Forged in Powder and Blood (The ballad of Garrok the Gunsmith)

In a land where steel and sorcery still reign supreme, the dwarves have sparked a quiet revolution — the invention of black powder and the first true firearms. But in a world slow to embrace change, few outside the mountain halls understand these weapons… fewer still can craft them.

Garrok Halforcen, a half-orc outcast and self-taught gunsmith, is one of those few.

Armed with nothing but his handmade guns, raw grit, and a head full of stolen knowledge, Garrok heads for the lawless frontier — hoping to forge a life of freedom, far from the scorn of both human and orcish kin.In the clash of black powder and blood, one half-orc’s defiance may shape the future of warfare… and his own place in the world.