Dunan Slagmeld

Dunan Slagmeld was the prison warden of Magmaslag Rock and an enemy of the Champions Valoris.

Appearance
Dunan was a dwarven man with black hair that he wore in three braids on each side. He also had a long beard, which was also braided. While working at Magmaslag Rock, Dunan wore black plate armor. However, he wore high-class robes without his armor to the Bequeathing Ceremony.

Personality
According to Orrin Stormshield, Dunan was an adept bootlicker, judging from the favor he received from King Thoros. He was also deeply cruel, evidenced by the conditions reported from Magmaslag Rock and the excitement with which he brainstormed new ways of abusing prisoners in his journal. Soruza Blackmines considered Dunan a "slimy coward." Dunan was quite comfortable condescending to his prisoners from a position of safety, ordering the Champions Valoris brought before him at 4 AM simply to gloat about their capture. Feeling confident that his corruption would not be discovered, Dunan explicitly wrote that the enemies he had falsely imprisoned were framed in their prisoner dossiers, displaying a degree of foolishness as well.

Background
At some point, Dunan Slagmeld was selected as head warden of Magmaslag Rock, a lifelong appointment exclusive to nobility, likely succeeding Bervo Gemmgarl. During his tenure there, he commissioned iron golems from Atemcester to serve as guards. He also made contact with a demon matching the description of the Burning Knight and began working for him, ingratiating himself with King Thoros in hopes of obtaining the Plate of the Ancestors for his new master. He was a corrupt warden, fabricating crimes to arrest people who could threaten his plans.

Demons of Port Valor
The Champions Valoris first learned of Dunan's existence from Korbo Sunderhill, the guard at the outer gates of the Exeter, who compared the iron dragon's construction to that of Dunan's golems. Later, during their meeting with Orrin Stormshield, they learned that Dunan had been selected as the year's most helpful noble by King Thoros and had chosen to receive the Plate of the Ancestors during that year's Bequeathing Ceremony. Suspecting that the Plate was an Abyssal Crest, the adventurers became suspicious of Dunan, although they had no solid evidence that he was working in tandem with the Burning Knight. Ashara attempted to research him at the library, but no books had been written concerning him. Soon afterward, Dunan issued a warrant for the apprehension of each of the Champions Valoris, dead or alive, claiming that they played a role in the destruction of Port Valor, offering a bounty of 1000 gold pieces for each one. Upon the Champions Valoris' (willing) capture and imprisonment, he ordered guards to wake them at 4 in the morning to be brought before him so that he could "welcome" them. Dunan was kept in the dark about the Champions Valoris' participation in the Underbelly Bout and obtained the Plate of the Ancestors in the Bequeathing Ceremony. He immediately brought it back to his office at Magmaslag Rock, where he was confronted by the Champions Valoris and quickly killed by Ashara and Jorah. A prison guard in employ of the Deep Watchers was framed for the assassination, and Dunan's crimes became common knowledge among the populace of the Exeter.

Goals
Dunan wanted to obtain the Plate of the Ancestors from the Exeter's royal armory. Because the Plate is one of the Abyssal Crests, he intended to turn it over to the Burning Knight.

Abilities
Apparently, he had none. In a last ditch effort to fend off the party, Dunan would have attempted to use a golem control wand to awaken the golems in his office, but they had fallen into disrepair and would not have responded. His journal and prisoner files were cloaked with illusion magic, but it is unknown if he was the one who cast those spells.

Quotes

 * Name: "Quote."

Trivia

 * As awful as he is, apparently Dunan is completely uninvolved with the Underbelly Bout taking place beneath Magmaslag Rock, as he likely would have opposed the entries of the Champions Valoris and Kievan Duskwall.