The Northkingdom of the dwarves,
named for its founder, Delzoun, is only
a shining memory. Once it stretched
from the Ice Mountains in the Utter
North to the Nether Mountains in the
south, bordered on the east by the Narrow
Sea (now vanished into the Great
Desert), and on the west by Silvery
Moon Pass (east of present day Silverymoon).
The world was 2,000 years
younger then.

Delzoun was a rich and proud land,
perhaps the height of dwarven power;
its smiths crafted intricate and beautiful
mechanisms to ease every task; the
great dwarven families grew rich and
famous, and gold shown everywhere
about their persons and homes. The
dwarves ranged across the North,
building holds for themselves. They
were a happy people, but that is all
gone now and much of their labor rests
in orcish hands.

Today Citadel Adbar guards the richest
mines known to the dwarves and
orcs menace the dwarves on all sides.
Ruins like Ascore and Ghaurin?s Mansion
hint at the lost glory of Delzoun.

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The Northkingdom of the dwarves, named
for its founder, Delzoun is only a shining
memory today. Once it stretched from the Ice
Mountains in the utter north to the Nether
Mountains in the south, bordered on the east
by the Narrow Sea (now vanished; the Great
Desert lies there today), and on the west by Silvery
Moon Pass (just east of present day
Silverymoon). The world was two thousand
years younger then.

Delzoun was a rich and proud land, perhaps
the height of dwarven power; its smiths
crafted intricate and beautiful mechanisms to
ease every task; the great dwarven families
grew rich and famous, and gold shown everywhere
about the persons and homes of the
dwarves of Delzoun. The dwarves ranged
across the North building holds for themselves
and (for hire) for men, and their work
endures still. They were a happy and hearty
people. That is all gone now.

Today, Citadel Adbar (q.v.) guards the
richest mines still known to the Longbeards
(dwarven elders), and orcs menace men and
dwarves on all sides. A trade-road built by
the ancient dwarven king Adbar runs south
from the Citadel to the Fork, once the site of
the grand mansion of the dwarven hero
Ghaurin, but today merely a meeting of
roads in the wilderness. One road runs east
to ruined Ascore, once a port on the Narrow
Sea. It is still rumored to contain treasures?
and some feel evil that keeps even orcs
away from it. The other road runs west to
Sundabar (q.v.), now a city of men?and
that, save for some forgotten dwarven
tombs tunnelled into the mountains about,
is all that remains of the Northkingdom.

King Harbomm probably rules 16,000
dwarves from Citadel Adbar, no more, and
the numbers of his people dwindle each
year; the births of young dwarves do not
keep pace with the battle losses.