Kords and Halls

The bulk of Dwarven culture is set around a myriad of mountainous halls around the planet, and six primary families (Kords in Karakeel), and the clans that are under those Kords.

The Six Kords

A Kord is a beard braid: one founding line and its strands. Each Kord has a hall (-koda, the seat and its government), a realm (-maa, the country) and an allotted range (Hepel, the scriptural and legal term for the range measured out at the translocation). Daughter halls take the pattern noun + s + koda.

The Beards of Rust, the Heldza

Main Article: Helmaa

Hall: Heldzakoda

Realm: Helmaa

Allotted range: the Hepel of Heldza

Daughter halls

The Beards of Platinum: Pahdza

Main Article: Pahmaa

Hall: Pahdzakoda

Realm: Pahmaa

Allotted range: the Hepel of Pahdza

Daughter halls

Rammskoda (Hall of Strength). Drakharpan.

The Beards of Copper: Nehdza

Main Article: Nehmaa

Hall: Nehdzakoda

Realm: Nehmaa

Allotted range: the Hepel of Nehdza

Daughter halls

The Beards of Gold: Sahdza

Main Article: Sahmaa

Hall: Sahdzakoda

Realm: Sahmaa

Allotted range: the Hepel of Sahdza

Daughter halls

The Beards of Slate: Luhdza

Main Article: Luhmaa:

Hall: Luhdzakoda

Realm: Luhmaa

Allotted range: the Hepel of Luhdza

Daughter halls

The Beards of Onyx: Šohdza

Main Article: Šohmaa

Hall: Šohdzakoda

Realm: Šohmaa

Allotted range: the Hepel of Šohdza

Daughter halls

Raudskoda (Iron Hall). Drakharpan, at the end of the chain.

Apostates

The Gemstone Sars

Three dwarven realms in the far northern corner of Egunjain, each with a distinct gemstone focus and its own sovereign, under an elected Rossor, or Sar of Sars. These halls are breakaways from the Primary bearded Kords of Areshnaat, and considered to be apostate states by the Koldzakond.

The Gemstone Sar of Sars

Current Holder: Hatsep Yakser

The Sar of Garnet

Current Holder: Kararapa Pareser

The Sar of Emerald

Current Holder: Hooršamar Tsemser

The Sar of Sapphire

Current Holder: Dawihuya Gasser

The Gaselkise

The followers of the Gaselkise have long been labeled as Apostates by the Koldzakond since the Mines were blocked in the year 500IR/0DW, signalling the start of the second age of dwarves, the period of the Diamond Wall. It is said that the Gaselkise were only able to rebel against the Kords through pacts with an Ice demon, whom allowed them to stopper the pathways to the lower mines across all the Kodas at once with a thick Ice plug, that prevented even the most sturdy pick from making a gouge.

Language

Karakeel