The monk order of Gurnaur Dothraan is linked to the first appearance of the ancient Ghazakiin among the dwarven colonies. The Ancients paid their first visit to help north-morinsen near the Iron mountain get rid of the dracolich Hoordurksahf. Impressed by the effectiveness of Ghazakiin monks, king Thorin Morinsen the fifth ordered three of his most able dwarven brawlers to request teachings from the leader of these remarkable warriors. Shanlung Glaurd'Har, leading master of the monks finally agreed to teaching only one of the warriors, the only one which appeared to regain his stance after a forceful footsweep.
Hafnasek Grensvik was this warrior's name, who became the first dwarven disciple of Shanlung Glaurd'Har, forming the Stonefist order which stands eversince , now under the leadership of Hafnasek's grandson, Ronsford.
Hafnasek took the original Mountain Dragon Fist style and adapted it to the dwarven body, turning the speed into accuracy and the agility into constitution, forming a more dwarf-friendly style of unarmed combat.
His son, Ibnar added four different stances and three foundations to the style.
Boulder Shoulder he named the judo-aikido-esque throws and footsweeps which were a little bit more than dwarven wrestling.
Rock Carving was the name of the fist fighting style which used full brute force of body and used the waist as the centre of power much like in shotokan karate.
And Lava Soul gives way to the Ki in a dwarven monk's body, enabling them to use advanced technique much like taijiquan.
The stances are called
Bugbear Leap which focuses on the jumps, leaps and rolls
Fend the Drow, which uses popular limb twisting techniques
Umberhulk Stomp which teaches the importance in legwork
and Stalagmite Walking which finally helped dwarves learn some better balance, being stalwart on their feet but as unable to move one, so were they clumsy to move.
Ronsford can be found in claw mines and will gladly teach any dwarf the basics of the style if asked.
Prerequisite: 4 discipline, 14 con 14 str, feats: power attack, toughness
_________________ "There is no Sparta. THIS. IS. SPOON!!"
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