Farfobik is an ancient dwarf mine-hold that has had a hard time. Originally a Sky Citadel, formed when Torag Worshipping dwarves make a strike for the surface, it had extensive mines and a connection to the underdark, however it has been diminished over the years. Farfobik has survived through all of Galinia's troubles, dealing with the original Ancient (Celtic) families, the Wangate Empire, the barbarian and humanoid occupation, and (most recently) the Galinian necromancers and their self-destruction. During that last phase, a necromantic dwarf managed to infiltrate the dwarven burial catacombs, a few levels below the main mine-hold, and the dwarves were forced to collapse the tunnels that led to the underdark and their main mines. Now they are much reduced, limited to the surface, a single iron mine and the smaller, near-surface chambers. Worse still, the Necromancer is probably still down there, somewhere!

Before the Briganda returned, the Dwarves had no real market for their iron, so they developed more of their people as hunters and scouts, bringing in food, leather and supplies - and they still have some of the best mountain fighters and scouts in the region. After a tentative start (the last set of Necromancers were led by members of the Briganda family), proper trade relationships were established. Iron, Ore, weapons and a few gemstones were traded and dwarves found work, as stonemasons, in Tas Dann and the relationship has developed. The dwarves now have good supplies of cloth and grains, and are both better fed and better clothed, while Lady Portia has an income stream from taxes and port fees.

They are, however, more pragmatic than many dwarves. After all, they have had to fight to survive, and lost many of their number - even worse they had to collapse one of their own tunnels to block off their own crypts, effectively disowning many dwarf corpses in the process. While they still recognize Torag, his brother Magrim is given equal importance, with regular prayers to the pragmatic Dwarven death deity. Treat the dwarves of Farfobik as LN with good tendencies. Their survival comes first …