Dwarves/Culture

> **“** Ilea grinned, “You sound like a dark one. Are you not a dwarf?”
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> He laughed at that, “Sometimes I feel like one too. I am however born and raised in the mountains of the south. *Proud to call myself dwarf*.” **”** – Baron, **Chapter 266**
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Bralin mentioned that the current dwarves living in the southern cities are pretentious.

> **“** He grunted. “You seem surprised. You’ve been to dwarven cities I assume. The Pit isn’t quite as beautiful or pretentious. Most of those pissers haven’t ever had their chest plates dented in by a matured elf or a wartroll.” **”** – **Chapter 677**
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* Given Taleen's obsession with militarism, the color green, and science & technology, it can be said that the current dwarves are most likely *very pretentious*.

## Language

**Written language**

The Taleen had their own writing system, so it can be assumed that other dwarven settlements have their own analogues.

**Spoken language**

They like to laugh or chuckle while they talk.

They use the Elos Standard widely, although most likely isolated settlements may have their own dialects.
For example, the Baron had a weird accent and also

> **“** A metal face shield hung from the top of his helmet, put aside for now. “Haven’t seen a beaut like aht n ages,” he murmured. “An not a dent on er.”
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> “It heals,” the deep void of the titan replied.
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> “I wan no trouble, misher,” he said. “What can I geh ya?” **”** – Grahn, **Chapter 678**
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They often use lass or lad as well as other forms of standard words(like ya)

The One without Form used the standard when speaking through an uncompleted Pursuer Praetorian

> **“** Both of them shut up when a voice suddenly spoke out from the machine. Mechanical and slightly distorted. “Key warden. Why do you interfere in my purpose?”
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> Ilea looked at Feyrair and back to the machine. “Who me?” she asked.
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> “Human. You stand next to our enemy. Do not let them deceive you.” it spoke and aimed one of its arms at Feyrair. Before it could do anything else, a bright beam of fire burned into its silver form. **”** – The One without Form, **Chapter 583**
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Khan Joggoth used the standard as well

> **“** “You would dare drink from MY TEA!?” demanded Khan. **”** – Khan Joggoth, **Chapter 697**
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* judging by the name and the fact that it can only be found at a decent depth, the metal called stonehammer was named by the dwarves.
* They call the north the Stormlands.

## Rules and law

They have their own rules and if the dwarf is not happy with this then they can go to another settlement

> **“**... Those who disagreed and were tired of battle have long joined other Dwarven communities ... **”** – Fae about Taleen, **Chapter 438**
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* Also, a prison was noticed in Iz.

or be executed

> **“** Pierce glanced into the slit and grinned. “You lot are supposed to stop a monster from coming in?”
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> Some of them frowned, the dwarf who had talked to Ilea laughed instead. “This isn’t some honorary guard, lass. We’re here because it’s the closest place to the shit out there. Just barely,” he said and made a gesture with his hand. “Barely better than execution.” **”** – **Chapter 676**
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## Structure of the society

> **“** “We know our way around, don’t ye worry,” one of them said, patting a crying dwarf on his back. “Ya made it out, quit crying.”
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> “My king…” he wailed.
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> “You’ll find another,” a snake like creature said with a hiss, slithering past the two before it gave a slight nod to Ilea. **”** – **Chapter 684**
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Now or 3000 years ago, their society was ruled by Kings and Guilds

There is a nobility in their society.

* After gaining enough wealth, a dwarf can become a noble
> **“** Even the city under this very town holds enough riches to make you a noble in any dwarven city to the south. **”** – Terok Stonebreaker, **Chapter 247**
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* Bralin is a noble.

Judging by the Khan Joggoth, Eranur, Goliath and one of the main Taleen Guilds, the Makers are important people in their society.

> **“** But yes, the great war in the five hundredth year after Bothor the Maker had initiated the Reclamation. **”** – Niivalyr Olanis, **Chapter 589**
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## Cooking and Brewing

Their cooking is spicy and fatty, often very meaty sometimes with vegetables.

