Dwarves

**D**warfs are an old, isolated and hidden race of Elos.

## Appearance

They look like humans but are shorter(~140-150cm) and broader.

Unlike the classic dwarves, dwarves with a shaved beard have been seen.

**No female dwarf has been described as having a beard.**

Judging by the fact that Ilea distinctly understood that the ghoul's face is dwarven, it can be said that they have their own facial phenotype different from humans.

#### Characteristic

Their peculiarity is that they see better in the dark and also have a better lifespan than humans.

> *“Don’t know a lot of dwarves do you. Our lifespan is quite a bit longer than a human’s. No wonder you lot rush leveling like that.” He said and laughed.*
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Compared to humans, dwarves have many stone and especially metal mages, and they do not need sunlight and can live for centuries under magical lighting underground and do not experience much discomfort from metal in the air, food and drinks.

Thus, when humans are beings of light, sun, water and emotion, dwarves rather have much less light and sun, and much more stone, earth, and metal.

* It is unknown at what level they are born but they are mostly the same as humans and dwarves 300 or higher are as rare as humans.
* It seems that the puberty period is the same as in humans.

## List of dwarfs

1. Terok Stonebreaker – the dwarf from the Hallowfort, the Mage, alive.
2. Bralin – the dwarf from The Pit, the Stone Warrior, alive.
3. Helwart Maulstroem – the dwarf from The Pit, The Champion of the Dome and the current leader of the Pit, alive.
4. Omdir Stonewirt – the dwarf from The Pit, level 330 Nulram Steel Mage, a promising challenger of the champion and Ilea's opponent, alive.
5. Grahn – the dwarf from The Pit, the barkeeper of the Somber Core Smithy, alive.
6. Marilla Brickhammer – the female dwarf from The Pit, administrator of the Forged Dome, alive.
7. Gretmoor Valarian – the ancient dwarf from the unknown Taleen city, level 240 Paladin of Henel and Taleen Guardian, former guard of the lead key, alive.
8. Garlan Kornwatt – the dwarf from The Pit, a dwarf from the second group of creatures controlled by Necaloph and former smithy owner, alive.
9. Toll – the old dwarf from The Pit, has a golden war machine and enjoys betting, alive.
10. Brand – the dwarf from The Pit, a dwarf from the second group of creatures controlled by Necaloph and former smithy owner, alive.
11. Hodir – the dwarf from The Pit, a level 212 Explosion Mage met in a restaurant in a Forged Dome, alive.
12. Nessa – the dwarf from The Pit, a water mage and a Queen(?), accidentally mentioned in a restaurant in a Forged Dome, alive.
13. Grat – the dwarf from The Pit, the fighter of the Forged Dome known as "Grat the Destroyer", Pierce's opponent, alive.
14. Kall – the dwarf from The Pit, accidentally mentioned by the champion, unknown mage, alive.
15. Kerron – the dwarf from The Pit, former owner of the iron key, alive.
16. Baron – the dwarf from the Hallowfort, the warrior, unknown.
17. Helm – the dwarf from The Pit, the master, Pierce stole a high end warmachine from him, unknown
18. Malan – the dwarf from The Pit, he once greeted Ilea's group at the Pit entrance and then he was never mentioned again, unknown.
19. Eranur – the ancient female dwarf from the unknown northern dwarf settlement, great Maker and possibly the founder of the Dwarven city, dead
20. Khan Joggoth – the ancient dwarf from the northern dwarf kingdom, King of the ruined northern dwarf kingdom and legendary Maker, dead.
21. Valkor – the ancient dwarf from the northern dwarf kingdom, the King who defeated Joggoth, dead.
22. Bator – the ancient dwarf from the unknown Taleen city, Maker who initiated the Reclamation ~3,500 years ago, dead
23. Garl Heinhall – the dwarf from the northern dwarf kingdom, king of the former northern dwarf kingdom, dead.
24. Kanner Miel – the dwarf the dwarf from The Pit, third Champion of the Dome, dead.
25. Nelron Kheer Mauer – the ancient dwarf from the unknown Taleen city, Taleen theorist who described the process of the origin of dungeons, dead.

