Essential to the operation of a lodge, Auric Runemasters serve a number of purposes. As high priests of the forge-temple, they craft the ur-gold runes that are hammered into the flesh of the Fyreslayers, giving them the power of Grimnir. Auric Runemasters are attuned to this power like no other, and can sense shards of ur-gold with an unmatched keenness - legends tell of Runemasters who could sense ur-gold located in other realms! Of course, their abilities extend far further than this sense - like all Fyreslayers, they have a prodigious talent and appetite for war, commanding flames with their forge-temple’s brazier; as they slam this brazier down upon the ground, the very battlefield itself cracks and splits, bathing the foe in scorching magma.

I imagined Runemaster standing on high peak of an old Dwarven stronghold, watching the crowded desert as the hordes of Orcs are marching beneath the dusky sky.

"Here we make our final stand!"

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