Need to integrate this page, with the dwarf minehold list on the main Dwarf page.

Most Dwarves live in independent mine-holds, underground mining towns populated almost entirely by dwarves. You will find mine-holds scattered in and around The Empire, and other parts of the game world, where they interact and trade with the local community. Mine-holds tend to be family and guild based, and the leader is often selected from a ruling family - in a semi-hereditary way (although the actual process varies). There are different types of mine-hold.

• Basic - Main Production: Iron - mainly run by humans. Gems: Hematite Plus one or two low value quartz stones.
• Poor - Main Production: Iron, Copper, Bronze Secondary production: Silver, Lead. Gems: azurite; malachite; turquoise; plus one or two from this list: agates; blue quartz; hematite; lapis lazuli; obsidian; rhodochrosite; tigereye;
• Good – Main Production: Iron, Silver, Lead. Secondary production: Gold, Copper, Bronze. Gems: A selection of (perhaps) 5 or 6 types of gemstone up to 100gp in value - say 3@10, 2@50, 1@100
• Great - Potentially all metals and minerals, although each will have regular supplies of a limited selection. It may take a while to get others.

Note that there are also Dwarven ex-pat communities in some towns and cities. However, there isn't a list of those yet.

You should read the Main Dwarf Page to check for house rules and culture, before playing a dwarf.

This may be incomplete as mine holds are being discovered regularly.

• These mine-holds are Followers of Moradin
• Belarum - a small mine-hold in Holden, East Telida,. This is a poor minehold, with limited supplies of iron.
• Rockhome - on the road between Sybarite and Jekleal, in the Far Coast States.
• Dersolbek – set in the eastern mountains of Urgon.
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• These mine-holds are Followers of Torag
• These Minehold generally have connections to the underdark
• Melmond - High up in the Telidan mountain range, Melmond sends shipments of ingots to The Tannery, via Berhof - a journey of several weeks through dangerous terrain. Technically, the Minehold is known as Holfuruhm, but most people just call it Melmond. (The Dwarves find it amusing, as Melmond is a corruption of Bad Land / Bad World in an old language) This is a Great Mine-hold with links to the underdark.
• Deep Delve - a Dwarf Mine-hold deep in the Rostil Mountains, North of The Strongholds.
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• These mine-holds are Followers of Magrim
• Many of hese mines have often lost their connection to the underdark, or suffered some other great trauma.
• Banaduum - a poor mine-hold close to Porters Bar, without a link to the underdark. This is a poor minehold, with limited supplies of iron.
• Unknown - the mine-hold at Paria in Drai Shon, which hasn't yet been named yet. It might be an exceptiuon, and still retain an underdark link.
• Farfobik - A small Mine-hold in Galina, close to the coast, without a link to the underdark. This is a poor minehold.