Dwâr, The Dog-King
The Third of the Nine (Q. Ulaire Nelya)
The Dark Marshal, the Black Hunter, Dendra Dwâr, Dwâr of Waw
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Dwâr stood at 6’ and had a stalwart build. His pale hazel eyes and ruddy complexion typified his people. He draped himself in cloaks of grey, black and white. Dendra Dwâr was born in Horm on Waw in S.A. 1949. His early life proved difficult, for he was the son of a simple Wôlim fisherman and he was forced to work at the age of seven. The
labor hardened him for the trials to come, and kept his mind off his mother Ombril, who died during his birth.
In the year S.A. 1965, the K’prur of Hent landed on Waw and burned Horm. K’prur ships savagely stalked the Wôlim fishing vessels and sank all but the few that reached safe hiding in the sea-caves in the cliffs of Waw’s western coast. Young Dwâr, his brother Dwem, and his father Dendra Wim escaped, but a wound cost Wim his life several weeks later. Dwâr pledged to avenge the attack on his people and the murder of his beloved father.
Realizing that his own people possessed neither the skill nor the arms to defeat Hent, Dwâr sailed northward to Wôl, the warlike realm of the mainland Wôlim tribes. There, he learned the ways of the forest and the fields, and became an able warrior. The young man served in the Wôlim campaigns against the Brôdan and the Ts’dan peoples to the east. He rose to become a scout, working with the trained warhounds that cast fear into the lightly armed enemies of his mentor. Dwâr’s fascination with warcraft did not prevent him from seeking a more powerful means of exacting his revenge, and in S.A. 1969 he entered an arcane study devoted to ancient sorcerous arts. Dwâr became a mage. Dwâr emerged as the Lord of the Dogs in S.A. 1980. Surrounded by a small but capable contingent, he wrestled the citadel of Alk Waw from the K’prur overseer, establishing a foothold on the remote peninsula in southeastern Waw. K’prur warriors besieged the hold, but packs of huge dogs roamed the surrounding woods and kept them at bay for over a year.
Attempts to burn the forest failed, and a series of disquieting supernatural events sowed discord among the attackers. In S.A. 1982, Dwâr ordered his fighters to break the siege and sent his warriors forth into battle. Operating in conjunction with nearly two thousand warhounds, they smashed the K’prur line and scattered the army that had occupied Waw for seventeen years. The island was reconquered within a month. Unfortunately for the Wôlim, Dwâr established himself as the High-lord of their isle and refused to reconvene the Elder Councils. Waw became the Isle of Dogs, the domain of the Dog-King, and no one dared defy his harsh edicts. Dwâr tightened his control in the ensuing years, making Horm a monumental port and turning the southwestern forest into a preserve for his hounds.
In order to satiate his desire for power and vengeance, however, the Dog-King proclaimed that he was heir to all the surrounding islands and coastal realms, notably the peninsular kingdom of Hent to the north. His wrights constructed a fleet during the next year. Between S.A. 1985 and S.A. 1998, the Dog-warriors pillaged port towns and terrorized the coasts for hundreds of miles. All of the islands between Waw and the mainland were incorporated into Dwâr’s Kingdom. Dwâr reached the height of his power and poised his minions for the assault of Hent. Then, Dendra Dwâr vanished. His soul consumed by greed and hatred, Dwâr of Waw accepted the offer of immortality and took a Ring of Power from Sauron of Mordor. Although his armies conquered Hent and laid waste to its structures and populace alike, the Dog-King was nowhere to be seen. Dwâr’s nephew, Dendra Swip, assumed the mantle of Lord of Dogs during the celebration of the victory his uncle had savored most.
Dwâr the Ringwraith Dwâr remained in Waw, despite his apparent demise, for another two hundred and fifty-two years. During this era, he manipulated the line of his heirs and ruled from the shadows while residing in the solitude of Alk Waw. The years brought unceasing wars, as the folk from the Isle of Dogs pursued continual campaigns of plunder and conquest. Peace came only after Dwâr’s departure for Mordor in S.A. 2250. From S.A. 2250 through S.A. 3262, Dwâr lived at Barad-dûr in the Black Land, where he bred the War-wolves of Mordor. The offspring of his labors haunted Endor for centuries to come, but the culmination of his work awaited a later day.
When the Númenoreans of Ar-Pharazôn captured Sauron, Dwâr fled back to Waw. The Dog-King went back to Mordor in S.A. 3320, a year after the Lord of the Rings escaped the Downfall of Númenor and returned to the Dark Tower. Dwâr resumed his work, preparing for the oncoming struggle against the Dúnadan successor states of Arnor and Gondor. The War of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men claimed the lives of the finest of Dwâr’s foul hounds. Most perished at Dagorlad; others died in the defense of Mordor or were hunted by the Elves and Dúnedain in the nearby hills. Dwâr himself followed the fate of Sauron, so when Barad-dûr fell and the Evil One lost the Ruling Ring, the Lord of Dogs passed with his Master into the Shadows.
Dwâr reformed and reawakened in T.A. 1051. While briefly at the side of the Dark Lord in Dol Guldur, he flew east to Waw later the same year. There, he resided for the next five hundred and eighty-nine years. Once again assuming his place as the ltimate power on Waw, the Dog-King incited his kinsmen to rebel against the extremely strong (but relatively benevolent) yoke of Lochas Drus. Settlers from the Isle of Dogs seized Cimoniemor in T.A. 1507 and Waw declared itself independent a hundred and ten years later. Ironically, Dendra Dwâr II refounded the kingdom. Sauron recalled Dwâr to the West in T.A. 1640. His work done in the East, the Dog-lord went into Mordor with the other Úlairi and began to prepare the realm for the Evil One’s eventual reemergence.
