Melvig

Melvig, sometimes referred to as Melvig the Mad, was a dwarf born towards the end of the Fourth Age, the fourth and final child to the infamous Urist Goblinsbane. Melvig was younger brother to Malvik, Alrik and Thorek II, though along with Thorek he was much younger than the first two children- this is due to Malvik being killed by goblins in his youth and starting off Urist's legendary campaign. As a child of Urist, Melvig is of the kin of the Kings-In-Exile, descended from Duor Greatbeard, the once great leader of the Greatbeard people and founder of Duorendain.

Melvig had a dull black beard with a white strip running down the middle. In stark contrast to his jolly and upbeat brother Thorek, Melvig was dark and brooding, the two contrasting greatly whenever they were together. And together they found themselves often, as Melvig was one of the dwarves who was called to join Thorek's warband, Vada's Elite. Melvig was well known for crafting his own unusual weapons out of whatever he could find, often described as a combat pragmatist for his ability to use any object as an offencive force.

Though great in battle, facing many adversaries without batting an eye, Melvig met his downfall at the hands of the Orcürmancer, a servant of UnMarkus that had been specifically tasked with bringing about the downfall of the dwarven company known as Vada's Elite. However, this was no downfall of the body, but a downfall of the mind. Melvig had been alerted to the dangers of a necromancer's tower in Troll Country by his apprentice Varick, and had gathered a task force that he felt sufficient for dealing with the menace. However, it was here where he was captured and tortured brutally.

Still, Melvig would not cave in to normal methods and even more sinister tactics were whipped up. Disgraced by getting his beard and hair shaved off completely, he was forced into engaging in sexual intercourse with a fellow captive female dwarf, watched by his captors and mocked. After the deed was done, the woman was slaughtered before him, and Melvig was locked in a small hole in the earth that was filled with her blood, and he was forced to stay here for many days. Sometime after release from this he was made to wear a balaclava- a balaclava of the woman's skin, carved right off of her skull. Then one day he was informed that the dwarf woman had been pregnant... And that the food he had just consumed was his child. Whatever other tortures were enacted on the dwarf are unknown, but when finally rescued by Thorek, Melvig was beyond saving- Melvig the mad. Ruined for eternity.