The Soul Forger was a religious book dedicated to the deity Moradin the All-Father, penned sometime before the late 15th century DR.[1]
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Dwarven myths are so engaging because the skeleton of their story is tied to a craft of the modern era. The bones are made of steel, iron, nickel, copper, a whole host of metals alloyed and superheated and fused together at the joints of legend.
Moradin, Soul Forger, All-Father, is said to have crafted the dwarven species from the very core of the planet Abeir-Toril. By retelling this story, dwarves link themselves to the craft of blacksmithing; they have, in one fell swoop, tapped an ore-vein of metaphor and discovered a seam of cultural import.
For dwarves are not born so industrious, so stoneworthy, so clever at geology. Rather, unlike the growth of long bushy beards, it is learned behavior.
Moradin, Soul Forger, All-Father, is said to have crafted the dwarven species from the very core of the planet Abeir-Toril. By retelling this story, dwarves link themselves to the craft of blacksmithing; they have, in one fell swoop, tapped an ore-vein of metaphor and discovered a seam of cultural import.
For dwarves are not born so industrious, so stoneworthy, so clever at geology. Rather, unlike the growth of long bushy beards, it is learned behavior.
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— An excerpt from the introduction to The Soul Forger.
Content[]
The book opened with an introduction chapter that attributed Moradin's widespread worship and abundance of dwarvish myths to the fact that much of them are at the very core of modern crafting and the art of the forge. The introduction also stated that Moradin forged the dwarves from the materials of the center of Abeir-Toril.[1]
History[]
In the Year of Three Ships Sailing, 1492 DR, a copy of The Soul Forger was stored among the many religious books available to the guests of the Stormshore Tabernacle, a non-denominational shrine in Baldur's Gate.[1]
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Video Games
External Links[]
The Soul Forger article at the Baldur's Gate 3 Community Wiki, a community wiki for Baldur's Gate 3.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.