Stonefoot Carvings
the Kephic Tales
The Stonefoot Carvings are Dwarf recordings of their people's history and legend. Written in Kephic (the Dwarven Alphabet), these carvings are found in the tunnels throughout the Cutting Mountains. Some of the oldest are carved into natural tunnel walls, while newer carvings are set in great slabs of stone, often erected in the center of settlement. The oldest carvings date back to the late Randagri Period, while the newest are still being produced today in dwarven communities.
A misconception of the Stonefoot Carvings by outsiders is that they are historic text recording past events, as one might expect for historical records of Human nations. This is not completely accurate, however. For the dwarves history is always moving forward. The Stonefoot Carvings are created to account for current, or recent events, carved in stone for later generations to read. The carvings erected in dwarven towns record the founding of the town and perhaps events leading up to the settlement. Often with new carvings added to record relevant current events. Some of these are placed in other locations around town.
For an understanding of the ancient history of the dwarven people, one must find the Stonefoot Carvings cut out of the rock during those ancient events. Often requiring a journey to the location. To dwarven psychology this makes perfect sense. One must be at the site to truly understand the records. It matters not that centuries have passed, and nothing may remain of the events recorded. It is being at the location that matters. The feel of the stone at the location, the soil beneath one's feet, the air breathed in, those all tell the story recorded as well.
Human scholars have worked, and hired adventurers, through the ages to collect recordings of these carving to understand dwarven history. This is discouraged by the dwarven people, putting to paper or parchment this history that should be in stone and at its origin is insulting to them. That said, they are not known to use violence to prevent this. In the modern day there are several books compiled of found Stonefoot Carvings, All of which have many holes in the history still remaing to be found.
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