In cities with metal in the air, there will also be a metallic taste in their food.

> **“** “I know exactly what you mean.” Ilea said with a smile, grabbing the ladle and trying a bit of the stew as well. Fatty and too much spices. Surprised my poison resistance isn’t reacting. She was pretty sure she would’ve lost health if her self from two years ago would have tasted it. **”** – Terok's cooking, **Chapter 288**
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> **“** “What is this vile sludge you’re cooking up dwarf?” He asked, stepping next to the pot and taking a sip. **”** – Niivalyr Olanis about Terok's cooking, **Chapter 288**
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> **“** “What else is there in life?” Ilea asked, soon with her first bowl of steamed vegetables and juicy green meat. The hint of metal added a unique taste to the dish. **”** – Ilea about cooking in The Pit, **Chapter 687**
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Their brewing is outstanding if not the best on Elos has an amazing taste and a great diversity.

> **“** Her ale expectations weren’t just met but blown entirely to the moon. Each tasted incredible in their own way, the diversity surprising already but the fact that she loved all of them was the real shocker.
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>  She sipped on her ale. “God I like this shit.” **”** – Ilea about brewing in The Pit, **Chapter 678**
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* the only known dwarven ale is Forge’s Forge Ale

## Architecture

(A note for the future: this article needs to be redone, there should be an analysis of the elements of architecture, not this. It should also be mentioned that dwarves appreciate simplicity and minimalism because it does not distract from more important thoughts or something(this is in the novel, said one of the taleen in Io))

The best example of Dwarven architecture is The Pit because of the dwarfs who come to live there from various dwarven settlements, thereby showing all kinds of building styles.

The general style of dwarven buildings is Brutalism.

Only stone and metal. Angles and flat surfaces.

Although it seems simple, the buildings have many forms.

**Description of The Pit**

> **“** Ilea stepped into the space and followed Bralin to the side, a large smooth platform of steel expanding into what she assumed to be the city, an enormous stairwell nearly twenty meters wide led down from the center. When she thought to be far enough away from the guards by the gate, she transferred outside and in front of her armor.
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> Her eyes adjusted immediately, the darkness of her armaments giving way to warm magical light coming from massive devices built into the cavern ceiling. She blinked her eyes, looking at the even surface above, everything perfectly angular and lined with metal. Before her sprawled a city of lights, buildings of various sizes and forms sitting in a bowl like bed, many of them reflecting the magical light in different colors. While the structures themselves looked different from each other, it all seemed to follow a rather brutalist style. Everything was a combination of angles and flat surfaces. A lot of the stone buildings were simply rectangular boxes, the structures situated higher up on the surrounding slopes started to have more complex designs, some with several floors and balconies, others more pyramid like with various extensions. She even saw a few that looked like simple monoliths.
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> Ilea saw buildings made entirely of gold, silver, and bronze, or at least metals or alloys with a similar shine to them. There were some with a blue hue, others with a green one, some even entirely black, much like the obsidian that made up her hammer. The underground city spanned kilometers wide.
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> “Fitting name,” Pierce mused, even her voice not quite as mocking as it usually was.
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> “Right,” Ilea said with a smile, looking at the hundreds of meters wide circular abyss at the center of it all, metal extensions, railings, and war machines visible both near the top and on the side of the descending cliffs.
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> “Welcome to the Pit,” Bralin said, not sounding nearly as bored as he had back at the entrance. **”** – **Chapter 677**
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**Description of the Iz**

