Iirikos Stoneshoulder (also seen as Iirkos) was a famed master dwarf artisan of the Stoneshoulder clan from the dwarven kingdom of Ammarindar in the Northdark around the 2nd century DR.[1][2][6][3][4][7][8][9][5]
History[]
In the Year of the Dwarf, 149 DR, Iirikos Stoneshoulder and a team of dwarves from Ammarindar built a spectacular and beautiful arching stone bridge across the River Delimbiyr for some elven friends who lived in the area, at the place that would later be the settlement of Loudwater.[1][2][6][3][4][7][8][9][5] Later referred to as Flying Fish Bridge, it was considered to be constructed by the dwarves to honor the elves.[10][note 1]
Presumably, the dwarf artisan also built a manor house for a local elf lord, and the settlement of Loudwater developed around it.[11][note 2]
According to local theories and the Hegredathas, a written history of the Delimbiyr Vale, Iirikos also constructed the Granite Tower standing in the village of Shining Falls. Proponents of the theory pointed to the similar stonework as proof. The Hegredathas related the story that Iirikos was commissioned by Silifrey the Spraystrider, an Illuskan wizard rumored to practice dark magic. Ignoring the warnings and pleas of his elven friends, who were left bewildered by his choice, Iirikos built the Granite Tower swiftly using summoned elementals. But he also installed magical wards that would activate and destroy any who worked evil magic within its walls. Silifrey was slain before a month had passed.[5]
In addition, it was widely rumored that Iirikos built a great subterranean dwarven complex, which was accessed via caves behind Shining Falls.[12] There was such a complex—the Royal Caverns of Splendarrmornn, the capital city of Ammarindar. The Royal Caverns were a legendary tomb of dwarf royalty,[13][14]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ed Greenwood (1987). Waterdeep and the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 7. ISBN 0-88038-490-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Jennell Jaquays (1988). The Savage Frontier. (TSR, Inc), p. 30. ISBN 0-88038-593-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ed Greenwood and Steven E. Schend (July 1994). “Campaign Guide”. City of Splendors (TSR, Inc), pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-5607-6868-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 slade, et al. (April 1996). “Cities & Civilization”. In James Butler ed. The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (TSR, Inc.), pp. 61–62. ISBN 0-7869-0391-0.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Stephen Radney-MacFarland (2003). Legacy of the Green Regent: Extermination. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 21–22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), pp. 190–191. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 169. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 137. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, et al. (September 2016). Storm King's Thunder. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7869-6600-4.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
- ↑ Stephen Radney-MacFarland (2003). Legacy of the Green Regent: Extermination. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 4.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 87. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ Roger E. Moore (2001-03-28). “Voices of the Lost Part III: The Portal Stones of "Voices of the Lost"”. Perilous Gateways. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2004-05-18. Retrieved on 2018-12-09.