Valthur was born thirty three years after the War of the Three Hammers in the snowy peaks of Northeron to the Wildhammer dwarves. Growing up he was taught the history of his people and being only a short time after the war, the hatred felt by his clan for the defilers of Grim Batol, the Dark Irons, was still fresh in their hearts and was passed on to Valthur. This hate is still with him to this day.