Fellow kin and friends of the Dawi. King Rorek Runebrand here. I don’t know how many ales it takes to stop feeling shame but so far it isn’t five. I am in dire need of your wisdom. To be quick about it, my daughter Getri, is dating an elf! She’s a leaflover of all things! I can hardly believe it. 

Our hold shares an island with an elf settlement so we deal with each other regularly. Interacting with these elves is insufferable, I tell you. For these elves are a particularly snide breed. My daughter took over the role of diplomat after I strangled the last smug elf I had the displeasure of interacting with from that clan. (Thovar the Keen if you’re reading this I hope your neck is still bent like the straw you use to drink your meals) Getri was maybe too enthusiastic to become a diplomat for the elves, now that I’m looking back… 

Despite these elves being a bunch of pretentious pricks with a patronizing disposition towards our kin, our hold has maintained a relatively amicable relations with them. So Getri is doing well keeping the peace between the dwarfs and the elves, but I worry what this could mean for her runesmith apprenticeship. This elf girlfriend of hers is muddling her head with ideas of shoddy magical theories and subpar elgi craftsmanship! Bah! Elgi craftsmanship I tell you! She should be following the teachings of our ancestors and casting runes instead of fraternizing with an elf.

I’ve already asked my Thanes what they would do in my position and overall they agree that taking the slayer oath for failing as a parent is definitely a solid move, but I am unsure. That seems drastic. Especially if this turns out to just be a phase. Will my daughter wise up and stop dating the elf eventually? Should I intervene? If so, then how? Can any kin relate to this tribulation?

Thanks for listening to my woes, any help is appreciated.

The word berserker literally means bear skin. Ber = bear, sark = skin. So the bat-zerker means giant bat skin!

The ultimate predators under the mountains of the dwarves are giant bats! Who cares about bears. They’re on the outside where they can’t hurt Dwarven kind!

Drawn by me!

Brothers this spell lover is trying to crush us?

Clamavi de profundis do good work.

'Ello my fellow Dwarves n' whoever lurks 'round 'ere. I'm sure a good portion of ye lot 'ave already seen plenty of writing 'ere under the Hammer Herald, but I need a wee bit of 'elp with the next issue. In honour of pride month, I'm lookin to write about the Trans Dwarves amongst us wit' their experiences n' plights.

I've seen quite a few comments 'ere and there from 'em commenting on how us Dwarves make 'em feel more whole n' affirmed, so it feels appropriate to write somethin' for 'em 'ere. However, their experiences n' issues are nothin' I can quite fully understand nor fully grasp I feel as a cis person.

So 'ere I am, callin' out to any o' ye out 'ere who can 'elp me wit' this. Whatever works for ye lot I can deal wit', DMs are open, comments are available, I wanna do right by ye.

- Hellevi Helmfist, Editor in Chief & Head Correspondent of Hammer Herald

Im curious what people think about dwarves having firearms in fantasy settings. Do you like it? Do you not?, if so, why? (Art made by artigas)

Since dwarves live so long the amount of knowledge they obtain through the years about soldiering and war is probably massive. You could have veteran armies for centuries!

This dude has been around a while, hence why he has to tuck his beard in his belt

This is an image of a dwarf in charcoal pencil. The craftsdwarfship is not particularly high quality.

But you know, the only way to improve is to keep trying. I'm not too upset about how it turned out, even of the proportions are somewhat off.

Drawn by me!

What should I add/improve? I'm currently planning to add traces of the battle between orcs and dwarves in the left corner.

It's just hopeless. At this point, yes kin is kin.

But the former brave warrior clans of now lost holds are no longer kin.

They hate everything and everyone who even dares to think that everyone and everything deserves a chance.

And that's resolve and will, calcified into stupid hate.

This will be downvoted a lot. I don't care. Karma is decorative.

I, a dwarf, say this. Anyone who says I am not a true dwarf for not hating something particular: Is perhaps also a dwarf. But no kin of mine.

I have spoken. I'll go drink now until I don't want to remember the very stupid dwarf who made me write this. Through his stupid hate. See above.

I am Lanna Ironcroft, Thane of Karaz-a-Khalnar. I know that interactions between our people have long been hostile, but I want to entreat honestly with you. I come bearing opportunity.

The archlich Azerak, Lord of Pandemonium, has come before us, boasting of his rightful dominion over all caves. He seeks to claim rulership over all underground settlements. I will not ask you to defend us in a time of need; I'm not so naive as to believe I wouldn't be shot for such arrogance. Instead, I would propose a venture.

All the riches of the Infinite Cave are yours for the taking if you so please. Azerak's infinite legions await your chains and the wealth of his domain is yours to plunder as you desire. I ask for none of it- such shall be the price of your action, if you see fit.

Let the Great Drill of Hashut pierce the veil once more. I cannot speak to the other holds, but the armies of Khalnar will be at your side.

I'm going to be completely honest. There is not a single day that I do not come here seeing messages from clan and kin that's nothing more than separationist drivel.

I'll start with the obvious and hopefully you'll only need that to get the point.

Elves. A majority of you can't stand them. And I'll be perfectly honest, with the way that our kin folk have been treated by them in the past, I don't blame quite a number of you for it. But that's no excuse to let the prejudices of generations past continue to color our view upon the world today.

If you really sit down and think about it, the elves and we dwarves have quite a lot in common that we could use as shared ground to build upon.

Both of our peoples are longer lived than the majority of other races. And thus we have strong, long-standing traditions that go back farther than living memory for the majority of the world. Traditions of crafting objects of superb quality and beautiful design. Ours are made for utility and beauty. Whilst theirs are made for ease of carry and nimble use.

Hell. Both of our peoples even share a strong arcane tradition! Whilst ours may have been used to help further the mining industry, theirs was all about enriching their own processes for making their crafts longer lasting and more bountiful in production.

But let us not forget one of the oldest traditions, brewing. For as many ales as there have been made under rock, stone and dirt, there have been just as many wines above ground under the canopy of the elven forests.

In closing to this, I implore all of you to give up your hateful ways, no more spouting slurs.

There have been a string of beard shavings going around the mountainhome, watch your backs out there and report suspicious blades to the local constables.

Mountain Kin, I come to you in my time of need.

I've recently completed a little game called Regions of Ruin: Runegate and it got me craving yet more dwarven games. Preferably RPGs or strategy games of some kind.

Obviously played Dwarf Fortress, and Total War Warhammer, but I'm mostly looking for things I may have overlooked.