> **“** They waited for a few minutes before Seithir continued moving, his teleportation bringing them to the other side of the valley and up a broad staircase.
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> When they appeared at the top, a familiar sight spread out before them. This time however, Ilea had received a few upgrades to her visual organs. Iz fanned out as far as the eye could see, the facility not made to produce machines but to inhabit an entire people. A city, perhaps even larger than Virilya. The ceiling reached so high in the cavern that Ilea could barely make out the distant lights built into it. No crystals but most certainly machines meant to look like stars or gems.
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> The city sloped downwards from their position, various mountain like structures jutting out from the sea of stone buildings and streets, steam rising from thousands of pipes, layering whole districts in a thin gray mist. Thousands of green lights dotted the city, fiery colors mixed in here and there.
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> At the lowest point of the city and the very center of its crater like form, a circular hole the size of an entire district lead downwards into an abyss. Above it floated the golden orb Ilea had seen before, bright light emanating from it as it glinted with magic and pulsed with energy. Its surface looked smooth and even. A single set of floating stairs led towards the structure from the surrounding city, over the abyss and onto what looked like a tiny platform jutting out from the golden orb.
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> Ilea could barely make out any details from the distance, sure that the sphere alone rivaled half of Ravenhall in size, if not more.
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> Flying machines patrolled the skies, moving in larger groups closer to the light of the sphere. Machines ranging from Guardians to Praetorians stood on roofs or patrolled the streets, everywhere Ilea’s eyes lingered, she could find at least ten enemies. **”** – **587**
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> **“** The main problem however was the architecture used by the dwarfs. Much like the modern Ravenhall, they built deep. Which in turn meant that Ilea and her Elven companion had to dig even deeper. **”** – **Chapter 589**
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Their buildings do not have roofs like in human settlements.
Even in the vast Iz, there were few of them.

> **“** Ilea didn’t wait and displaced herself onto the mostly flat stone roof. Most of the buildings in the city lacking any tiles but it looked like some of the builders did add their personal flair. Though the general idea seemed to be a focus on functionality. **”** – **Chapter 588**
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⠀**Ridiculous elements**

They like to build pointlessly huge elements of architecture like ridiculous gates

> **“** They soon reached a massively oversized gate, made entirely of enchanted steel.
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> Ilea looked up to see the top about thirty meters up. “This is ridiculous.”
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> “It really is,” Pierce said. “Boring design too.”
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> “And a waste of steel,” Verena added. **”** – **Chapter 677**
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or abysses

> **“** Soon they reached a bridge over a deep crevice. This time she could see the bottom, her eyes quite a bit better than last time. “Very imposing,” she commented, thinking the effort entirely wasted. However it was difficult to say how long a dwarven mage needed to dig out a trench like that. In a battle it would hardly make a difference, anybody who couldn’t fly or teleport over inconsequential against even a simple sword guardian, let alone a Centurion or Praetorian. **”** – **Chapter 609**
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⠀**Decorative elements**

Important elements such as entrances are beautifully decorated with intricate shapes

> **“** In the middle of the room was a platform with stone arches above it that Ilea could only describe as art.
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> Compared to anything else she had seen of the dwarves architecture and machinery, the thing before her seemed the most unnecessarily decorated one. **”** – The Taleen teleportation gate – **Chapter 42**
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and decorative runes

> **“** Her enhanced eyes allowed her to see the distant entrance anyway. A currently closed stone gate with carved in decorative runes, perhaps even functional. To each side were steel enforced bunker like extensions built into the high reaching stone walls. Jagged edges, bloodied spikes, and runes adorned the structures, likely meant as a warning to any creature willing to get too close. **”** – Stormlands entrance – **Chapter 675**
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## Explosions™

Explosions and dwarves are best friends.

Digging deep, they often find *some problems*.

> **“** “I am,” Ilea reassured him. “How’s the settlement still here? If you constantly go down.”
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> He glanced at her and started laughing. “Yeah… well. There have been… incidents. And there will be more. **”** – **Chapter 677**
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And usually they immediately seal the problems and hope that it will be solved by itself.

> **“** “I say we seal it all off and forget about it. Collapse the whole damn thing.” The dwarf said. **”** – **Chapter 380**
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> **“** “No, but the tunnels could lead us there. This was a silver mine… two hundred years ago. They collapsed most of it when they came upon high level undead,” Verena informed. **”** – **Chapter 679**
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Well, this does not always help, and then their friend named Mr. Explosions comes to their aid.

