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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 7336983" data-attributes="member: 59816">While cooking the goat, Angis thought about what he knew of the area: For centuries, the Ironeater clan of shield dwarves had occupied the tunnels beneath Mount Illefarn and had mined the nearby quarry in the Laughing Hollow.Nearly two hundred years ago, King Derval Ironeater declared that due to diminishing numbers, the Ironeater clan could no longer hold the tunnels and ordered the clan to disperse into the wider world. Most of the dwarves wentto Secomber and Waterdeep, while Derval and his brother Korin landed in Daggerford. (Derval's smithy is the finest in Daggerford).Korin was never satisfied with his brother’s decision to abandon the enclave under Mount Illefarn, and after a century of argument, decided to reoccupy Mount Illefarn despite Derval’s edict. Korin recalled other shield dwarves who agreed with his point of view and marched back to Mount Illefarn to reclaim it, only to find their crumbling enclave infested with orcs. It took Korin’s dwarves three years to send the orcs packing into the hills. During that time, Derval refused to send aid, declaring Korin and his ilk to be beldarakin, (a Dwarvish word meaning “treacherous creatures.”)Korin declared himself King Korin Ironaxe of the newly minted Ironaxe clan, further distancing himself from his brother and the Ironeater clan. He also gave his subterranean home a new name: Ironaxe Halls. The dwarves of the Ironaxe halls refused to associate with their &quot;cousins&quot; in Daggerford, and vice-versa. There had been no contact with the dwarves under the mountain for decades (as far as Angis knew). King Korin would now be very old if he yet lived.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 7336983, member: 59816"] While cooking the goat, Angis thought about what he knew of the area: For centuries, the Ironeater clan of shield dwarves had occupied the tunnels beneath Mount Illefarn and had mined the nearby quarry in the Laughing Hollow. Nearly two hundred years ago, King Derval Ironeater declared that due to diminishing numbers, the Ironeater clan could no longer hold the tunnels and ordered the clan to disperse into the wider world. Most of the dwarves went to Secomber and Waterdeep, while Derval and his brother Korin landed in Daggerford. (Derval's smithy is the finest in Daggerford). Korin was never satisfied with his brother’s decision to abandon the enclave under Mount Illefarn, and after a century of argument, decided to reoccupy Mount Illefarn despite Derval’s edict. Korin recalled other shield dwarves who agreed with his point of view and marched back to Mount Illefarn to reclaim it, only to find their crumbling enclave infested with orcs. It took Korin’s dwarves three years to send the orcs packing into the hills. During that time, Derval refused to send aid, declaring Korin and his ilk to be [i]beldarakin[/i], (a Dwarvish word meaning “treacherous creatures.”) Korin declared himself King Korin Ironaxe of the newly minted Ironaxe clan, further distancing himself from his brother and the Ironeater clan. He also gave his subterranean home a new name: Ironaxe Halls. The dwarves of the Ironaxe halls refused to associate with their "cousins" in Daggerford, and vice-versa. There had been no contact with the dwarves under the mountain for decades (as far as Angis knew). King Korin would now be very old if he yet lived. [/QUOTE]

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