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That has been asked before, there is exactly one dwarf who can make that rune work and his name is Kragg.
Been thinking on that, as runes are likely to be rather important to the Waystone project.

A lot of Runesmiths spend time trying to rediscover runes. This generally involves finding an example of a rune and attempting to create a copy of it. (To the best of my understanding anyway.) This is considered not only acceptable but desirable, despite the prevailing wisdom that knowledge should not be passed down to the 'unworthy'.

Which raises the question of how Kragg would react to a Runesmith seeing Mathilde's belt and managing to recreate the runes on it. On the one hand they are Kragg's experimental runes, theoretically only available to his apprentices. On the other, if someone is capable of 'rediscovering' those runes on the strength of their own skill they the are arguably worthy by default.
Of course it might be that Runesmiths are just very comfortable with being humongous hypocrites, perfectly happy to take runes from others but utterly unwilling to allow others to take their runes.
 
Been thinking on that, as runes are likely to be rather important to the Waystone project.

A lot of Runesmiths spend time trying to rediscover runes. This generally involves finding an example of a rune and attempting to create a copy of it. (To the best of my understanding anyway.) This is considered not only acceptable but desirable, despite the prevailing wisdom that knowledge should not be passed down to the 'unworthy'.

Which raises the question of how Kragg would react to a Runesmith seeing Mathilde's belt and managing to recreate the runes on it. On the one hand they are Kragg's experimental runes, theoretically only available to his apprentices. On the other, if someone is capable of 'rediscovering' those runes on the strength of their own skill they the are arguably worthy by default.
Of course it might be that Runesmiths are just very comfortable with being humongous hypocrites, perfectly happy to take runes from others but utterly unwilling to allow others to take their runes.

I think the matter hinges on uncertainty, If you find a rune on a two thousand year old axe then there is no way to be sure the master who made it refused to train others or if he was simply killed along with all others who held the information. If you copy Kragg's rune he is alive and well to tell you off and you should probably shave your head.
 
Been thinking on that, as runes are likely to be rather important to the Waystone project.

A lot of Runesmiths spend time trying to rediscover runes. This generally involves finding an example of a rune and attempting to create a copy of it. (To the best of my understanding anyway.) This is considered not only acceptable but desirable, despite the prevailing wisdom that knowledge should not be passed down to the 'unworthy'.

Which raises the question of how Kragg would react to a Runesmith seeing Mathilde's belt and managing to recreate the runes on it. On the one hand they are Kragg's experimental runes, theoretically only available to his apprentices. On the other, if someone is capable of 'rediscovering' those runes on the strength of their own skill they the are arguably worthy by default.
Of course it might be that Runesmiths are just very comfortable with being humongous hypocrites, perfectly happy to take runes from others but utterly unwilling to allow others to take their runes.

If someone living knows it, the 'correct' way to acquire it is to convince them you are worthy of it. That said, going to them in private and proving you've reverse-engineered it is an extremely convincing way to prove worthiness.
 
Kragg copied (and improved on) Thorek's master rune for our sword

It pissed Thorek off, but didn't seem to be considered a grudge worthy offense.
 
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...is the plot hook that finally brings Mathilde's family back going to be Wilhelmina deciding to find out why Mathilde never got visitors?!
...That would be hilarious. Sad, but hilarious.
Also, they were peasants. From Stirland. It's quite a long, dangerous trip from there to Altdorf, and while not impossible, that'd be a burden on even an enthusiastic poor family.

Not everyone has gyrocarriages, y'know?
 
You know I just thought of another way that being rich gives Eike another leg up on her fellows, material components. It has been so long since we have had to use them that I had almost forgotten then are a thing, but for an apprentice starting out being able to afford the best of them at all times is a major advantage.
More to point even collages are not above taking students money. If you don't have any money to pay you do have to do some chores around the collage alongside the student loan.

She will give it a miss to those and have more time to herself and her studies.
 
Are they the same as I think people can get those just by being born with them?
And I don't think you hear often about vampire or skaven or whatever with tentacle mutations. Is Dhar inherently chaotic or can, say, Nagash actually oppose chaos?

Vampires are very resistant to mutation, pretty much the only way their physical form is going to change is through severe alterations of their feeding patterns. Skaven are just biologically resistant enough to eat warpstone tokens, but they can get regular mutations just fine.
 
Are they the same as I think people can get those just by being born with them?
And I don't think you hear often about vampire or skaven or whatever with tentacle mutations. Is Dhar inherently chaotic or can, say, Nagash actually oppose chaos?

Vampires have a complex spell like phenomenon that regulates the Dhar within their bodies which manages to deal with most levels of Dhar.

Skaven actually do develop mutations often enough - they're somewhat more resistant than humans but they can certainly become very mutated.
 
Skaven actually do develop mutations often enough - they're somewhat more resistant than humans but they can certainly become very mutated.
Which in this Quest is the reason why we didn't have the option to spare the Skaven Breeders - they were mutated enough that they wouldn't actually be able to survive without a warpstone infused diet to keep their bodies functioning, and that something we wouldn't be able to provide.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if the Grey College doesn't let someone else just blatantly pay your way, because of that whole pesky vow of Poverty and also as an early character test to see if people are going to try to cheat, and more importantly how.
 
Okay, I honestly was tearing up a little at that last Eike segment. The poor girl... But her grandmother still loves her enough to want to come visit her during her training. And she's being carefully walked through her choices instead of set up for the pyre. Mathilde is basically doing every single thing she can to make sure that Eike doesn't experience anything like what happened to her.
 
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