> **“** But enchantments and various defensive measures, cave in options, and well… explosions. Explosions work well pretty much every time.” **”** – **Chapter 677**
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That's a really *good* friend.

> **“** “I wonder how many explosion and fire mages have been buried in some random ass dungeon because they got spooked,” Ilea mused.
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> “Many,” Feyrair said. “We often found remains. Every species is prone to that. Even dwarfs. *Especially dwarfs*.” **”** – **Chapter 598**
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* Taleen is also very fond of explosions, literally *every* machine explodes at the end.

## Beliefs

Some dwarves believe in gods.

> **“** ... A few started praising one god or the other ... **”** – **Chapter 686**
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Under the Pit there are religious tombs with countless Dwarven undead(see Tombs for more).

And judging by the Priest's name, they believed in the Blight.

Also, some dwarves believe in steel in a practical sense.

> **“** “I trust in steel, not faith,” he answered. “And your steel will make us a lot of gold.” **”** – **Chapter 678**
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### Owe

Some of them believe that it is necessary to pay good with good.

Baron takes his debts seriously

> **“** The dwarf didn’t seem to care much, his voice calm and steady, “I’m not one to ignore my debts, not like a certain human. Telling you about it is the least I can do for a stranger saving my life.” **”** – **Chapter 266**
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Terok also takes debts seriously and has mentioned this *many* times.

After rescuing the enslaved dwarves of The Pit, some of them offered Ilea their values, actually almost everything they had left.

> **“** Most were dwarves but there were quite a variety of Dark Ones too, awakened beings of differing species. Some started getting gold, weapons, or other gifts before presenting it all to her. **”** – **Chapter 684**
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* Although others offered only a potential five percent discount.

> **“** “Thanks Lilith, and Elders. Do come round if we manage to rebuild some of our reputation. I’ll give you a five percent discount.” **”** – **Chapter 685**
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After the destruction of the army of Soul Wardens, the barkeeper Grahn was really grateful for saving lives and Bralin called her a hero.

> **“** “Hundreds would’ve died, if not most everyone,” Bralin said. “You’re the hero of the Pit, unsung as of yet.”
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> The barkeep whispered something that most people would’ve missed. “Thank ye.” **”** – **Chapter 687**
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## Dwarven legends and myths

They have a lot of stories passed down through relatives, educational books, or just through chatting with a random drunk dwarf.

> **“** My great great great great grandfather used to tell stories about the terror of the Soul Wardens. **”** – Garlan Kornwatt, **Chapter 685**
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* The Forged Dome in The Pit even had an archive with past records.

⠀===The Tale of Goliath===

Goliath is a legend and a myth in the dwarven culture, he is probably the most experienced master smith living in our time, one who not only knows but has worked with countless metals and alloys for thousands of years, many dwarves in pursuit of dreams leave their safe homelands for the stormlands to find this dark one from tales.

> **“** *“Hmm, I can just have Goliath copy this,” she mused, hearing a tool clatter to the floor.*
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Goliath's forge is located in Hallowfort, so if they survive and can get to this place, they will be able to meet him.

However, the first obstacle awaits them, Goliath has restricted entry for people who don't have the minimum requirements to withstand his deadly aura, so even to get close to Goliath, they must have a health drain resistance and curse resistances above 2rd and have a healer nearby who must also withstand the aura.

Judging by the fact that he constantly sleeps or creates something like a door handle, it can be said that very few dwarves or any other people are capable of this feat.

* Meadow can help with this.

Even if they overcome the first obstacle, they are likely to face the second, Goliath works *only* for interest, for interesting stories and he does not accept gold, but only interesting metals or materials.

What kind of dwarf even has all this? Dwarves themselves are always lacking rare metals and materials, and how can a dwarf from the dwarven kingdoms have a good story that will impress the old spirit?

* Goliath has a high artistic standard and he just doesn't like to do mundane/routine work.

