Etomtholtig

Etomtholtig (The Innocent Barricade) was the group that originally founded Akmamkadol in 1051.

Of the 15 total arrived dwarves, only 5 survived the first year of the fortress. One was slayed by an adventurer of the Museum, one arrived at a fortress but was struck by a goblin, one died of old age in his new home of Nerkivish. There are two more living dwarves, roaming the wilderness of their site, who have survived to see the End of Mudungudon.

Survivors spoke of corruption and that their settlement was created only as a means to an end: the creation of the Museum in Quehlico. It is perhaps telling that the majority of deaths happened after the group was officially disbanded.

The survivors banded under their own covenant under the name Nethsarvesh (The Balanced Furnaces).

Strangely, none have spoken of the army of ant and reptile people in the caves, despite the fact that they dug almost to the magma sea, nor of the reasons the stairs are littered with giant cave spider silk.