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As a dwarf of the Five Nations, consider how
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from a land of endless ice; some believe this to
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mean the arctic Frostfell, while others assert that
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were exiles from this ancient kingdom, and the XZW^QLM[ I NM_ QLMI[
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adventurers can delve into the haunted darkness
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TMOIKa UWLMZV L_IZ^M[ PI^M WN \PQ[ IOM WN OTWZa
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that united the Five Nations, and dwarf masons ϭ ĨĞƵĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌŝǀĂů ĐůĂŶ ŚĂƐ ŐŽƩĞŶ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ
laid the foundations of the greatest cities of ŚĂŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ,ŽůĚƐ
/ITQNIZ ?PQTM UIVa WN \PM L_IZ^M[ WN \PM .Q^M ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ͘
6I\QWV[ [\QTT [XMIS \PM TIVO]IOM WN \PMQZ IVKM[\WZ[ Ϯ zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ƌŽŽŵ
\PMa NMMT I JWVL \W \PM TIVL[ WN \PMQZ JQZ\P ) ĨŽƌ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƐŚŝŶĞ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ŚŽůĚ͖ LJŽƵ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ
*ZMTQ[P L_IZN NMMT[ I LMMX XMZ[WVIT KWVVMK\QWV \W ƉƌŽǀĞ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞƌ ǁŽƌůĚ͘
\PM \W_MZ[ WN ;PIZV WZ \PM OZMI\ _ITT[ WN ?ZWI\# 3 zŽƵƌ ĐůĂŶ ŚĂƐ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞĚ LJŽƵƌ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ
\PM \aXQKIT L_IZN Q[ IK\]ITTa UWZM XI\ZQW\QK \PIV LJŽƵƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͖ LJŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĞǁ
the average human of the Five Nations. This ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ LJŽƵ ƐĞƩůĞ ĚŽǁŶ͘
XI[[QWV KI][ML UW[\ L_IZ^M[ \W [MZ^M \PMQZ VI\QWV ϰ zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƉƵƌƐƵŝŶŐ Ă ǀĞŶĚĞƩĂ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů
QV \PM 4I[\ ?IZ I\ TMI[\ NWZ I \QUM# \PQ[ Q[ \PM ƌŝǀĂů͘ ƌĞ LJŽƵ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ
OMVMZIT JI[Q[ WN L_IZ^MV _MIXWV \ZIQVQVO 5W[\ ďĂƩůĞ Žƌ ŝŶ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͍
dwarves also have a strong bond to their families, ϱ zŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ůĞŐĞŶĚĂƌLJ ĚǁĂƌǀĞŶ
[W \W I L_IZN NIUQTa IVL VI\QWV IZM \_W MLOM[ WN ĂƌƟĨĂĐƚ͕ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ DƌŽƌ ,ŽůĚƐ
the same blade. ĐĞŶƚƵƌŝĞƐ ĂŐŽ ďLJ Ă <ĂƌƌŶĂƚŚŝ ŶŽďůĞ͘
6 zŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĂƐƐĞŵďůĞ Ă ďĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ
ǁŚŽ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĐŝĞŶƚ ƌƵŝŶƐ
ďĞŶĞĂƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ĂŶĐĞƐƚƌĂů ŚŽŵĞ͘
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