Well, there were those who succeeded:

Terok Stonebreaker – showed his outstanding warmachine plans.

> **“** ... I am willing to melt down your Niameer to ingots but… this…,” Goliath stopped talking, switching to the next page before he held two of them up against the light of the forge. Ilea saw some bits overlapping but didn’t understand the designs. “He was a dwarf was he not?”
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> “This might look like what a dwarf would make but the detail is… astounding. In my age only those calling themselves Taleen have reached such boldness. Such… ingenuity. Marvelous. I will forge his pieces.” **”** – **Chapter 243**
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Bralin – showed outstanding warmachine.

> **“** “Ah, many years it has been since I’ve seen the work of Eranur herself,” Goliath exclaimed from his smithing area, the massive form of Bralin’s high quality war machine towering over the nearby forges. **”** – **Chapter 690**
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There were also two Taleen mages with with bad intentions

> **“** Ilea smiled at that, “Make the rest into ingots, I’ll hold on to them for now. You knew Taleen? They were dwarves too right?”
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> The smith carefully pinned the papers on a wall and activated a rune, a thin shimmer coming to life before them. Protection of some sort. “Once, they chose to find and destroy me. Perhaps jealous of my work or simply annoyed at the competition. Even though I did not charge gold for my work and chose to serve every and all kinds of creatures.” **”** – **Chapter 243**
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and paid with their lives for it.

> **“** “You said the Taleen came for you, their machines or the dwarves themselves?”
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> Goliath didn’t reply, carefully forming a small piece of glowing Niameer with two pliers before finally putting it into liquid, a sizzling sound coming from the bucket. “They came with their guardian machines. Neither of the two dwarves that died that day were fighters of any capability. Creators they were, their machines putting up a formidable resistance.” **”** – **Chapter 244**
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### The Tale of Taleen

The legends of Taleen flying war machines that fought with the elves still goes among the dwarves.

> **“** ... of bright shining Elves facing down flying Taleen war machines ... **”** – **Chapter 698**
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These war machines have been stirring the Dwarves minds for many centuries, the best dwarven engineers are still trying to unravel the autonomous design but have not succeeded.

Others use these machines as a source of inspiration.

> **“** He continued his work, “Well let me know, their tech is amazing and I’d love to see the inner parts of their production facilities.”
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### The Tale of King Khan Joggoth and the Soul Wardens

More than 3 thousand years ago, there lived a great enchanter and the master of essence itself, King Khan Joggoth.

> **“** They both looked back at her. “Being of ash. There is a legend in these lands, telling of Khan Joggoth. A ruler of dwarves, a maker, and a master of essence itself,” one of them said. **”** – **Chapter 685**
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He had great power over his kingdom, ruling with a hard hand called Soul Wardens.

No one dared to contradict the King especially when any dissenting dwarf could become another Soul Warden

> **“** “Imbecile. I will grind your very soul down until nothing remains of what you were and ever will be,” **”** – **Chapter 696**
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Yes, he used the poor souls to revive his terrifying creations, a necromancer in the skin of a warmachine engineer.

The nearby kingdoms were worried. It seemed that as long as he had steel, souls and time, nothing would stop the growth of his armies.

However, sometimes fate makes strange turns.

A great disaster descended on the northern lands of Elos and fortunately destroyed most of his kingdom

> **“** Well, a massive natural disaster killed most of his peoples, destroyed most of his lands, his research, and everything else. **”** – **Chapter 697**
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It was a time of chaos, all known cave systems were violated, the borders of the Dwarven kingdoms were mixed, enterprising people immediately realized that this was an opportunity and began to act.

Khan Joggoth was one of them, he sought to restore his power, because without resources he would not be able to rule over the lands.

> **“** He writes of a last effort to establish himself during the chaos... **”** – **Chapter 697**
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But how could others allow this to happen? The glorious King Valkor shed the fire of his anger on evil,

> **“** “Hail the wrath of King Valkor!” **”** – **Chapter 686**
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it was a great battle and in the end Joggoth was defeated and ran with his tail between his legs.