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1. Herin – young female dwarf from Io, the creator and wielder of the floating bowl, alive.
2. Ormont – ancient dwarf from Io, the representative of the Makers Guild, level 262 Machine Engineer, alive.
3. Joori – old(?) dwarf from Io, the representative of the Taleen Paladins, level 228 Paladin, alive.
4. Hatta – young female dwarf from Io, the representative of the Makers Guild, level 215 Machine Engineer, alive.
5. Gorn – ancient dwarf from Io, the wearer of the smoothest long beard, alive.
6. Borin– ancient dwarf from Io, researcher(?), alive.
7. Marun – young dwarf from Io, part of the Builders Guild, alive.
8. Caria – young dwarf from Io, part of the Healers Guild, alive.

## Location

Traditionally, they live north of the Human Plains in and around The Naraza Mountain Chain or in any mountain or place where they can burrow.

* Although outside of Taleen, dwarfs living outside of the northern mountains were never mentioned.

The Naraza Mountain Chain itself is very wide, starting from the shores of the Karthian gulf facing the Wastes of Ash, the domain of fire in the west and ending with the coast near the the Isle of Garath in the east.

Given that they live close to the Stormlands, a higher mana density than on the Human Plains is expected.

They also live at altitudes with low enough mana to not attract northern monsters.

#### Known places of current residence

* Hallowfort – dark ones city.

* The Pit – dwarven city.

* Eranur – dwarven big city.

* Parior – dwarven kingdom.

* Erlen – dwarven city and the former kingdom.

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* Io – Taleen prison-shelter city.

## Economy

~3000 years ago, a supposed person from another world was imprisoned in one of the dwarven kingdoms, they were expressing amazing economic and agricultural ideas.

* It is unknown how this has affected the Dwarven economy and civilization in general after so many years.

They know about interest and contracts, about investments and sponsorship.

Judging by their isolation, they have a fairly self-sufficient economy but are always hungry for metals and especially for rare metals, they send out expeditions to the stormlands, dig exploration mines and even dig extremely deep holes in their cities(although the cities themselves may have been just exploration mines from the beginning like The Pit) in search of metals, treasures, and monsters.

They get food from monsters that find and water from underground sources like the Shining Caves under The Pit and store water in special tanks *like* the water-filled Talin hall where the huge octopus(Caller of the Deep) lived.

* Although no farms were ever mentioned in any of the Taleen city or in The Pit, vegetables were noticed.(see more – Cooking and Brewing)

### The value of gold.

> “Come then, I’ll pay for a round of ale for all of you. If gold is still worth anything.” – **Chapter 684**
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They value metals above gold and in general gold is quite useless for war machines because gold has poor mana conductivity(for non-gold mages).

But gold is still used as a currency to exchange for something(like tools and materials) or for betting.

* It is unknown whether gold is used in other dwarven settlements as widely as in The Pit.
* Silver is also in use.

### Domestic trade

The flow of goods begins with miners and divers who bring all kinds of resources to the Guilds, which in turn classify, organize, sell and bring the findings to various smithies, restaurants, shops and pubs, etc

Or any of dwarves can use resources for themselves or sell more profitably if they know where and for how much.

* Perhaps they use underground tunnels to transport and exchange goods between settlements.

#### ⠀The Warmachine Industry

War machines in their society are a whole industry, each dwarf has their own forge(or a shared smithy) and creates their own war machine for themselves, so it become something like a fashion, a status symbol and an everyday tool for work.

But this does not mean that they live in war machines, rather they often go in them.

* There is also a special clothing for war machines
* There are additional modifications for the war machine that make it easier for beginners to move and Ilea called it training wheels.

Guilds can provide apprenticeships or financial support to promising warmachine engineers or designers

### International trade

Dwarves can make storage items and if you're lucky, you can buy one from them.

It also seems that other races often come to buy metals from the dwarves.

Dwarves trade with humans. The Dwarven kings made a trade treaty with the Golden Lily.

They also buy sweets from Heavenly Sweets that Helena owns.

Catelyn suspects that the dwarves are selling weapons to the Dark Protector's Army and Feynor, thereby earning money from the war.

Although the dwarves avoid the Elves, they still sell their tools to the Cerithil Hunters, whether through intermediaries (humans) or directly.

