Hold Wyrmscrew
It is unconventional for a Hold to be led by their Lore-master instead of by a Chief. Their reasons for this stems from when they lost their previous hold. Their Chief , Gabin Ironfoot, stood as the last line of defence against fearsome foe that had been plaguing their Hold for generations. Under the leadership of Chief Ironfoot a daring attack to try and stop the menace for good was made. The plan was thought to be flawless, but the true numbers of the enemy was underestimated.
Though a massive blow had been made Chief Ironfoot and the remaining Scavengers fled when they realised that they couldn’t win. They returned to their Hold and mere minutes after they had returned the retaliation from the fur covered monsters commenced. It was decided that the hold would flee through their escape tunnel and that the Chieftain and half of the remaining Scavengers would remain to bring the Hold down on top of the both of them and their would-be killers.
It was decided by Chief Ironfoot that their Lore-Master, Dalish Wyrmscrew, would lead the Hold away to a new safer home. With this the rest of the Hold left their Chieftain and the brave Scavengers to cover their escape.
In the aftermath of the exodus, it was decided by the remining Gnomes that Lore Master Wyrmscrew had done such a good job of finding them a new hold and keeping them out of harms way that he should be their new Chief. Dalish didn’t like the new title and said that he would continue to lead, but would remain the Lore Master, and it was with this that the Hold changed its name from Ironfoot to Wyrmscrew.
The Scavengers that were sent off with the Hold to protect their kin earned their title as protectors. Every year, at the festival of the fallen Chief, they are honoured by the Hold and the story of Ironfoots bad decision making and poor planning is retold to remind everyone how monumentally silly his idea was.