> **“** ...but well, it seems he was defeated,” Iana said. **”** – **Chapter 697**
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So he was forgotten for 3000 years, some said that the curse of Khan Joggoth would return, but the only harm that he could cause after his defeat was a horror story for children and a bad example of using necromancy and soul magic in schoolbooks.

> **“** But the history books remembered them, mostly as a way to scare children and dissuade experimentation with both soul magic and necromancy. **”** – **Chapter 686**
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This continued until...

(I'll finish it later. omegalul)

### The Tale of Abundant Stormlands

> **“** “So you went north to get stronger?” Ilea asked and opened the bottle.
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> Terok smiled, “Not quite. War machines need metal, rare and expensive ones at that. I hoped that in the unclaimed lands in the north more veins would lay untouched. I was right of course but it didn’t come without dangers. The rig I have now has exactly zero parts remaining from what I initially started with. I think from the expedition I joined only two dwarves survived the first month, both returning after we had been saved by a group of scavengers.” **”** – Terok Stonebreaker, **Chapter 247**
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Among the dwarves, there are stories about the northern lands rich in rare metals and the forgotten treasuries of kings.

These stories are true, but these lands are full of dangers and no dwarf would think of leaving their safe homelands.

> **“** My relatives would have never even thought about coming here. **”** – Terok Stonebreaker, **Chapter 247**
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Even despite this, there are still many brave souls joining the next suicidal expedition.

> **“** Even in the north some venture for their never ending searchof metals, ruins and old technology.” He spat the last part as if mocking the very motivation. **”** – Niivalyr Olanis, **Chapter 239**
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### Other Tales

> **“** *Just roll with the punches. And you’re sure to come out on the other side with a few insane stories.* The only issue he saw with that was that even the drunkest fuck wouldn’t believe half of the shit he had seen in the past few days. His eyes opened wide as a few memories came back to him, ridiculous stories told by people under the influence, tales of Dragons, Fae, and Unicorns, of bright shining Elves facing down flying Taleen war machines, and steel clad beings of space tearing through hordes of Shredders with single spells.
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> He shook his head. Was it all true? With what he had seen in a single day, he could believe it. *Am I losing my mind? Did that mind magic creature they mentioned get me?* Bralin had tried everything in his power. The only thing he had left was to simply believe the state of affairs. *The world is bigger than I thought,* he mused with a wide grin. **”** – Bralin, **Chapter 698**
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In addition to the Soul Warden, another legendary war machine of olden times was also mentioned - the Flame Butcher.

> **“** He shook his head and followed. “If you could move a little more naturally, I’d take you for some legendary flame butcher, or soul warden.”
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Tales of Dragons are also present in their culture, one dwarf even jokingly mentioned a dragon's nest.

> **“** “We have to pick up the pace. The Soul Wardens are coming.”
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The Taleen tried to attack the dragons, which was recorded by their historians as stupidity.

> **“** ... Some of the records even suggest a few conflicts with dragons, however even their own historians call those endeavors foolish, the guild members delusional or fanatics. ... **”** – Niivalyr Olanis, **Chapter 589**
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also, Bralin's reaction to the mentions of the encounter with the dragon

> **“** “Ah it’s not the same knowing you’ve actually faced down a Dragon.”
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They even have preserved legends about the Ascended, which tell about their exploits against the creatures of Elos.

> **“**... and steel clad beings of space tearing through hordes of Shredders with single spells. **”** – **Chapter 698**
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In addition, judging by Terok's reaction to the fact of the Disappearance of the Third Sun, this is probably not a very well-known or rather too ridiculous story in the dwarven culture.

Terok also jokingly mentioned something called the Worldeater Margalon and Elder Dragons.

> **“** “Terok, do you know anything about Elos having three suns at some point?” Ilea asked.
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They know about Unicorns.

