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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 2864015" data-attributes="member: 8944">Stonegard is the capital of a Dwarven empire that has dominated the Iron Range since the dawn of time.The story: In an attempt to free mortals from the bonds of the Slaver-god Jehiel on a bleak and barren world of Jehiel's creation, Dwarves, the True Race, were led across the Veil of Worlds to Taloran by one of Jehiel's servants, the noble (if rebellious) Sariel. Sariel enlisted the aid of 9 of Jehiel's most powerful servants, including Sariel's consort Duriniel, to bring the Dwarves to a veritable paradise. Although Sariel and the 9 gods were able to steal the True Race from Jehiel's unforgiving servitude, Jehiel would not be fooled so easily. Even as Sariel led her brethren and the grateful dwarves through the Veil, Jehiel became aware of the theft, and summoned his considerable might to thwart his once-faithful servants. Sariel held off Jehiel's assault as Duriniel closed the Veil behind them, effectively hiding the True Race from the vengeful gaze of Jehiel. However, Sariel was trapped behind the veil as well, forever entombed with Jehiel, whom she had betrayed for the sake of the Dwarves.The world that the Dwarves had been led to was not the paradise that Sariel had intended for them. Duriniel and the rest of the 9 found a world populated by hideous Giants, who worshipped bizarre, chaotic demon-gods; Duriniel would later learn and teach his adopted Children that the false and evil gods of the giants were themselves forgotten servants of the sinister Jehiel. Duriniel refused to abandon the dreams of his imprisoned consort, and so, with the rest of the 9, the True Race waged war upon the giants, and made Taloran their own. In this Great Crusade, the gods created other races from the pure blood of the Dwarves, including Men and Elves, to help free the land from the unholy grip of the giants. In the end, the giants were pushed into the far North, into the Flamewastes and Balogswen. Duriniel raised the Iron Range to keep the Giants entombed in the barren North, and set his favored sons upon a Crystal Throne dedicated to the memory of fallen Sariel. Duriniel gave the Dwarves dominion over the Mountains, and commanded them to reap the fruits of the earth, and to guard the South against the Giants and their foul gods. To aid in this task, Duriniel shared the secrets of Creation with one his most favored children, and bade them to create tireless creatures of spirit and stone, soul and iron--the Warforged--to stand with the Dwarves in their eternal citadels. And so the Dwarves built great cities, and established dominion over the earth. The greatest of these is Stonegard, the Eternal City, the home of Duriniel's Crystal Throne. Fire feeds the great forges from below, bubbling up from the very depths of the earth, while water rains down from the lakes and rivers of the surface world to quench this unending flame. Here, the Dwarves have prospered, a great city of water and fire, the first city of Taloran.</blockquote>

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