Melkorka¶
Queen Melkorka is the "Queen of the White Towers", a runepriest four hundred and fifty years old and "favored of Khardas" (S193, S201). In 704 SM of the Fifth Age she ruled the dwarves of the White Towers and received the company that fled north after the destruction of its Sanctuary, arming it and sending it on by portal to Acadia (S196, S201).
The queen's gifts¶
The company first found the dwarves through one of a ring of portals: "Dwarven Tower, snow outside. Leather bags. 2 Dwarves -- White Tower Dwarves" (S192). At the queen's court the travellers received Khardas's Travellers Blessing for the long march (S193). Before the march into Acadia the queen gave them "Lavaforged Weapons -- Runespear, Runeaxe, Runesword, Arbelest" and "Depleted Mithril Hollowards" that show the Hollowing they absorb (S201), and furnished the expedition with heavy dwarven infantry "Plate, Tower Shields, Warhammers, Flechette Rifles", "Khardic Battle Priests: Runemauls", and an engineer (S201). The expedition belongs to the Sancturi Campaign.
Gap
The sources give nothing of Melkorka's appearance, lineage or the seat of her court, and do not say how she came to rule for four and a half centuries.
The court of the White Towers¶
Brulig¶
"Dwarven Ranger. Mace/Axe" (S193), of the queen's people.
Drek¶
An engineer, "Drek (Engineer) -- Sanctuary" (S193), who stayed in camp with the rangers Norrick and Kessa, Commander Ailen Vester and the Arcane Eye while others entered the dwarven shipyards (S196, S197). The sources do not say whether he was of the White Towers or of the company's Sanctuary.
Vorgak¶
High Priest Vorgak of Khardas, "20 priests. (Your Grace) favored of Khardas. Herald" (S193, S201). He named Khardas's gifts to the company: the Divine Beacon of Maradeim, an ascendant of Khardas, which "will work as a decoy", the Sanctuary of Taranth, a "great rock building [that] springs from the earth", and the Adamantine Shawl of Hergrett, another ascendant, a "protection against the elements" (S201). A session list names him with Commander Ailen, Bolfir, King Hargat and Magister Thoste, without saying what joined them (S199).