Farthen Dur
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Farthen Dur-which means Our Father in the dwarven tounge- is the ancestrial home of the dwarves. It was discovered by Korgan, an ancient dwarf, while tunneling for gold. Since his discovery, many generations of dwarves built the gigantic city Tronjheim out of marble. It is miles high and long but only takes up a small portion of the gigantic hollow mountain Farthun Dur. Eragon travels there in the first book of the Inheritance trilogy, Eragon. Most of Tronjheim is disused, but in times of misfortune it can house the entire dwarven nation. The gigantic star saphire, Isdar Mithrim, is the roof of Tronjheim, and the floor to the dragonhold above it. Unlike most dwarven cities, Tronjheim was built with rooms and doorways large enough to accomidate human and dragon visitors. Although there were never any dwarven Riders-the dwarves did not enter into the ancient magic that binds the elves to the dragons like the humans did- Riders apparently visited Tronjheim often enough for the dwarves to build a dragonhold with marble caves to house them. Farthen Dur is hidden deep in the Beor Mountains, and is nearly indestructable. The only danger in Farthen Dur are the giant icicles that hang from the inside of the mountain- when they fall they can cut horses in two.
