After years of peace the two kingdoms formed into one empire that stretches far both above and below ground. Many years ago they left their mountain home and made alliances with the human who lived in the area. Duryem has the largest above ground empire in all of Orelisle. The dwarves of Duryem are known for their ingenuity when it comes to feats of engineering and siege warfare. This is an average sized dwarven city that lays just to the east of Taphran.
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These feasts are sponsored by the government and last a full week. Citywide feasts are held four times a year at the end of each season. Food is produced in massive greenhouses at the top of the mountain and in mushroom farms at the bottom of old mine shafts. Elections happen every ten years and every dwarf who owns over 100 gold bars (approx 300 stone) has a vote. The city is run by a parliament who govern all of the day to day affairs. There are few positions more honorable than trader but also few position more dangerous as many traders never return home at all. The dwarves will also often send traders to the outside world, these traders will often spend years on the surface before returning to the city with great wealth. While the dwarves of Taldoric never allow people from the surface into the city, occasionally they will trade with the denizens of the underdark, namely drow and gnomes. In the city itself tens of thousands of craftsman work day and night creating weapons that are sought after around the world. The Mines of Taldoric are amongst the most prosperous in the world and are rich in iron, copper, gold and mithril. This city is so large that it encompasses most of the mountain and reaches deep into the ground, well into the underdark, which the great armies of Taldoric have steadily been exploring. Inside the mountain is a massive metropolis of dwarves.
The few human settlements in the area believe this mountain to be a cursed vacano, a story started by the dwarves themselves and perpetuated by the continuous smoke that rises from the mountain top. Taldoric lies to the far north in the center of a frozen wasteland, the mountain rises. Whatever the case these cities are ancient and not to be reckoned with. Legend has it that these five cities were built on the location where the dwarves eventually made it from the deep to the surface.
These are the largest and oldest of all the dwarven cities.