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Deep in the northern ranges of the Steamwall Mountains lies a unique tribe of dwarves forced into a terrifying twist of fate: The Fianawar. Buy Time of the Dragon: dmsguild.com/en/product/16960/time-of-the-dragon-2e?affiliate_id=50797
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Transcript
Traumatized by subterranean fire demons and scoured from their underground homes by the apocalyptic fires of the Cataclysm, this ancient race of dwarves has developed a terrifying, generational phobia of the deep earth.
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam, and today we are venturing into the rugged northern ranges of the Steamwall Mountains, near the Tiderun, to explore the Fianawar dwarves. I'd like to take a moment and thank the DLSaga members and Patreon patrons, and invite you to consider becoming a member or patron — you can even pick up Dragonlance media or get $10 by signing up to StartPlaying.Games using my affiliate links. I'm referencing the Time of the Dragon boxed set for this information. If I leave anything out or misspeak, please leave a comment below.
Discussion
Like all dwarves across the face of Krynn, the Fianawar trace their lineage back to the master god of the forge, Reorx. Following the Scattering of the People by the Graygem of Gargath, they wandered south, carving out peaceful, prosperous homes beneath the low mountains near the Aurim Empire. For centuries, their lives were calm as they dug deep mines in search of valuable iron ore.
Everything changed in a single night when the Cataclysm struck. The structural plates of the Steamwall Mountains tilted and violently heaved. Torrential rivers of molten lava surged through the established mine shafts, incinerating everything in their path. The roofs of great caverns buckled, crushing entire communities, while subterranean vents split open to spew suffocating clouds of sulphurous fumes. Forced to flee to the blinding light of the surface, the surviving dwarves set up rude, temporary camps, fully believing they would return once the tremors stopped. However, early scouting patrols sent back into the deep shafts vanished without a trace.
Over the next century, the Fianawar attempted to resettle their underground home several times, but every foray met with immediate, gruesome disaster. Unstable passages collapsed into boiling lava pits, and burst fissures spewed scalding, poisonous gases. Worse still, active horrors began to hunt them. Fire demons leaped from flaming pools to drag victims away, and children vanished from the torchlight. When miners accidentally unleashed pressurized subterranean lava streams, the survivors retreated to the surface with horrific tales.
After several centuries of deadly failure, a profound psychological shift occurred. The repeated trauma instilled a mass cultural terror of the deep earth within the populace. Today, the Fianawar are completely agoraphobic regarding the underground. They are permanently resigned to a life on the surface, utterly terrified of the dark realm their ancestors once ruled.
Despite their permanent exile, the Fianawar despise surface life. They hate the bright sunlight, the open expanse of sky, freezing rain, and summer flowers. They possess little talent for farming, though they till the soil simply to survive. To keep their smithing traditions alive, they dig massive, open-pit mines to scrape away surface deposits of ore, though working under the open sky offers them little comfort.
To shut out the open air, the Fianawar build squat, blocky structures from heavy stone blocks in deliberate imitation of their lost caverns. These houses have thick sod roofs and virtually no windows. Each village operates as a smoky industrial hub, stoking smelters that belch thick, black smoke. Rerouted mountain streams turn massive wooden wheels to drive heavy mechanical triphammers, while carrying away the settlement's garbage further downstream...
Deep in the northern ranges of the Steamwall Mountains lies a unique tribe of dwarves forced into a terrifying twist of fate: The Fianawar. Buy Time of the Dragon: dmsguild.com/en/product/16960/time-of-the-dragon-2e?affiliate_id=50797
Dragonlance Setting Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ZMN0IxDq3TskP0Q7VT1Jx9merNoBdBj
Thank you to Creator Patrons Aaron Hardy & D. Robert Handy, Producer Patron David Galindo, Developer Patrons Chris Androu & Sam Ruiz, and all of the YouTube Members!
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#Dragonlance #Dwarves #Taladas #Lore #TTRPG #DragonlanceSaga #Krynn #DungeonsAndDragons #TimeOfTheDragon #DndLore
Transcript
Traumatized by subterranean fire demons and scoured from their underground homes by the apocalyptic fires of the Cataclysm, this ancient race of dwarves has developed a terrifying, generational phobia of the deep earth.
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam, and today we are venturing into the rugged northern ranges of the Steamwall Mountains, near the Tiderun, to explore the Fianawar dwarves. I'd like to take a moment and thank the DLSaga members and Patreon patrons, and invite you to consider becoming a member or patron — you can even pick up Dragonlance media or get $10 by signing up to StartPlaying.Games using my affiliate links. I'm referencing the Time of the Dragon boxed set for this information. If I leave anything out or misspeak, please leave a comment below.
Discussion
Like all dwarves across the face of Krynn, the Fianawar trace their lineage back to the master god of the forge, Reorx. Following the Scattering of the People by the Graygem of Gargath, they wandered south, carving out peaceful, prosperous homes beneath the low mountains near the Aurim Empire. For centuries, their lives were calm as they dug deep mines in search of valuable iron ore.
Everything changed in a single night when the Cataclysm struck. The structural plates of the Steamwall Mountains tilted and violently heaved. Torrential rivers of molten lava surged through the established mine shafts, incinerating everything in their path. The roofs of great caverns buckled, crushing entire communities, while subterranean vents split open to spew suffocating clouds of sulphurous fumes. Forced to flee to the blinding light of the surface, the surviving dwarves set up rude, temporary camps, fully believing they would return once the tremors stopped. However, early scouting patrols sent back into the deep shafts vanished without a trace.
Over the next century, the Fianawar attempted to resettle their underground home several times, but every foray met with immediate, gruesome disaster. Unstable passages collapsed into boiling lava pits, and burst fissures spewed scalding, poisonous gases. Worse still, active horrors began to hunt them. Fire demons leaped from flaming pools to drag victims away, and children vanished from the torchlight. When miners accidentally unleashed pressurized subterranean lava streams, the survivors retreated to the surface with horrific tales.
After several centuries of deadly failure, a profound psychological shift occurred. The repeated trauma instilled a mass cultural terror of the deep earth within the populace. Today, the Fianawar are completely agoraphobic regarding the underground. They are permanently resigned to a life on the surface, utterly terrified of the dark realm their ancestors once ruled.
Despite their permanent exile, the Fianawar despise surface life. They hate the bright sunlight, the open expanse of sky, freezing rain, and summer flowers. They possess little talent for farming, though they till the soil simply to survive. To keep their smithing traditions alive, they dig massive, open-pit mines to scrape away surface deposits of ore, though working under the open sky offers them little comfort.
To shut out the open air, the Fianawar build squat, blocky structures from heavy stone blocks in deliberate imitation of their lost caverns. These houses have thick sod roofs and virtually no windows. Each village operates as a smoky industrial hub, stoking smelters that belch thick, black smoke. Rerouted mountain streams turn massive wooden wheels to drive heavy mechanical triphammers, while carrying away the settlement's garbage further downstream...