> **“** “Ropes, enchanted fire spheres, armor repairs, good meals cooked by professionals. Even we appreciate the mundane. There are many of us who don’t care but after hundreds of years, it gets tedious to just eat raw meat and constantly run around in the darkness, relying only on magical sight. I like the comfort of a feather filled bed just as much as any other mammal. Your kind has perfected such wares and thus we sought a trader.” **”** – Ben the Cerithil Hunter about his needs.
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## Relationships with other races

> **“** HALT!” a voice bellowed through the crevice.
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> Ilea did as he asked. “We’re friendly!” she shouted back. “Here to visit and trade!”
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> “ONLY WAR MACHINES AND DIVERS! THERE’S NO TRADE FOR YOU HERE! LEAVE ASH BEING!” the voice resumed.
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> “LEAVE OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!” came the warning. **”** – **Chapter 675**
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The dwarves do not accept any outsiders into their cities and it is usually difficult or even impossible for outsiders to get past the entrance.

> **“** “A few cities, but they don’t let in anyone. You need some of them to vouch for you and even then it’s difficult,” Verena said.**”** – Verena Quil, **Chapter 675**
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### Wars

Bralin said that there has been peace for centuries.

After the Disappearance of the Third Sun, the dwarves were in alliance with humans and elves to fight off the enemy, and when they succeeded, they began to kill each other for the spoils of war.

* Also, from the words of Fae, it is implied that the lower races(including elves) have previously(before the Disappearance of the Third Sun) united against some common enemy.

The elves, dwarves, and humans had long engaged in skirmishes in the new north to claim it, and in the end they had tacitly decided to leave the area as a no-man's land.

### Humans

Dwarves believe that humans do not understand the true value of metals.

Humans are allowed into The Pit and humans live in peace with the dwarves in Hallowfort.

Humans are used to dwarves and normally treat them.

However, the Golden Lily does not like dwarves.

* In the last few centuries or even thousands of years, humans have not had *major* conflicts with other races.

### Dark Ones

> **“** ... A more appropriate explanation is that the races of blood expanded and dug far enough to find and challenge the dark ones living peacefully. I must admit many of them are not, peaceful that is. Hunters, deceivers, evil beings seeking goals not quite differing from those of many a human, elf or dwarf. ... **”** – The legendary smith Goliath about the old days.
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Many dark ones found shelter in the abandoned settlements, tunnels, and mines of the dwarves, as an example in the Taleen city and the Centurion factory called Izna, a variant of the dark ones who called themselves Saurians, lived there and wanted to communicate only with the dwarves and even gave a gem as a gratitude for cleaning the city.

Judging by the dark ones living in The Pit, they are treated neutrally there.

There are quite a few dwarves coexist quietly with the dark ones in Hallowfort, and the dwarves even took part in the meeting when the corruption occurred.

### Elves

> **“** Terok looked at the elf too, chuckling a little at the sight. Ilea was surprised with how little regard he had talked to the ancient being. Perhaps dwarves had a different opinion on the species than most humans she had met. **”** – Ilea Spears, **Chapter 260**
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The Taleen had been at war with the elves even before the third sun disappeared, and even after they disappeared, they continued to send out their endless army.

> **“** “The cursed ones go into their homes, destroy what they can find but it doesn’t change anything. The machines still come, unstoppable, in greater numbers every year.” **”** – Niivalyr Olanis about endless Taleen army
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The elves don't care about the dwarves and the dwarves themselves usually avoid the elves.

The Hallowfort dwarves don't like elves although the Terok have fun with them.

### Lizardmen

Judging by the lizardmen living in The Pit, they are treated neutrally there.

In Hallowfort, the dwarves and lizardmen co-existed peacefully and were even seen as a team.

### Feynor

The Feynor hate dwarves in third place after humans and the dark ones.

The Feynor destroy the expeditions to the north.

Feynor attacked Hallowfort, where the dwarves lived.

## Interesting moments

* The Pit ale is so good and varied that Ilea was shocked and really liked it, *perhaps it is even equal to or better than the ale of Vultures*.

* You can find out if you are near to the dwarven kingdoms with the help of the traces left by their war machines.

## References

**Chapter 675** –
*“A few cities, but they don’t let in anyone. You need some of them to vouch for you and even then it’s difficult,” Verena said.*

“A bother is what it is. If you want to see them, just sneak inside,” Pierce said.

