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Francius 04-17-07, 03:52 PM	This is an adventure hook about a distant Dwarven Kingdom of the past situated south of the Dalelands... I am sure that many travelers will be motivated to find more about this splendid site of Dwarven architecture. The most lucky of you will surely get a chance to meet with Gunth Brightblade on one of his trips to the Dwarven site. Axe high my friends, and off you go.
Francius 04-17-07, 03:52 PM	http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8732/wailingdwarfjp8.png THE WAILING DWARF On the eastern face of the Troll Mountains (north of Eshpurta, in eastern Amn) is the huge, crumbling stone statue of a helmed dwarf, holding an axe and looking east. Of great antiquity (the time and specifics of its making lost to the memory of the dwarves), this 4,000-foot wonder has been carved from the side of an entire mountain. It contains numberless chambers, staircases, and elevators, all now deadly, the shafts inhabited by spiders and flying things, cloakers and stirges of huge size. The Wailing Dwarf is in fact an entire abandoned dwarven city. The male dwarf stares east towards Breakback Pass in the Giant's Run Mountains, across Giant's Plain. The massive statue is so carved that when the wind is from the east, gusts enter his ears and the pupil-holes of his eyeballs, and escape from his lips in a deep, eerie moaning - hence the statue's name. The statue's nickname,the battered dwarf,comes from its weather-torn, yet defiant appearance. Some say that it looks towards a lost dwarven homeland, others that it marked a sentinel-post against orcs or other enemies who lived to the east;perhaps the long-vanished giants for whom the mountains and plain are named. No dwarves live there today, but for many wanderers traveling to it their journey is a pilgrimage. Such a trek to the Wailing Dwarf is sometimes to be made with dwarven fellows or adventuring companions of other races when a dwarf's apprenticeship is ended. In searching its empty rooms for lost secrets and treasure, they rid them of some of the present monstrous inhabitants. Among these, it is said, are the trolls for which the mountains in which the Dwarf stands in are named. http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/271/dwarfstatuekb0.jpg A southern view of the huge Dwarven statue looking to the east.
Francius 04-17-07, 03:54 PM	Reserved
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MarkusTay63 04-17-07, 04:17 PM	Un-ashamed plug. :D This location, BTW, is just off the northern edge of my NEW Erlkazar map (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53442070/). In fact, Trollsford and the bottom of the mountain range can be seen on my map. This is a newer (2.0) version of my previous map, and shows many more details from this region. Enjoy - Mark P.S. - Hope you didn't mind me doing this, Francius - I just figured your adventure leads directly into a wonderfully rich part of FR history.
Francius 04-17-07, 04:20 PM	Excellent addition to my project, Mark. ERLKAZAR http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs14/i/2007/107/0/3/New_Full_size_Erlkazar_by_Markustay.jpg
Francius 04-17-07, 04:25 PM	There is a similar monument in Eberron, probably 'lifted' from OUR world, here's a piccy - Yes, it's clearly "lifted" from our world - and from ED's original imagination.
MarkusTay63 04-17-07, 07:20 PM	To make up for accidently posting a pic earlier not relevant to the thread, I have expanded my other map and added in all of the relevant locations for Francius Project. Unfortunately I could not fit in the names of the 3 tiny rivers, but you can see them on Francius' earlier map. http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs13/i/2007/113/2/0/Valashar_Region_by_Markustay.jpg
Auburn 04-17-07, 09:21 PM	This is great stuff (also includes the character topic of yours also on the page) with surely more forthcoming with the reserved space. Need more of it. Dwarves are my favorite race so it's always good to see more, but folks should post stuff they make like this whether it involves dwarves or not.
MarkusTay63 04-24-07, 03:15 PM	:bump: Someone pointed out some errors on my original map for this project, so I went back and made the neccessary corrections. Rather then post it again I updated the link in the above map. Thanks - Mark