These short and stocky defenders of mountain fortresses are often seen as stern and humorless. Known for mining the earth’s treasures and crafting magnificent items from ore and gemstones, they have an unrivaled affinity for the bounties of the deep earth. Dwarves also have a tendency toward traditionalism and isolation that sometimes manifests as xenophobia.

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Dwarves are driven by honor and tradition. While they are often stereotyped as standoffish, they have a strong sense of friendship and justice, and those who win their trust understand that while they work hard, they play even harder—especially when good ale is involved. Most dwarves are lawful good.

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Dwarven settlements are not exactly the same everywhere you go but, there are some things that can be found in most dwarf settlements, such as Ale, Sausage, Nubbe Paste and Brass Bands which encapsulate traditional dwarf culture.

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Most Dwarves grow up in a mine-hold, and spend the rest of their lives living there. Some, such as hunters, traders and guards, travel outside the mine-hold, either locally or to set trading partners - but then return home to the familiar setting of their mine-hold. A few go adventuring, going out to seek life experiences and wealth, before returning home again.

However, some dwarves live permanently in human towns and settlements, perhaps having been born there or moving there for personal reasons. They are still proud of their dwarfish cultures and tick together in ex-pat style communities, often all in the same area of town, often known locally as The Dwarf Quarter, Dwarf Town or something similar. While not quite as insular as the mine-holds, Dwarf culture and values permeate such settlements, making them a good stopping off point for adventuring and travelling dwarves.

However, a few dwarves choose to settle in villages, often alone or in very small communities, while some dwarves are no longer welcome within the dwarf community at all, and are forced to live in exile.

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Develop Mine-holds into a new page - and add this section as Underground Trade. Trade routes through the darklands are dangerous, sparsely populated and not well travelled, they wind and twist along (mainly) natural caverns, that can be home to all sorts of hazards. Other humanoid races send hunting parties out to monitor the routes, so merchants either have to be strong or stealthy to travel them - just like caravans on wilderness trade routes. Whatever they trade, it has to be valuable, or the risk is too high - but then a single bottle of whiskey can be worth hundreds of gold pieces, when you are two miles underground!

This may be incomplete. Change this to a list of Dwarf Settlements - differentiate by Major Holds (links to the Underdark) other Mine-holds (no established links to the underdark) and Ex-Pat communities.

• These mine-holds are Followers of Moradin
• Belarum - a small mine-hold in Holden, East Telida,
• Rockhome - on the road between Sybarite and Jekleal, in the Far Coast States.
• Deep Delve - a Dwarf Mine-hold deep in the Rostil Mountains, North of The Strongholds.
• Dersolbek – set in the eastern mountains of Urgon.
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• These mine-holds are Followers of Torag
• Baraduum - a poor mine-hold close to Porters Bar, without a link to the underdark.
• Belarum - a small mine-hold in Holden, East Telida, without a link to the underdark.
• Various - most of the other mine-holds in The Tannery League
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• These mine-holds are Followers of Magrim
• 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.
• Unknown - the mine-hold at Paria, which hasn't yet been named I need to sort this out (Paria features twice, one in Finaroka, once in Drai Shon :P )
• Farfobik - A small Mine-hold in Galina, close to the coast, without a link to the underdark.