Doric

Doric is a dwarf that lives in a small hut north of Falador and directly east of the Taverley gate. He plays a central part in What's Mine is Yours, which revolves around players obtaining several ores for him and helping his struggling business. He also plays a minor role in the Devious Minds quest. His hut contains two anvils and a whetstone, both of which can only be used after completing What's Mine is Yours.

Around 140, Doric moved from the dwarven capital city of Keldagrim to his current residence north of Falador. In the winter of 164, a H.A.M. Speaker convinced a number of local farmers to burn Doric's home, as seen in the novel Betrayal at Falador. He went on to become a key figure in the War of 164, and fought in the Battle of the Monastery, the Siege of Falador, and the Battle of the Glacier.

Doric's anvils are the closest to the Dwarven mine and furnace at Falador. He has a steel pickaxe on his back. He is the self-proclaimed best maker of pickaxes in Gielinor, but he has a running order with Nurmof and will not sell the player any.

Doric maintains a small wheat garden north of his hut. Occasionally, the Puro-Puro portal will open there, resulting in a crop circle.

Early life and re-location
Doric's early history and exact age remain unknown. In Year 164, he is known to have claimed himself to be more than 100 years old, meaning that he was born in Year 63 of the Fifth Age at the earliest. Doric was evidently born in the dwarven capital city of Keldagrim some time prior to its existence being made common knowledge to humans. Doric, like most dwarves, was raised a follower of Guthix, although by the modern day his actual practice of the Guthixian religion has become fairly loose.

Doric, during his time in Keldagrim, visited the city's vast mining network on a number of occasions, suggesting he may have been involved in the city's mining or military activities. In Keldagrim he was trained to become exceptionally skilled in hand-to-hand combat, his preferred weapon being a battleaxe. In the mines, Doric is known to have fought a number of dangerous foes, which would later harden his nerves and improve his effectiveness in combat.

In approximately 140, Doric left Keldagrim for unknown reasons, opting to take up permanent residence in the wooded region north of Falador, on the fringe of Asgarnia. Although this placed him near the Ice Mountain Dwarven Colony and the Dwarven Mines, Doric usually avoided most contact with his nearby kinsmen. Doric constructed a cabin of logs south of the Goblin Village, and largely became sulf-sufficient. To keep himself supplied, Doric raised a number of mountain goats, although he was occasionally forced to trade with nearby settlements and farmers.

By all accounts, Doric was fairly friendly with most of his neighbors, and maintained healthy relationships with most of them. Kinshra raids, such as those led by Commander Sulla in 155, tended to focus on more easterly settlements, and the threat of the Kinshra never was a cause for extreme worry on Doric's part. As the years progressed, however, small settlements and farms tended to move further west, crowding Doric and causing him to become slightly more hostile to some of his neighbors. Although most were willing to tolerate this change, a handful did bear Doric some resentment.



The War of 164
In 164, when humans were being attacked by the werewolf Jerrod, a group of men suspected Doric and robbed his house of gems and his livestock and burned his hut down. Theodore found Doric getting his secret stash of Adamantite bars from the ruins of his hut. Doric accompanied Theodore to get justice from the Falador White Knight. There, Doric identified Kara-Meir's sword as one made of Adamant.

Tasks
After the quest What's Mine is Yours has been completed, the player may complete a number of tasks for Doric:

Required quests: Death Plateau.


 * Task 1 - (12 Smithing and 10 Bronze bars required) Smith 5 bronze full helms for Sten in Artisan's Workshop then smith and lay 5 bronze tracks in one of the tunnels. Rewards 250 Smithing xp and 750 charges.
 * Task 2 - (18 Smithing and 26 Bronze bars required) Smith 3 bronze platebodies and 3 kiteshields for Commander Denulth in Burthrope, then repair the cannon at the top of the castle.
 * Task 3 - (24 Smithing and 25 Iron bars required) Make 5 Iron Longswords and 5 Iron Warhammers for General Bertnoze and Wartface.
 * Task 4 - (30 Smithing and 20 iron ore required) Make 20 pieces of Burial Armour for Suak
 * Task 5 - (34 Smithing and 50 Steel bars required) Make 10 Steel swords and 8 Gnome Steel platebodies for Commander Montai. (5,000 Smithing XP and 15,000 charges for the Gofannon amulet)
 * Task 6 - (59 Smithing and 60 Mithril bars required) Make 20 Mithril Warhammers for Skulgrimen. (8,000 Smithing XP and 24,000 charges for the Gofannon amulet)
 * Task 7 - Find a First Generation Black Warhammer for Santiri. After talking to Santiri, get a normal black warhammer from the Supreme Commander just south of him. Use the black warhammer on an anvil to crack it. Then bring it to the stonemason south of the bank and use it on the crusher. Finally to add rust, use it with the well in East Keldagrim. Return to Santiri after each step, or you won't be able to finish the task.
 * Task 8 - (75 Smithing and 50 Adamant bars required) Make 25 Adamant Scimitars and then place the crate on the stump behind the gem store in Falador.

Trivia

 * The name Doric refers to an order of Ancient Greek architecture.
 * A Wolfbane dagger is found on Doric's workbench. This is likely related to the RuneScape novel Return to Canifis.