Verena shook her head. “Can’t do that with the ones I’ve visited. They really like building unconquerable fortresses deep underground. All enchanted too, and old. Some of these cities have been standing longer than any human settlements.”
**Chapter 578** – *Ben crossed his arms and continued. “Dwarfs in the northern mountains, mostly the Naraza chain but their dwellings are below ground, many of their cities likely never to be found by an outsider.*
3. ↑ **Chapter 48** – The first skeleton of a Taleen dwarf –
*A skeleton clad in armor. Ilea slowly walked to the skeleton, making sure not to even breath towards the pedestals. Crouching down, her auras lit it up a little. It was small and broad, just as one would imagine a dwarf to be.*

and

*The problem was that it was obviously made for a dwarf. ‘Sadly I’m not one meter fifty tall and just as wide...’ she thought and made the armor vanish again.*

**Chapter 241** – The first living dwarves –
*Half the races running around, trading and shouting she had never seen.* Is that a dwarf? *The man was as tall as a kid but with sturdy arms and legs, no hair on his head as well as a scar on his scalp. He looked about as heavy as she would be were it not for her dense bones and muscles.*

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*steam exiting from both the pipes on his back as well as the chamber itself before a man about one meter forty in height jumped out. A black bushy beard, one mechanical eye and black greasy hair looked at her with an outstretched hand, “Terok Stonebreaker, very happy to make your acquaintance.”*
**Chapter 678** – *The barkeeper was in a war machine too, various tools and additions to his suit that belonged to the bar itself. He whistled when he saw her, his clean shaven and scarred face currently uncovered.*
**Chapter 688** – *The dwarf looked up and smiled. “Ah not at all. Registrations can be done at any time. A human, greetings to you all. I’m Marilla Brickhammer, administrator of the Forged Dome.” She wore a set of armored robes, sockets of various colors suggesting it was some kind of suit to be worn below a war machine. Her thick brown hair was braided perfectly, keen green eyes taking in the newcomers.*
6. ↑ **Chapter 679** – *The creature looked a little like an elongated hyena, its face distinctly dwarven with thin hair sticking to its skin, unkempt fur covering the rest of its body. It screeched, its mouth opening wide. Sharp teeth lined its jaws as a venomous cloud spread outwards.*
**Chapter 252** – *The robot moved, testing its legs as the dwarf answered, “We can see in the dark. Not perfectly well but we can see.*
**Chapter 253**
[ **Chapter 34**] – *Her arms relaxed to her sides and her eyes widened as she gazed upon the spectacle before her. She knew for a fact that she was underground in a cave but looking out into the street with houses on each side and glowing greenish magical lamps above made her feel more like she was in an ancient city on an autumn evening. Albeit a greenish evening.*
10. ↑ **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.”*
**Chapter 437** – *ou are beings of light, sun, water and emotion. Not of control and arcane.*
**Chapter 253** –
*I know you humans don’t think like that and trust me back in Eranur, the city I grew up in people were the same.”*

“As to if it’s true at all… well I don’t know. I don’t think everybody is a liar and the stories I’ve heard came from direct sources. Comparing them gives me somewhat of a picture. Though it’s rare enough to meet someone above three hundred after all.”
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**Chapter 685** – *“Not like we would’ve noticed if ya hadn’t,” the first dwarf answered with a smile. “Garlan Kornwatt’s the name.”*
**Chapter 701** – *Toll!!” he said, shouting the last bit. He finally spotted the golden war machine in the distance. He had to make this one count.*

“Willing to bet, you old fart?” he asked when he reached the dwarf in question.

“With you, always,” said Toll.
16. ↑ **Chapter 685** – *“S’pose that’s a way to travel through time,” Brand said, a steel covered hand touching the damaged chin of his ancient war machine.*
17. ↑ **Chapter 699** – *“Hodir’s the name.”*

[Explosion Mage – lvl 212]
18. ↑ **Chapter 699** – Another dwarf turned around from the table ahead, nearly bumping into Hodir. “Oi… twas a woman, I tell ya. Thick armor, but I saw the curves. Queen Nessa I tell ya.”

