Post by Ventris on Dec 27, 2011 19:24:30 GMT -5
Hagan Daas
Race: Dwarf
Aliance: Moria (post occupation)
Hagan was one of the few refugees to escape the mines of Moria during the attack of the Goblins and the occupation of the Balrog. Homeless and without much money Hagan lived among men. Working as a craftsman for hire he did simple black smithing work as well as repair work on things that tend to get worn and break down. One day after a long day's work Hagen went to the tavernt o have some Ale. After taking a sip he spit it out whiping his mouth clean with his sleeve.
"AYE!" he yelled, "I can not take the swill you men call ale any longer!" It was then he had an idea. Create his own and sell it. Leaving the tavern Hagan traveled the lands from the tallest Peeks of Blue Mountain to even Moria, Haagen gathered the rareest and hard to find flavors of middle earth.
Hagen set up a brewery in an isolated location on the Blue Mountains. It was here he discovered something that will expand his idea even further. A glowing blue rock was found in what is now the basement of the Daas confection house. It was ice frozen but no matter what amount of heat it never melted. Hagen at first built around the ice, piping passing just over it. It was here by accident he discovered what he could do with it.
One day he poored some mead he was making from a vat that had a line go very close to the ice. When it came out it came out like snow. Hagan at first was annoyed, annoyed that he would have to build around this blasted Ice and insolate against it better. In his annoyance he forgot the mead was slushed over and sipped it and his eyes widdened. It tasted good! real good!
After his accidental discovery haagan tried to bring the mead down to some of the man and have them try the "Mead slush." It was a hit. One farmer even jokingly sugested using cows milk and freeze over cream since Hagan never seemed to amaze the men in the flavors he brought for them. haagan actualy took the idea seriously and went to start designing the first of the Daas House of Confection's Creamery.
Hagan sucessfuly re-created the accident, this time with more control. He crated a vat tank exposed directly to the magic ice, this time with a mixing arm to control the time exposed to the ice. and a crank to raise it away from the ice.
His first experiment was with streight up milk. He gagged at the taste but the texture, it was interesting. It was a more solid form of snow. Hagan added some of the ingrediants he had gathered, mostly sugar. He broke up some leaves he found close to a forest that had seeds that leeched a brown liquid but had a wonderful sweet flavor. Vanilla extract was what he found and he added thee extract in.
The Exposer time and turning being controlder he made the cream to an almost solid until it became back breaking to turn the massive crank. He took a spoon and went to the top of the drum and scooped the frozen cream and to his surprise, it was good.
Hagan had founded something extrodinary in Middle Earth. People needed something to take their minds off stress. Stress of hard work, and stress of war. younglings also suffered stress but you cant just give a youngling a pint of ale and hope to calm it. frozen cream how ever, aye that will do it. He started to chip at the magic ice to make portable versions to keep his frozen Creem frozen and even made a portable forzen cream mixer. Then he would bring his frozen cream to his target audience, Children of man.
After a sample taste children came in droves when they heard the bells ring on Hagan's massive back pack that carried his confections, portable mixer, ingrediants as well as his weapons for defence against robbers. Not just the children but on hot days even adults would form a line to sample the cool rich creemy concoctions of the Dwarf Hagan Daas.
Hagan did not stop at his forzen confections. Soon he was making candies as well as fine ales and mead for adults. Hiring some well bodied men to help create these confections The Daas House of Confections was born. Hagan Daas went from being a coinless dwarf to being a rich happy one creating something that brought joy instead of minerals that would make weapons of war. Hagan was pleased at his confections they brought to joy and smiles to all kinds, Humans, other Dwarves, Hobbits and even the occasional Elf.