Areana and the Mountain of Blood

I am the daughter of deceit. I have spent my life exploring unknown reaches, traveling from world to world in search of wonder and magic. I've seen grand vistas, explored lost civilizations, observed many peoples, and discovered lost magic. In new places I craft a local guise for myself, and join up with adventurers on their many quests.

In this tale, long before I gained my title, dedicated myself to the tree, and called down the stars, I took the name Areana to explore and learn of a civilization built on the ruins of a previous age. The Goldenbeard Dwarves invited me to spend the winter amongst them in their subterranean city underpinned with structures of a previous age. Life underground took on a rhythm of martial training, mediation, theocratic debate, and magic learning. I became the chief suspect in a murder, that escalated a movement of youths to banish all non dwarves from the mountain. Misunderstandings, theocratic disagreements, and bloody secrets swirl beneath the mountain.