Originally a small outpost set up to exploit the rich mining possibilities of the Siroccian mountains, the dwarves of Tainhelm built around the mines to experience once more the freedom of an open sky. The outpost eventually sprawled out to encompass the entirety of the surrounding valley, and have taken extreme pains to hide from the world since their settlement. From the old days, and continuing even now, they have been mortal enemies with the orcs of the Siroccian mountains, so much that they delight in the death of any of them.