“Nessa was a water mage, you daft fucking shit,” someone else said.
19. ↑ **Chapter 699** – *Your opponent needs no introduction. Come forth! Grat the Destroyer!” the announcer shouted over the cheering crowd.*
20. ↑ **Chapter 701** – *“Kall’s magic gets in the way too, and when I’m excited, you’ll need all six of em to stop me.*
21. ↑ **Chapter 703** – *“Taleen that one, one of me ancestors passed it down. Only thing she said was to never give it away,” Kerron said.*
22. ↑ **Chapter 686** – *“Master Helm. Are you injured?”*
23. ↑ **Chapter 687** – *“That is a high end machine. What Lilith has is simply beyond the normal standards,” Bralin supplied. He knew full well that she was joking.*
**Chapter 677** –

*“Greetins!” one of the beings said as he approached.*

and

*The warmachine was piloted by a dwarf, a steel visor open to reveal a bearded face, hardly any skin visible in the tight space of his armored suit. “Name’s Malan, Nice to meet all of you. I can show you around if you like.”*
25. ↑ **Chapter 690** – *“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 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.*
27. ↑ **Chapter 589** – *But yes, the great war in the five hundredth year after Bothor the Maker had initiated the Reclamation.*
**Chapter 684** – *“I serve Garl Heinhall, king of Erlen,” another dwarf said.*
**Chapter 684** – *“Kanner Miel was the Champion of the Forged Dome when I came down here.*
30. ↑ **Chapter 769** – *“Core facilities have developed into dungeons as described in the Third Mana Theory by Nelron Kheer Mauer.*
31. ↑ **Chapter 782** – *Ilea came face to face with a young dwarf, the dark skinned girl looking at her with deep green eyes whilst sitting on a floating bowl like machine.*

“Herin get back here!” someone shouted from the layer above.
32. ↑ **Chapter 783** – *“I am Ormont, Guild of the Makers, of the Taleen. May we ask what is happening to Io and its protectors?” the oldest one spoke.*
33. ↑ **Chapter 783** – *[Paladin – lvl 228]*

“Watch your words, Joori,” Ormont hissed, anger and frustration quite obvious.
34. ↑ **Chapter 783** – *First a young dwarf with short black hair and a clean shaven face. She had a neutral expression on her face, green eyes taking her in.*

[Machine Engineer – lvl 215]

“I’m Hatta, of the Makers.
35. ↑ **Chapter 784** – *His gray beard looked smooth, longer than what everyone else wore.*

You have always been stubborn, Gorn.
36. ↑ **Chapter 784** – *“She’s standing there with a Fae in her hand. I suppose it’s possible,” Borin said. “I would very much like to see that however. May I ask you to repeat that while we watch from a distance?”*
37. ↑ **Chapter 789** – *I’m part of the Guild of Builders, call me Marun. Is it possible to look at the enchantments and greenprints?”*
38. ↑ **Chapter 789** – *“I am Caria, Guild of Healers.”*
39. ↑ **Chapter 263** – Neighbors of the northern Rhyvor Empire/Kingdom –

*Everybody loved king Maro, people from far away flocking to the newly formed kingdom and swearing fealty on his name alone. The initial assassination attempts, power struggles with the nearest human and dwarven kingdoms as well as internal conflicts flared up in a fire of politics.*

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*To even come here was a dangerous journey, going through dwarven and sometimes elven lands even.*
**Chapter 279** – Maro Invalar about Taleen and elves –
*You mean Taleen and elves? There were wars I’m sure but I know little about the intricacies. Most of the long ears stayed south of the dwarven mountains too, few traveling these lands but then again the same was true for all other races.”*
**Chapter 197** – *The dwarves resided in the Naraza mountain chain or wherever they decided to dig themselves into the stone.*
**Chapter 578** – *...come from the Wastes of Ash, the domain of fire. The name aptly describes their territory bordering the north facing Naraza mountain chain far west of Karth and any human settlement.*
**Chapter 195** –  *“And yes, I have the location. At least I think I do. An island off the coast near the Naraza mountain chain. The letter mentions the Isle of Garath.*
**Chapter 247** – *... Never wondered why the beasts here in the north never came to destroy your plains? Or our cities in the mountains?” The dwarf asked.*

Ilea took a sip of ale, “I just thought it was too far away. Animals don’t like it in certain parts of the world. They need food and a climate according to their preferences…,”

“As well as mana.” She added, understanding it now. ...
**Chapter 677** – *If the royal guard of Parior participated in the Dome, I’d bet my gold on one of our semi decent fighters,” he said.*
**Chapter 684** – *“Erlen hasn’t been a kingdom for two hundred years,” another said.*
47. ↑ **Chapter 263** –
*She shook her head and chuckled, “The man invaded a dwarven city just to talk to a captive of theirs who claimed to be from a different world.”*

“Was he?” Ilea asked.

