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Of the Dwarven Realms

These are the Kingdoms of the Dwarves of Old as they have been recorded in the Mammoth Scrolls. In the Days before Days the folk of Agrind Darkeye built Gorthurag. Others followed his example so that Five Great Realms of Dwarves came to be. In time these colonized other lands until Fourteen Dwarven Realms stood astride the world. Though none of the branches were ever as great as the roots, and none of the First were ever as great as First Home.

Below is a list of the realms and the date they were founded. The Root realm is listed before the Branches and are associated with the Root. The year listed is the dwarf calander.

Date Name

1        Gorthurag, First Home, God’s Forge On Mount Austrien (destroyed) (Arnhul Mts.)

3956         Alanti (destroyed in Wasting War) (Alanti Isles)

4609         Grundlich-Hohle (Gondlim by the elves) (Grundliche Mts.)

4376         Amvile-Cris (wasted away) (Damenfauk)


727    Grausumhart, Grimdraw (destroyed in Stone Wars) (Crusp Mts.)

3805         Bogda-Rawd (abandoned in Stone Wars, sealed in all its glory) (Holgrad Mts.)

4444         Grulding-Hohle (destroyed third goblin dwarf war) (Muenberg Mts.)

4012         Londrok-In (destroyed in Kinship Disputes) (Muenberg Mts.)

5134         Krag-ot-Thune (destroyed in Wasting War) (Dohen Mts.)


1481   Norgorad-Kam (Bergrucken Mts.)

3705        Magdul-Hohle (destroyed in Wasting War) (Rhodope Mts.)

1631 Nogdrick Hohle (destroyed by dragon) (Turmberg Mts.)

1911 Roheisen-Hohle (Holmgald Mts.)

Imaginarium ~ Dwarven Holds

UFO Files

Today the MUFON Symposium opens up in Irving California. This is the annual event for the Mutual UFO Network and sports a variety of panels, lectures, discussions and readings. It looks rather interesting. See more at the above link.

The Symposium runs through Sunday.

Meanwhile in UFO siting news, a witness scored some interesting video of a low flying unidentified object that seems to sport a number of lights, coming and going off. The object is several hundred yards off and the witness estimated it as the size of a football field....which rather rules out any drones.

Interesting footage. Don't know wha tot make of it myself.

Read more here.

As always, I don't know what I'm seeing in these things, not sure what I believe, but I sure like the idea of it, and that helps me keep an open mind.

Armor Up

Action Reel ~ Battlefield LA

From Forest Deeps

Word of the Day -- Potion

A potion (from Latin potio "drink") is a magical medicine, drug or poison in liquid form.

In mythology and literature, a potion is usually made by a magician, dragon, fairy or witch and has

Creation of potions of different kinds was a common practice of alchemy, and was commonly associated with witchcraft, as in The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

During the 19th century, it was common in certain countries to see wandering charlatans offering curative potions. These were eventually dismissed as quackery.

magical properties. It is used for various motives including the healing, bewitching or poisoning of people. For example, love potions for those who wish to fall in love (or become deeply infatuated) with another (the love potion figures tragically into most versions of the tale of Tristan and Iseult, including Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde); sleeping potions to cause long-term or eternal sleep (in folklore, this can range from the normal REM sleep to a deathlike coma); and elixirs heal/cure any wound/malady (as in C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe). Goscinny and Uderzo's character Asterix the Gaul gained superhuman strength from a magic potion brewed by the druid Getafix.

In modern fantasy, potions are often portrayed as spells in liquid form, capable of causing a variety of effects, including healing, amnesia, infatuation, transformation, invisibility, and invulnerability. Potions have also gained popularity as a standard item in video games, usually as a healing item. The availability of healing potions in the popular Final Fantasy series of games eventually resulted in the release of an actual beverage named "Potion" in Japan by Square Enix, the games' creators.

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The Elves

Through this land of eternal light flowed seven rivers, each of varying sizes and lengths, but none greater or lesser than the other. These rivers were named in his dream; there was the long river of Am, the blue running waters of Aul, the shallow clear waters of Hue, in the high mountain tumbled the tumultuous, powerful waters of the Loth, upon the long open planes meandered the Pth river, and beyond that in a low range of forested hills the dark and brooding, slow moving Ra, and the seventh river was called the Uul, in later days the Damnun, for it flowed underground for great lengths of its course. The All Father dreamed these seven rivers and he dreamed a wilderland around them of trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses. Animals passed through these lands too, but beyond them his wild imaginings gave life to all manner of strange creatures, they resembled the fey of Aihrde in many respects. And into this dream came the elves, conjured from beautiful, timeless thoughts of the All Father’s and they mirrored those thoughts being wonderful to gaze upon. Too they were deathless unless met by some violent end. These elves were dreamed of in seven peoples and they each came to be upon the banks of the seven rivers and they were given life and became aware.

Each of the seven peoples took the name of the river upon which they dwelled and in those long ago days they were still seven.

~ Players Guide to Aihrde

Imaginarium ~ Castle in the Snow