Balgro

Balgro was a male Dwarf who served as a chief and freedom fighter. In the millennia since his death, Balgro became a Dwarf folk hero, and is revered by all Dwarves.

Balgro was born in 445 AT into mixed Onor-Mul Dwarf Family, likely in the town of Mulox. As a toddler, he knew Rum, whom he came to idolize when he was confirmed as the Tulkon. In 448 AT, Iloisa Emperor Grytu began his conquest with the Dwarven Genocide. Most of Balgro's family perished in the months-long campaign. The young boy was smuggled east by some good samaritans with the intention of reaching a refugee ship in the city of Tenor. Before he could reach his destination, however, he was captured and imprisoned at the Onor Reservation with the remaining Dwarf population while the Iloisa military took over the Dwarves' former territory.

For 23 years, Balgro lived on the reservation. His experiences as a child radicalized him, and he understood that the Dwarves had to retake their land. A window of opportunity came when Tulkon Ytinise, an agent of Grytu for her entire life, turned on the Emperor and founded the Usybork Republic. Balgro allied himself with Ytinise (the two were also briefly romantically involved) and led the Dwarves out of the reservation and fought a long campaign to expel the empire from the Onor Peninsula.

After the war, Balgro became the first chief of the city of Edruphum. He remained a lifelong ally and close friend of Ytinise, who helped the Dwarf population recover. Balgro is now revered as a hero by the Dwarf Nations. Some Dwarves were able to trace their ancestry directly to Balgro. His most famous direct descendant was Tulkon Gal Adodume, who was related to him through her mother. Elements of Balgro's life were dramatized in the Usybork play Conquest of Love, which focuses primarily on his relationship with Ytinise.