“Perhaps. He was a dwarf still. Scipio returned with economic ideas unheard of as well as agricultural suggestions that led to Rhyvor’s fame for wine. Perhaps the dwarf had simply been extraordinarily smart, a pioneer of his time. Or perhaps he really was from another world.
48. ↑ **Chapter 326** –
*“If that doesn’t satisfy you, I can evaluate what you owe me in gold, adding interest of course for every week you didn’t pay anything back.”*

He laughed and clasped his hands together, “No need to let my bad influence get to you, Ilea.”
49. ↑ **Chapter 678** –
*“I get half of the winnings,” Ilea said in her deep and vibrating voice, her intimidation gaining at least a few bonus points with the voice module.*

“I suppose that’s fair. ...
50. ↑ [ ] – *patreon content wink*
51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 **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.”*
52. ↑ **Chapter 688** – *“Some powerful… investors, don’t take kindly to outsiders messing with their established champions.”*
53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 **Chapter 288** –
*Know that dwarves are similarly greedy, it’s just metal we want compared to your gold.”*

How terribly cliched.

“Is gold not a metal dwarf?” Neiphato asked with a smile.

He pointed at the elf with the wooden ladle he had gotten out of nowhere. Ilea wondered if he had carved it himself. “Exactly, it is. Not a very hard one at that. Other than gold mages it’s difficult to guide mana through it as well. Now how would you compete in the ring with such a machine?”
54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 **Chapter 247** – *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.”*
55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 **Chapter 677** – *“The Pit is both the city and well, the pit. Was a former prisoner town ages past. Only goal was digging down, for whatever metals, treasures, and monsters they could find. It’s at a respectable depth now, the lower levels too dangerous for most.*
56. ↑ **Chapter 247** – *the Descent has been traversed before. It is a city, built around a dungeon that leads further down into the earth than anything I’ve seen before and trust me, dwarves like to dig deep.”*
57. ↑ **Chapter 587** – Iz – *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.*
58. ↑ **Chapter 689** – *Some of the waterfalls weren’t broad enough to reach the ground, instead creating bright mists as the liquid dissipated during its long fall. A few basins had formed over the years with creeks flowing out and away, some slowing down before ending in smaller ponds while others had managed to bore into the stone, leaving the cave to find another place to settle.*
59. ↑ **Chapter 42** – *‘Filled with water...’ Ilea repeated in her head and started to blink upwards to the opening in the roof where the elevator had come from.*
60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 **Chapter 677** – *“Yeah, most of us have our own forges, or shared ones. A lot goes into making a working war machine, the tools and materials are neither cheap nor always easy to get. I can only manage general repairs in my home. Saves me plenty of silver,” Bralin explained and made for the stairwell.*
61. ↑ 61.0 61.1 **Chapter 676** – *“Two gold that they just want to go down for metals,” one said.*
62. ↑ **Chapter 679** – *The Guild had offered a few jobs but generally they just took everything the divers would find, to then categorize, organize, sell, and bring it to the various smithies in the town.*
63. ↑ **Chapter 678** – *He shrugged lightly, taking a sip from his pint. “You can. But I suggest signing up with the guild first. If you happen to finish any jobs or find treasures, it’s a much simpler process to get paid. Granted, you’d make more if you had a lot of connections and sold everything yourself but you don’t strike me as someone who’d be interested in that.”*
64. ↑ **Chapter 677** – *“Is there only one way in?” Verena asked.*

“From up in the stormlands? Probably. Yes. But most of us don’t go there. Not with the pit,” Bralin informed.
65. ↑ **Chapter 677** – *Smithies were really the dominating structure, or perhaps everything else simply had a smithy attached to it as well.*
66. ↑ **Chapter 677** –
*“You didn’t make that one?” Verena asked.*

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.”

