If truth be known, the Dwarfs inhabited the Border Princes long before any other race laid claim to the land and probably constructed the roads themselves. This generosity they favour the Dwarfs with also extends to the Dwarfs’ free passage along the many trade routes that lead through the Border Princes.

Although it is strictly located in the lands of the Border Princes, this is diplomatically ignored by the Dukes and Barons who hold sway over the area, as the Hold protects them from invasion. Combined with the many cannons whose barrels bristle from revetments along the cliff face, an enemy fleet has to be very brave to approach the stronghold. More than one nation has tried to assault Barak Varr by sea in the past, but the immense firepower of the Dwarf fleet has always driven away enemy armadas. Tunnelled into the cliffs, the stronghold is almost impervious to attack by land. This is reflected in the market area of the Hold where a visitor can buy anything, from fine Araby silks to exotic Lustrian statues, and from Halfling-mixed spices to fertility charms from the Southlands. It is a major trading centre, where bargains are made between merchants from many lands. Within the Hold there are many highly regarded establishments providing fare as diverse and impressive as any city in the Old World. When traders of every realm, from Araby to Lustria, gather together at Barak Varr, they know that they can expect the legendary hospitality of the Dwarfs to refresh them on their arrival.

Instead they put their faith in huge iron vessels driven by paddles and powered by steam boilers located deep within heavily armoured hulls, the arcane secrets of which are kept by the Sea Engineers Guild.

Even so, they still do not relish setting foot on the flimsy wooden ships used by men and Elves. ĭwarfs have a strong dislike of water and the Dwarfs at Barak Varr are unusual in that many of them become sailors. It is said that a Dwarf breakfast is a feast large enough to fill the belly of even the plumpest Halfling. Not only is it one of the few strongholds that has remained open to traders from other nations, but the Dwarfs of Barak Varr are renowned for their hospitality. The Hold of Barak Varr is small in comparison to the strongholds that tunnel deep into the Worlds Edge Mountains, but the Dwarfs of the Hold enjoy a relatively cosmopolitan lifestyle, and are less dour and introverted than other Dwarfs.

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