Writing Exercise 035

This week I did a prompt fill found in the forums for the game Spellstone, which I play regularly. So I invented a background story for one of the characters (and some of the cards) who appear in the game: the goblin who owns the shop where I can buy Spellstones, Shards and other items.
Here it is:

2016/08/08 - What did the Goblin do for a living before becoming a Spellstone Merchant?

The story about Dagobert, the goblin Spellstone Merchant, is the story of Spellstone itself.
A long, long time ago all the Tuskers and Squids and Locusts were happily roaming the lands when suddenly the mighty Vulcanos made the volcanos of Karthos errupt and plunged the world in darkness as the ashes rained upon it and the lava poured forth.
The Flying Squirrels and Moss Golems and Mermaids were miserable. So the people of Skyhaven turned to the great Solaron, who then stroke his wings to stop Vulcanos and froze the lands and all the creatures in one fell swoop. For thousands of years the world was frozen solid and the creatures trapped in Solaron’s Ice Age. Until Atlas awoke from his slumber and made the earth tremble as he yawned. The earthquake caused by him freed the goblins, who lived under the earth and thus survived the Ice Age unscathed.
Dagobert was one of the most curious goblins and went to see what had happened on the surface. So he found the creatures trapped in a humongous ice shelf. As he was also a clever goblin and a skilled miner — like every goblin — he instantly had an idea. He took his trusty pickaxe and hacked at the ice around the creatures. The other goblins deemed him crazy and wanted nothing to do with it. They rather stayed underground in their kingdom.
But Dagobert was determined. One by one he tore giant chunks of ice out of the shelf, each encompassing one of the trapped creatures. But instead of releasing them instantly he decided to sell them to adventurers; if they freed the creatures they would surely be happy and grateful enough to abide by their will. Dagobert also collected the ice shards that came loose when hacking at the shelf. They were so hard, they wouldn’t melt. And as they were shiny and beautiful he also decided to sell them. After long and hard months of working the ice and defrosting Elaria, Luminis, Karthos and the other realms Dagobert was able to sell his Spellstones and Shards, and the business he started flourished better than ever.
Now Dagobert, the Spellstone Merchant, is the richest goblin there is as he has the monopoly for Spellstones and Shards. Adventurers frequent his shop in hordes. And the king of the goblins is fuming in his throne that he didn’t hop on the bandwagon when the business was still in its early stage. But he has a plan how to foil Dagobert’s success. It all starts with getting the dragons from Terragon Peak and snatching the mighty hammer from Beetleton Bunker…