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 Doric's Quest, which revolves around players obtaining several ores for him. 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 Doric's Quest.

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. Since Doric's Quest is relatively easy to complete, many players use these. He has a steel pickaxe on his back. He is the self-proclaimed best maker of pickaxes in RuneScape, but he has a running order with Nurmof and will not sell the player any.

Doric maintains a small wheat garden south 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 Doric's home. Doric accompanied Theodore to get justice from the Falador White Knight. There, Doric identified Kara-Meir's sword as one made of Adamant.

Trivia

 * Doric supposedly has acrophobia, the fear of tall things that he might fall off and die.
 * Doric appears on the back cover of Betrayal at Falador, and can be seen making footprints belonging to Jerrod.
 * The name Doric could refer to the name of an Ancient Greek column in Architecture.
 * Since the last system update, a Wolfbane dagger now lies on Doric's workbench. This is likely related to the new Runescape novel Return to Canifis.