Dwarfhome

Dwarfhome spreads as a tiered under-mountain that mirrors Solania’s slopes above: glittering caverns rise in shining shelves, threaded by sanctified roads, ribbed with vaulting pillars, and pierced by sun-tubes that pour the Silver Heaven’s light down into living stone. At its heart, cathedral foundries and rune-bastions form a broad ring of holds, with river-metal flumes and bell-arches marking every major junction. The deeper you travel, the more the halls resolve into precise geometry, arches tuned to song, floors planed to the line of craft, and door-surrounds etched with lineages back to the First Sparks.  

Notable Locations

The Anvil’s Orchestra

A grand auditorium-forge where choirs keep time for master smiths; rhythms temper steel and spirit alike.  

The Merciful Court

Berronar’s conciliatory circle of menhirs and mirror-pools; vows warm silver, perjury chills it.  

Berronar’s Side

Fortified half-surface city, prophecy hearth, dual road-gates (Outlands, Arcadia), and guest barracks.  

The Bell-Veins

Glittering ore threads that pulse when a watch falters, part alarm, part conscience.  

Gate-Foundries

Bastioned workshops each paired to an oath-road: Arcadia Gate (to Mount Angradd), Outlands Gate (to Dwarvish Mountain), Shurrock Phase-Crown (aligns to Deepkeep on its watch), the Stone Curtain (story-and-oath gate to Findar Endar) and finally the Lion's Den to The Vigilant Crown.  

The Silverfall Roads

Processional avenues beneath Solania’s sun-tubes; watch-bays and bell-arches line the way, each tuned to a different note of the Anvil’s hymn.  

Ring of Oath-Holds

Clan citadels set on a circular shelf, each with a market vault, shrine-row, muster-hall, and teaching foundry; neutral ground between holds is marked by inlaid silver “guest lines.”  

The Under-Ways

Sanctified arteries of causeway and pier; some natural, many hand-hewn, widening toward Erackinor’s domains (detailed after Dwarfhome).  

The Ember-Quiet Deeps

Deep workshops where ore sings; here the stone hums softly, guiding true strokes and steady hands.  

The Conciliarch’s Quarter

Berronar’s precinct, The Merciful Court, of menhirs, mirror-pools, and dance-halls, where disputes cool and vows are bound in ring and rune.  

Berronar’s Side

Half-exposed stronghold guarding road-gates to the Outlands’ Dwarvish Mountain and to Arcadia; prophecy-hall tended by Naugret the Elder.  

Governance

Dwarfhome acknowledges Moradin as High Patron and Berronar as Matriarch of law and hearth. Each clan-hold elects a Ring Warden; wardens convene in the Council of the Anvil under Berronar’s oversight. Oaths are recorded in silver script; broken vows tarnish to black and ring dull in the hearing of the Court.  

Travel and Access

From Solania

Pilgrim ramps and star-stairs descend through sun-tubes to the Silverfall Roads.  

Lunia to Dwarfhome

Consecrated subways (under-ways) receive lantern processions from Lunia in times of need.  

Berronar’s Side toDwarvish Mountain

Trade and scholarship road (balanced traffic; toll is a truthful record left in the Hall of Ledgers).  

Berronar’s Side to Mount Angradd

Muster & drill road; entry by service-pledge.  

Phase-Link to Deepkeep

Once per watch, the Cold Crown overlays a Celestian spur for a single bell.  

Stone Curtain to Findar Endar

Opens on laughter-sealed debts and witnessed performances.  

Erackinor Gates

Major under-way portals exist deeper within.  

Inhabitants

Petitioners

Reforged souls of Dwarves, laboring in joy, stonemasons, smiths, record-keepers, healers, each working toward union with their patrons through perfect craft and kept oath.  

Archons

Hound archons serve as gate marshals; warden archons hold the pillar-forts; trumpet archons signal bell-codes along the Silverfall Roads. Sword archons oversee muster-stands during alarms.  

Angels and Agathions

Hospitalers, truth-singers, and contract-witnesses circulate in Berronar’s precincts.  

Guest-Folk

Honest traders, rune-sages, and sworn allies under guest-right; deceivers find the halls… unwelcoming.

Quiet Lodes

Seams that sing under the chisel; strike in work-song rhythm and your tools never slip.  

Bell-Vein Chorus

When a watch grows lax, nearby veins thrum, calling wardens without shaming names.  

Oath-Glow

Honest contracts emit a faint ring of light readable by oath-trained clergy; forged ledgers dim and taste of ash when licked (a common check).  

Forge-Breath

In active foundries, fatigue eases (treat as short rest benefits to crafting checks) for crews singing the Anvil hymns.  

Guest-Line Grace

Within inlaid guest-lines, no weapon can be drawn without the wielder hearing their mother-tongue ask: “Is this truly needful"?  

Lantern Drift

Friendly will-o’-lights gather to guide the lost toward a proper gate or hearth; malicious guides sputter and fade near Berronar’s sigils.  

Khuzdul natives

Only Khuzdul can be spoken here. Those who don't understand it, must ask permission to speak it from and only then, they can speak and understand while there.