The story of the warmachine maker Eranur is most likely known in the Dwarven city with the same name.

They also remember the past kingdoms – dwarven city and the former kingdom. and champions of The Pit.

## Minutiae

* It seems that they have the same time as humans, 24 hours and determine the time using a mechanical clock.

## References

1. ↑ **Chapter 588** – *Elfie had sat down on a chair, a few stacks of books sitting on a small table nearby. “Those who can read Taleen should join me, instead of sitting around uselessly.”*

Feyrair hissed and walked over, grabbing a book and starting to read.

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3. ↑ **Chapter 266** – *“You’re a lifesaver. I knew we shouldn’t have trusted that idiot.” He said in a weird accent Ilea couldn’t place.*

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**Chapter 411** – *Terok frowned under his armor, his arms crossed to show the emotion. “Are ye sure, lad?”*

**Chapter 411** – *“I don’t know what to tell ya, lads*

**Chapter 689** – *Bralin sighed, relaxing as he opened one eye to look at her. “I’m not a fifteen year old lad, Dragonkiller. I know which battles I should fight, and which I should leave well alone.”*
6. ↑ **Chapter 242** – *“Marvelous. To think such quantities have found themselves into my forge. You see it is a metal found only deep underground. Further than most are willing to dig.*
7. ↑ **Chapter 677** – *“From up in the stormlands? Probably. Yes. But most of us don’t go there. Not with the pit,” Bralin informed.*

**Chapter 678** – *“The mercenary order, from the southern plains. Yes, but it’s rare to see members up in the stormlands. It’s been decades since I last met one of you,” he said.*
**Chapter 587** – *Ilea saw dozens of cells all around, iron barred doors locked with the occasional skeleton visible within.*
**Chapter 478** – *the potential of an extended trade alliance with the dwarven kings.*

**Chapter 685** – *They both looked back at her. “Being of ash. There is a legend in these lands, telling of Khan Joggoth. A ruler of dwarves, a maker, and a master of essence itself,” one of them said.*

**Chapter 589** – *You must speak with the king.*

**Chapter 589** – *The many kings of the Taleen led their people to a new home.*
**Chapter 247** – *My machines never made the cut, too small they said, too intricate. I didn’t get the financial support needed or an apprenticeship with one of the big guilds.*

**Chapter 589** – *She turned her attention back to the thing still connected with her mind. “What can I do as a Key warden?”*

“You will have a say in decisions made by the Guilds,” the being said in a perfectly even tone
11. ↑ **Chapter 686** – As much as the battles were usually quick and underwhelming, Bralin did enjoy the spectacle. Every time. It was one of the reasons he had come here after all. The life of nobility just didn’t appeal to him.
**Chapter 589** – *Gates reignited and an unending tide of machines controlled by the guilds of the Guard, the Builders, and the Makers swept through the underground and the lands above.*
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 **Chapter 687** –
*They teleported out into the street, Ilea stretching as she breathed in the fresh air coated with a healthy layer of smithing fumes and metal particles.*

and

*The hint of metal added a unique taste to the dish.*

and

*“Hmm, this one is good,” Pierce said. “Forge’s Forge Ale,” she added, reading off the label. “If only everything didn’t have this slight taste of metal.”*

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15. ↑ **Chapter 688** – *“As I said, I am impartial. Or as close to that ideal as I can be. Which is why I’m still here. And have been for centuries,” the dwarf said. “Now if that is all, I’d like to return to the cleanup. That cannon really did a number on our archive.”*
16. ↑ **Chapter 249** – *It had talked half an hour about the intricacies of shaping a perfect sphere and how thirty two different kinds of metals reacted to the treatment, how the result changed. Ilea didn’t have the heart to stop the smith when it went on to talk about alloys in accordance to the sphere.*
**Chapter 242** –
*“Why can’t we just go?”*

He gestured at the ground and walls, “There are runes in place to prevent entry, curses and dark magic. He normally only works with those that can cross it unharmed.”

