
Barendd was born to become a disciple of Lathander and from the moment of his birth, he personified the Morninglord’s primary values: birth and renewalĪs the Brighthammer clan built up Stonecrown in the Giant’s Run Mountains, Barendd, pious as he was, found his vocation as the priest of the fortress. The warmth of the sun enveloped him and in that moment Lathander the Morninglord spoke. But as dawn broke and the sun rose from the East, Barendd realized that he was not alone. Upon the frigid mountain, he heard not a sound. Under the unfamiliar stars of western Faerun, he sat all evening and all night. The he sat under the stars, waiting for the spirit to reveal himself. At dusk of the first day at his new home, as his family camped on the side of the mountain, Barendd hiked to the mountain’s summit. His birth was one piece of the renewal of his people. The spirit explained that as one of the Thunder Children, Barendd represented a new dawn for the dwarves across Faerun. In his vision, he heard a spirit explain to him the significance of his birth. Upon reaching the Giant’s Run Mountains, Barendd had a vision.

The long journey across Faerun gave Barendd time to consider his place in the world. However, this huge swell of newborns had some unforeseen consequences in Gold Dwarf society causing the ancient fortresses to quickly become overcrowded and in 1335 DR, Torgrim Stonehearth took his family west from the East Rift in search of a new home with the rest of the Brighthammer Clan. Barendd Stonehearth was born in East Rift in 1306 DR during the Year of Thunder, when Moradin bestowed the dwarves of Faerun with the Thunder Blessing, greatly increasing the birth rate of dwarves all across the world.