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*“To get back to the topic, a lot of dwarves here don’t use war machines they’ve made themselves. If someone gets squashed in the Dome, it’d just be a waste to not sell the machine. Their main business next to betting actually.”*
67. ↑ **Chapter 677** – *She got plenty of looks and comments from the folks passing by, mostly impressed or envious. Some few were accusatory or belittling, suggesting whoever was piloting the armor wasn’t worth the materials and work.*

**Chapter 688** – *One glanced up. “We’re busy. Leave us be, human.”*

She wore a set of casual clothes, her usual city exploration attire.
68. ↑ **Chapter 677** – *“A lot of the war machines date back to the prison background. Older designs were simply made to carry more ore, and to let dwarves efficiently scale the pit. The tools and weapons help with digging too,” he explained.*
69. ↑ **Chapter 678** – They relax sometimes in a war machines sometimes without. – *It looked more like a storage hall really, but the wood, warm light, and stools added a nice atmosphere. Stools both dwarven sized and well, war machine sized.*
70. ↑ **Chapter 688** – *“The added tubes should help you move. Weighs the whole thing down just a little more but with your level and mana it shouldn’t be much of an issue,” Bralin explained as he made for the exit.*

and

*“You got training wheels,” Ilea mused.*
71. ↑ 71.0 71.1 **Chapter 254** – *... The best dwarven engineers have cursed the designs as impossible, I’m not going to pretend I’m better than them. Inspiration is what I seek. I’m a metal mage and engineer, not a machine designer. They can try to figure out the autonomous designs of the Taleen for as long as they want to. ...*
72. ↑ **Chapter 688** – a Pit dwarf with an engineer class – ***[War Machine Engineer – lvl 230]***
73. ↑ **Chapter 36** – Edwin Redleaf – *“You don’t. Nobody in their right mind would sell one. Only dwarves and elves know how to make them and good luck trying to buy one from them...” Edwin was smiling, more towards Felicia than Ilea.*
74. ↑ **Chapter 478** – *The woman sighed, thinking of the Elven lands, the recent return of an expedition vessel from the eastern seas, the potential of an extended trade alliance with the dwarven kings.*
75. ↑ **Chapter 493** – *“It’s the major provider of cake and baked goods for large parts of the whole human plains… there are even records of sales and connections to the northern planes, dwarven kingdoms, the independent cities of the west… however Ravenhall is suspiciously free of their services.”*
76. ↑ **Chapter 291** – *“Perhaps. It is certainly part of the reason but not all. There are many groups involved, influential beings both dark ones and friends of the Feynor. Dwarves supplying steel and even humans I suspect. A war among other species… it is a profitable endeavor.”*
77. ↑ 77.0 77.1 77.2 **Chapter 369** –
*No elf would trade with the cursed, few humans remain willing to trade or even talk. Dark Ones and Dwarves alike shun our kind.”*

and

*“Though powerful we are, no craftsmen, smiths or tailors remain amongst the cursed. It is through tools made by human or dwarven hand that we enhance our chance of survival in the depths left behind by those at constant war.”*
78. ↑ **Chapter 688**– *“Indeed. There are those that come close in this day and age, but there has been peace for centuries,” he said.*
79. ↑ 79.0 79.1 **Chapter 436** – Fae – *“A long time has passed since last the lower races of this realm have come together to repel a common enemy. Many had suspected the Ascended had taken the third sun ... Elves fighting alongside humans and dwarves is a rare thing. An fickle alliance, shattered as soon as the enemy was repelled.”*
80. ↑ **Chapter 669** – Ness – *I was surprised not by the slaughter but the ensuing battle after he had left and his weapons were no longer a danger to the gathered forces. They instead fought each other to obtain what he had left behind, or so I believe.”*
81. ↑ **Chapter 6** – Library attendant Maria – *Directly north it’s mostly monsters though. After many years of skirmishes between elves, humans and dwarfs it was kinda unofficially declared that nobody gets the place. Few travel through it anymore.*
82. ↑ **Chapter 243** –
*“None taken.” Ilea chuckled and smiled, “I didn’t even know it was such a special metal. Just that it took more abuse than anything else I had before.”*

