Mergir

As one of the leaders of the Northern Colonisation, he made a deal with the Ostmorian dwarves to assist them in their war with Orcs and in return receive a vast open land for him and his people to settle. The Emperor of Sakun refused to send help to his colonists on the premise that Empire's troops are currently more needed in the Gulf of Sirmes. With no help from the Empire, Mergir was forced to lead his army of smiths, woodcutters, farmers and masons into battle against the orcish brutality. After initial series of defeats they managed to flank an orcish horde which had been ambushing the dwarven host descending from the mountains at the Spring of Orissa. The battle for the Spring of Orissa became a turning point in the war, after which Mergir joined his forces with Bodrog Bonebeard, leader of the Iron Legion.

After the war was won, Mergir and his people travelled back to the Spring of Orissa and there, on the site of their first victory, they built their first settlement which later became known as Riverton. The colonists, who lost their trust and love for the Emperor, crowned Mergir as their king, thus forging the Kingdom of Nordoriam.