Sarphil

One of the lost realms of the shield Dwarves, Sarphil encompassed most of the mountain ranges of the eastern Moonsea. Founded by Queen Nilythra Namarforge the realm had no clearly defined borders, many of the abandoned caverns and mines, known to adventuers as the "Lost Ways", honeycomb the Dragonspines. One of thier feats of engineering was the creation of the stonepumps that kept the waters of the Lis from flooding tunnels running below the river.

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Clashes with the elves of Cormnthyr eventually drove the dwarves north of the Moonsea, but not before the mining of the Scarp, for its rich copper deposits.

Sarphils end came when a rare alliance of drow and duergar harried the sarphilan warriors ever northwards.

The sign of them realm was a crossed (double ended) pick and hammer above an anvil. It can still be seen to this day cut into the westernmost face of the Scarp which faces across the bay from the city of Hillsfar.