From the Old Green Mill Notebook: An Early Effort

History of the Sons of Nargarth

By Bryan Babel

Dedicated to John Babel and J. R. R. Tolkien

 

Time Line

501 – Nargarth Born.

683 – Nargarth crowned.

721 – Nost and Rost born.

1053 – Death of Nargarth. Rost crowned.

1109 – Girth born.

1110 - Birth of Neth. Helg born.

1128 – Birth of Hurn.

1139 – Girth marries Helg.

1142 – Sirth born.

1152 – Rigga born.

1156 – Poisoning of Rost. Nost ascends the throne.

1157 – Exile of Girth. Helg dies by execution. Sirth’s hand is maimed, and he is exiled with his father. Girth swears oath of revenge and return.

1169 – Girth and Sirth settle in the mountains west of the dwarf kingdom.

1281 – The Dearth. Death of Rost. Neth ascends the throne.

1290 – Heln is born illegitimate.

1332 – Return of Girth and Sirth. Execution of Neth, Hurn, and Heln. Girth ascends the throne.

1499 – Death of Girth. Sirth is crowned King.

1528 – Birth of Rost II.

1624 – Sirth dies. Rost II is crowned King.

2021 – Rost II dies.

 

[Causes of Death:]

Old Age – Nargarth, Sirth, Rigga, Rost II

Poison – Rost I

Execution - Helg, Neth, Hurn, Heln

The Dearth – Nost.

Fever – Girth.

 

Line of Nargarth: Rost’s Family

Nargarth (501 – 1053) had two sons:

Rost (721 -1156) and Nost (721 – 1281):

Rost had one son Girth (1109 - 1350)

          Who married Helg of the House of Hurn (1110 -1157):

They had one son Sirth (1142 – 1624)

Who Married Rigga of the House of Hurn (1152 – 1630):

They had one son Rost II (1528 – 2021)

 

Line of Nargarth: Nost’s Family

Nost (721 – 1281)

          Had two sons Neth (110 - 1332) and Hurn (1128 – 1132)

Neth had one son Heln (1290 – 1332)

 

Ages

Nargarth -552

Rost – 435

Nost – 560

Girth – 241

Neth – 222

Helg – 47

Hurn – 204

Sirth – 482

Rigga – 472

Rost II – 593

Heln – 42

Notes:

1.    Sirth’s hand was skinned and cut off from the knuckle up.

2.    Girth swore the Oath of Return on Helga’s skull.

3.    The Dearth is a disease in which people emaciate, their joints swell, and then they die.

4.    Girth and Sirth fled to the West Mountains.

5.    Girth made Sirth an iron hand.

6.    Rost and Nost are twins.

[Notes: The first picture of a Dwarf and the Map are actually from the Notebook; the other pictures of Dwarves are contemporary to the time (which I remember as being in Briesemeister, despite the 78 -79 date inside) and use what I've come to call the Big-Nose Style period of my art. I was of course greatly influenced by Tolkien (hence the dedication) but found making time-lines and notes much easier than actually writing a story. The gruesome details, long words, and the use of 'illegitimate' (probably to be sourced to The Crystal Cave which I also read at the time) showed that I was trying to be very grown-up. I notice now that I got East and West reversed on the Map.]