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*“You meant that’s you? You didn’t put up runes to make people not come here?”*

“It can get lonely, sadly most cannot stomach being close to me.
18. ↑ **Chapter 247** – *... and walk into a smith’s forge infamous for being deadly. ...*
19. ↑ **Chapter 247** – *“It’s just a slight curse and health drain. I’ll heal you through it and soon you’ll get a resistance to it. Hopefully enough to not puke and die immediately.” She laughed and he nodded determined.*
20. ↑ **Chapter 235** – Ilea's resistances at the time of the meeting with Goliath –
***- Curse Resistance – 2nd lvl 2***

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***- Health Drain Resistance – 2nd lvl 1***
21. ↑ **Chapter 247** –
*Would you listen to that? Might want to test Destruction on my dwarven friend…, She smiled and started healing him, of course not abusing him as a testing dummy. She had plenty of undead for that after all. He was a little apprehensive as she led him further in, the curse and health drain taking effect before the exoskeleton opened up, Terok puking on the ground while she healed him. “Come on, you’ll get used to it.”*

He looked sick and pale but Ilea could tell he was fine through her healing magic. His health wasn’t falling thanks to her healing and the curse would soon get better as well. Getting a resistance skill wasn’t that difficult with a healer after all. “You’ll feel better in half an hour or so.”

“Half an hour… oh fucking hell.” He cursed but didn’t object, either because he would get a skill out of it or because he really did want to meet the smith.
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23. ↑ **Chapter 242** – *... “The dark ones often find conversation tiring yet it leaves my forge silent, abandoned. Were it not for my work one might question why I even rose to consciousness.”*
24. ↑ **Chapter 242** – *“A door handle? I mean maybe I could replace some of mine… I’m Ilea by the way,” She said as he put it away.*

“Work for one of my dear friends. Payment for a joke well told.” He explained
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 **Chapter 690** – *“Are you not healing everyone here against his life drain?” Ilea asked the Meadow.*

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*“If you ask nicely?” Ilea said. She knew the smith didn’t exactly enjoy mundane work. His art is beyond the understanding of mere monkeys like us, she thought and activated her third tier Transfer.*
26. ↑ **Chapter 249** – *Ilea was a little dazed, leaving the forge a couple hours later after the demonstration, explanations and monologues of an old smith. Artist of abstract shapes more like. She had no idea, nor did she believe even now that a crude forge and big hammers could shape the intricate designs it had shown her. Even having seen it all and hearing it talk about it. Goliath’s philosophy implied, as far as Ilea understood, that metal was living and breathing. Form always changing and the work of art, the enjoyment he got out of his skill not bound to the result, a usable tool or weapon but to the change it could bring to the metal.*
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**Chapter 686** –
*“Hail the wrath of King Valkor!” someone shouted, other cheers chiming in similar things. A few started praising one god or the other, but assigning this victory to the ancient King who had defeated Joggoth in the first place made the most sense in their euphoria of a glorious triumph.*
30. ↑ **Chapter 685** – *“Soul Wardens… so the curse of Khan Joggoth existed after all,” a dwarf said.*
31. ↑ **Chapter 251** – *I go in there to pick ancient locks, to clean out graves of long dead kings, to snatch artifacts worthy of a mansion back in ass creek Eranur.*
**Chapter 684** – *“Erlen hasn’t been a kingdom for two hundred years,” another said.*
**Chapter 684** – *“Kanner Miel was the Champion of the Forged Dome when I came down here.*
**Chapter 688** – *“Two days. At the twentieth hour. Dragonkiller Pierce. Or should we announce you in a different manner?”*
**Chapter 678** – *Ilea smirked. “No. And I don’t plan to pick up someone that is drinking in a pub at…,” she glanced around, finding a mechanical clock on one of the walls. “Eight in the morning.”*

**Chapter 311** – *“He needs to survive for another two minutes… clock’s ticking. COME ON YOU CAN DO IT!” Terok explained and shouted, pumping his fist into the air.*