Twenty years ago, the Hoard longbeards introduced an ‘eons-old custom’: the gifting of each dwarven child with a coin from the vaults. The smoothchins are to speak to their coin each night before bed.
Some dwarves suspect that the Hoard have enchanted the coins so that they can hear everything that the children of powerful dwarves say. This is untrue. The Hoard have no interest in what is said to the coins. They care only if the coins speak back.
Two decades ago, a dwarf was born with strange power over coins: he-she could speak to them, and they would speak back – in the voice of whatever sovereign or creature appeared on their faces. If cajoled, they would perform small tasks, like ordering or stacking themselves, rolling somewhere or describing the circumstances by which they last changed hands.
Such a skill is of course of tremendous value to the Hoard, but they have so far found only five dwarves with the talent.
Hooks:
- Who are the five dwarves?
- What has caused the recent development (or at least discovery) of this skill?
- To what uses has the skill been put?