Academic Enrichment Evolved
The Story of Ironthew Industries
From a fantasy dwarf's retirement plan to a real-world enrichment company.
How it started
In the fall of 2019, a legend was born. The illustrious Kildrak Ironthew, an underdark-dwelling dwarf with a penchant for danger, took up his Hammer of Thunderbolts and set off on an adventure. After besting vicious demons, conniving archmages, and his own evil family, he retired and started Ironthew Industries, a company that supplies young adventurers with gear and quests so they can find their own purpose. In the following decades, his operations expanded across many nations, continents, and planes of existence. Eventually, they broke the boundaries of the game itself.
How it's going
Kildrak was my first ever Dungeons & Dragons character, but his company has become so much more. In 2024, Ironthew Industries evolved from a fantasy corporation into a real-world passion project. I wanted to help kids to put away the screens and bond over something better. I might not sell battleaxes like Kildrak, but I get to do something even cooler. The real Ironthew Industries shows kids that the party needs every adventurer to succeed and that all life has meaning, no matter how small the creature.