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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Electric Wizard" data-source="post: 6056401" data-attributes="member: 83982">The Dismal Mine (21.27)The dwarves native to the Tantalus Mountains are nothing like their northern Gray Mountain cousins. They call themselves duergar. They are hairless as lizards, and their complexions share the hues and granulation of the stone in their tunnels. None have been known to have a sense of humor. This may have to do with the fact that all alcohol is poisonous to them, and that they make no music. The ring of pickaxes and hammers against stone fill their cold, unlit halls day and night.A small colony of duergar ruby miners lives near the surface in what outsiders call the Dismal Mine. The duergar race is obsessed with rubies, and they seized the mine from Jahur during the War of the Six-Fingered Hand in order to extract them. Prior to the mine's seizure, this mine yielded the Shrouded Lands' most flawless rubies. Jahur's jewelers cut them into beautiful shapes and fitted them to the finest jewelry. Artificers and wizards used these famous gems to create potent magic items.The duergar make no such art. They simply horde the rough rubies out of some alien impulse. Many jewelers in Jahur and elsewhere pay adventurers chests filled with gold to liberate just a few of these rough gems. Breaking into the Dismal Mine is no lark. The duergar have devious traps, efficient warriors and an alliance with a young black dragon.Hooks-What's behind the duergar obsession with rubies?-What role did they play in the War of the Six-Fingered Hand?-What magic items require the Dismal Mine's rubies?-Tell me more about this dragon.-Who has ventured into the Dismal Mines?</blockquote>

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