In the year S.A. 1965, the K’prur of Hent landed on Waw and burned Horm. K’prur ships savagely stalked the Wôlim fishing vessels and sank all but the few that reached safe hiding in the sea-caves in the cliffs of Waw’s western coast. Young Dwâr, his brother Dwem, and his father Dendra Wim escaped, but a wound cost Wim his life several weeks later. Dwâr pledged to avenge the attack on his people and the murder of his beloved father.
Realizing that his own people possessed neither the skill nor the arms to defeat Hent, Dwâr sailed northward to Wôl, the warlike realm of the mainland Wôlim tribes. There, he learned the ways of the forest and the fields, and became an able warrior. The young man served in the Wôlim campaigns against the Brôdan and the Ts’dan peoples to the east. He rose to become a scout, working with the trained warhounds that cast fear into the lightly armed enemies of his mentor. Dwâr’s fascination with warcraft did not prevent him from seeking a more powerful means of exacting his revenge, and in S.A. 1969 he entered an arcane study devoted to ancient sorcerous arts. Dwâr became a mage. Dwâr emerged as the Lord of the Dogs in S.A. 1980. Surrounded by a small but capable contingent, he wrestled the citadel of Alk Waw from the K’prur overseer, establishing a foothold on the remote peninsula in southeastern Waw. K’prur warriors besieged the hold, but packs of huge dogs roamed the surrounding woods and kept them at bay for over a year.
Attempts to burn the forest failed, and a series of disquieting supernatural events sowed discord among the attackers. In S.A. 1982, Dwâr ordered his fighters to break the siege and sent his warriors forth into battle. Operating in conjunction with nearly two thousand warhounds, they smashed the K’prur line and scattered the army that had occupied Waw for seventeen years. The island was reconquered within a month. Unfortunately for the Wôlim, Dwâr established himself as the High-lord of their isle and refused to reconvene the Elder Councils. Waw became the Isle of Dogs, the domain of the Dog-King, and no one dared defy his harsh edicts. Dwâr tightened his control in the ensuing years, making Horm a monumental port and turning the southwestern forest into a preserve for his hounds.
In order to satiate his desire for power and vengeance, however, the Dog-King proclaimed that he was heir to all the surrounding islands and coastal realms, notably the peninsular kingdom of Hent to the north. His wrights constructed a fleet during the next year. Between S.A. 1985 and S.A. 1998, the Dog-warriors pillaged port towns and terrorized the coasts for hundreds of miles. All of the islands between Waw and the mainland were incorporated into Dwâr’s Kingdom. Dwâr reached the height of his power and poised his minions for the assault of Hent. Then, Dendra Dwâr vanished. His soul consumed by greed and hatred, Dwâr of Waw accepted the offer of immortality and took a Ring of Power from Sauron of Mordor. Although his armies conquered Hent and laid waste to its structures and populace alike, the Dog-King was nowhere to be seen. Dwâr’s nephew, Dendra Swip, assumed the mantle of Lord of Dogs during the celebration of the victory his uncle had savored most.
Dwâr the Ringwraith Dwâr remained in Waw, despite his apparent demise, for another two hundred and fifty-two years. During this era, he manipulated the line of his heirs and ruled from the shadows while residing in the solitude of Alk Waw. The years brought unceasing wars, as the folk from the Isle of Dogs pursued continual campaigns of plunder and conquest. Peace came only after Dwâr’s departure for Mordor in S.A. 2250. From S.A. 2250 through S.A. 3262, Dwâr lived at Barad-dûr in the Black Land, where he bred the War-wolves of Mordor. The offspring of his labors haunted Endor for centuries to come, but the culmination of his work awaited a later day.
When the Númenoreans of Ar-Pharazôn captured Sauron, Dwâr fled back to Waw. The Dog-King went back to Mordor in S.A. 3320, a year after the Lord of the Rings escaped the Downfall of Númenor and returned to the Dark Tower. Dwâr resumed his work, preparing for the oncoming struggle against the Dúnadan successor states of Arnor and Gondor. The War of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men claimed the lives of the finest of Dwâr’s foul hounds. Most perished at Dagorlad; others died in the defense of Mordor or were hunted by the Elves and Dúnedain in the nearby hills. Dwâr himself followed the fate of Sauron, so when Barad-dûr fell and the Evil One lost the Ruling Ring, the Lord of Dogs passed with his Master into the Shadows.
Dwâr reformed and reawakened in T.A. 1051. While briefly at the side of the Dark Lord in Dol Guldur, he flew east to Waw later the same year. There, he resided for the next five hundred and eighty-nine years. Once again assuming his place as the ltimate power on Waw, the Dog-King incited his kinsmen to rebel against the extremely strong (but relatively benevolent) yoke of Lochas Drus. Settlers from the Isle of Dogs seized Cimoniemor in T.A. 1507 and Waw declared itself independent a hundred and ten years later. Ironically, Dendra Dwâr II refounded the kingdom. Sauron recalled Dwâr to the West in T.A. 1640. His work done in the East, the Dog-lord went into Mordor with the other Úlairi and began to prepare the realm for the Evil One’s eventual reemergence.
Species
Age
2924
Date of Birth
1949 S.A.
Children
Eyes
Pale-Hazel
Hair
Brown
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Chestnut
Height
6’
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