachother.

History
In the, the Ten-Towns and the town of Targos became besieged by a goblin army that served the Legion of the Chimera. Jorun Tamewater, an experienced engineer, and his son Olap Tamewater, constructed a crane to transport lumber up the cliff from Targos's docks to the outskirt of the town to build defensive palisades. The lumber came from disassembled wooden buildings and even some of Jorun's boats and ships. When goblins breached Targos's defenses and commenced a surprise attack from underground, Jorun Tamewater caught several "rock-crawlers" trying to set fire to Jorun's ships in the harbor. Furious, the dwarf attacked the invaders and caved numerous enemy skulls in.

Shortly after the battle, a group of adventurers from Luskan met the dwarf shipbuilder. He shared an important observation – the goblins did not jump the palisades, and they carried pickaxes, theorizing that the sappers found a way into Targos through some old cave underneath the town.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Icewind Dale II