The dwarf visibly winced at that and shook his head, “Humans. You lot.” It sounded like he was trying to bite down some of the curses coming to his lips but she wouldn’t have minded.
83. ↑ 83.0 83.1 83.2 **Chapter 677** – The Pit people – *Most of the people were dwarves but there were occasional lizardpeople, humans, and dark ones.*
84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 **Chapter 293** – Visitors in the pub "Abyss" in Hallowfort. –  *There were dark ones, humans, dwarves, machines that she assumed had dwarves inside as well as some rare humans.*
85. ↑ **Chapter 560** – Librarian Elise about the Dark Ones, Lizardmen, Dwarves, and Humans – *“Lizardmen and dwarves are rarely seen in our cities but near the northern and western borders, they’re neither unknown nor unwelcome,” Elise said. “I don’t see how these beings would be any different.”*
86. ↑ **Chapter 355** – Alistair Gallian governor of Riverwatch –
*“Ah another thing… what do you think of cooperation with dwarfs and dark ones?”*

“Dark ones… monsters turned sentient?” Alistair said. “Laws apply to everyone. As long as they abide by them when they are in our city, I see no problems.”
87. ↑ **Chapter 502** – The Destroyer, the pirate Hector – *The Lily isn’t exactly fond of Elves and Dwarfs,” he said.*
88. ↑ **Chapter 197** – Dagon – *No major war had happened in the last several hundred years.*
89. ↑ **Chapter 669** – Albert Scipio – *“All within the last century. Humanity has enjoyed long lasting peace for millennia, excluding wars amongst themselves, but you would know how little that benefits the overall strength of our species.*
90. ↑ **Chapter 276**
91. ↑ **Chapter 287** – Niivalyr Olanis – *The dark ones call themselves Saurians and only agree to talk to the dwarf. At least that is what he says but I doubt any of the others would actually like to engage with them in anything but slaughter.” Elfie commented.*
92. ↑ **Chapter 323** – one of the Saurians –
*“N… noble… w… warriors. We… would like to… thank.” The voice was grating and deep, its tongue straining to make the sounds. It revealed a red gem as big as her fist, holding it out to them with an expectant gaze. Terok stepped forward and took the gemstone, holding it up as he inspected it.*

*“Thanks.” He said and walked back, leaving the saurian in an awkward position, not knowing if to approach, stay or leave. Ilea at least waved at the creature when they stepped into the elevator.*
93. ↑ **Chapter 375** – The Dwarves are one of the main races in Hallowfort – *Dwarves and dark ones of various races and sizes were moving through the streets, shouting and working.*
94. ↑ **Chapter 687** – Ilea Spears about Hallowfort – *Ilea nodded lightly. “Yeah, there’s quite a few dwarves there. Mostly various Dark One species. Terok is one of them, if you know him.”*
95. ↑ **Chapter 380** – *Maro was discussing the effects of the corruption with Catelyn and Niivalyr, the three joined by a couple of Dark Ones and two dwarfs were standing inside the dome structure and below where Ilea was eating.*
96. ↑ **Chapter 279** – Maro Invalar – *... You mean Taleen and elves? There were wars I’m sure but I know little about the intricacies. ...*
97. ↑ **Chapter 265**
98. ↑ **Chapter 279** – Terok Stonebreaker – *Terok raised his eyebrows and grunted, “Don’t think many have a grudge like you humans. Rarely travel north and they care little about the dwarves in the mountains. Why do you ask?”*
99. ↑ **Chapter 379** – Catelyn – *She was aware that there were elves in the north, some few visiting Hallowfort even. Their kind wasn’t liked however, by neither dwarfs nor many dark ones.*
100. ↑ **Chapter 241** – *The robot turned to her when she approached, saws extending out of his arms. Yellow eyes stared at her in the dark, “I’m a healer.” She said and continued towards the lizardman, the robot not moving as he watched her.*
101. ↑ **Chapter 291** – *They will attack you one way or the other. Humans they hate most, next to dwarves and elves.”*
102. ↑ **Chapter 270** – Krentin – *Perhaps as much as when the expedition had been slaughtered by Feynor, his ass rescued by a group of dark ones that hunted the dragon worshipers.*
103. ↑ **Chapter 313** –
*and nodded to Terok, “Hallowfort was likely attacked too. We should go see if it’s still standing.” The dwarf immediately stepped forward.*

“Fuck, I’ll get Maro and Lucas.”
104. ↑ **Chapter 678** –
*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.*

and

She sipped on her ale. “God I like this shit.”
105. ↑ **Chapter 675** – *“Tracks here,” Verena said, crouched and getting up. “Heavy boots and large. Dwarven war machines.”*

“Probably a kingdom nearby,” Pierce said.