As well respected as artificers are among the masses, no one esteems them quite so highly as dwarves do and after cleaning out Wave Echo Caves at the behest of Gundren Rockseeker Raknar was awarded a 2% interest in the mining company and named the "Master of the Forge." This being the "Forge of Spells" which was once very powerful and is now stingy with its enchantments. If anyone can figure out the magics and artifice behind the Forge of Spells, it's Raknar.
Raknar splits his times between Wave Echo Caves and Tresendar Manor
These stories are told by Zaila Fanter a bard and companion in the poetical collection of the Lost Mines of Phandelver.