Norvandir

The hills bordering the dark forests of the Tuathwold are home to not one, but two settled halls: Upper Norvandir and Lower Norvandir. The two settlements are tied by blood and history and get along as friendly rivals. Their trades include the silver, iron and mithril mines of Lower Norvandir, and the forges which turn out enchanted steel and magical rings in Upper Norvandir. Stories say that Norvandir is kept alive more by the dwarven traditions of rune magic and artifice than any other canton, and certainly many believe that the Tuathwold is a place of enchantments.   The lands of Norvandir are among the best forests for pine, yew and ash in the Tuathwold, and many of the timbers bracing dwarven mines in Lower Norvandir hail from these black woods. The dwarves of Norvandir make the best axes in the cantons, both for lumbering work and for war.   Oddly, Norvandir has never come into conflict with the elves of the Tuathwold, the Tuath-nir. In fact the elves never seem to appear in the stretch of forest claimed by Norvandir. With the Tuath-nir's fierce defense of the Tuathwold's southern border from Calastan, one wonders why the dwarves have remained unaffected.