Brother Barkul

Just like his twin brother Burkel, Barkul is a rarity among dwarves. Unlike the majority, who practice a form of ancestor worship, he worships the Maker as a priest of the Chantry. After his brother opened a Chantry in Orzammar, Barkul decided to become a full priest of the Chantry. While preparing to become a full priest in Denerim, his brother's endeavours to promote the Chantry were successful, which drew anger from some conservative quarters in dwarven society and the Assembly restriced the rights of Burkel's converts. While his brother was leading a peaceful protest against these restrictions, he was killed when he was being arrested. News of this led to riots and the Divine considering leading a new Exalted March.

Barkul immediately left Denerim after hearing the news and returned to Orzammar to take up the position as head priest of the Orzammar Chantry. Along with Scholar Gertek, Barkul begins teaching the dwarves about the Maker and soon gathers more followers. The dwarves become more open to the idea of the Maker and allow those dwarves who wish to worship him do so. The few who disapprove of dwarves worshipping the Maker form an extremist group called The Sons of the Paragons and become a constant threat to the Orzammar Chantry and its followers. With the help of Scholar Gertek, Brother Barkul writes a book comparing the Maker to the Paragons and the many differences and similarties there are between the worship of the Maker and Paragons. The book entitled "The Maker and Paragons: Same, but Different" became a large influence with worshippers of the Maker and brought the Chantry a great deal more of followers. The Chantries on the surface began to send academics and initiates to work alongside Barkul in his Chantry. With their help, the Orzammar Chantry became a permanent part of dwraven culture and when the Zygmunt thaig was retaken by the dwarves, it was given to Brother Bakrul and his followers as a permanent Chantry for them. Many followers of the Maker would move to the Zygmunt thaig, human or dwarf and King Pyral Harrowmont named Brother Barkul a Paragon and those living in the Zygmunt thaig became his House.