Broodfist Clan

The Broodfist Clan is a powerful family of craftsmen, particularly focused on firearms and experimental weaponry, operating from the Nanitic capital of Mighladur. They have a permanent seat in the Royal Congress, due to their ownership of several mines in Daghton and an estate in Mighladur.

Origins in Daghton
The clan first grew to prominence when Grudd Broodfist, at a stroke of luck, discovered a small amount of starfall in the mines of Daghton. He kept it secret at first, learning it's value before selling any part of it. When he discovered the value and the potential properties which were mostly unexplored, he sold a portion of it to merchants from Mighladur.

With the money he purchased the entire mine, beginning his own enterprise. But his true passion was similar to many of his descendants; experimentation and invention. He studied the properties of starfall and would go on to make several weapons embued with it. A rifle and several pistols are still kept as family heirlooms and are passed on, generation to generation.

As his expertise in the field became known, he was approached by a Nanitic official and a prominent merchant of Mighladur, who proposed that he should move to the city and that they would fund his studies in exchange for sharing his discoveries and the profits from them. Grudd refused the deal, wanting to remain independent and to keep control over the exact course of his experiments. Still he would go on to move Mighladur, purchasing a mighty estate from a waning noble family, on his own accords. The purchase was one of the first like it and caused outrage by many of the noble families who saw it as a representation of changing times.