Delver's Tome

The Delver's Tome was a multi-volume reference book used by the Order of Delvers.

Description
The Delver's Tome was a compilation of knowledge and wisdom from many different dwarven authors. It consisted of at least ten volumes.

Function
The book served as a field guide, providing information about proper procedures and methods for facing the many different situations a delver may expect to come across. In addition to this, the book contains many proverbs and sayings.

Contents
Only a few small details are known about the contents of the book. It is known that one of the volumes was primarily dedicated to the arts of wayfinding and mapmaking. The chapter entitled Basics of Reconnoitering and Exploration (BORE) was authored by Delvemaster Frivaldi. A few proverbs are known explicitly, in order of apearence these are:

Vol. I

Chapter 2, Entry 8: "Pure gold does not fear the fire."

Chapter 3, Entry 683: "More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth."

Chapter 67, Entry 103: "Gold is where you find it."

Chapter 73, Entry 5: "Even the just may sin with an open chest of gold before them."

Chapter 87, Entry 12: "Truth, like gold, is to be found by washing away from it all that is not gold."

Vol. II

Chapter 98, Entry 274: "Better a friend at court than gold on the finger."

Vol. III

Chapter 9, Entry 100: "Truth comes to us from the past, like gold washed down from the mountains."

Chapter 24, Entry 502: "All that glitters is not gold."

Chapter 93, Entry 62: "Gold is gold, though it be in a rogue's purse."

Vol. IV

Chapter 3, Entry 23: "The gold you have yet to win gleams the brightest."

Chapter 3, Entry 76: "A golden key will open every lock."

Vol. V

Vol. VI

Chapter 46, Entry 35: "Better an ounce of happiness than a pound of gold."

Chapter 94, Entry 6: "As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time."

Vol. VII

Chapter 2, Entry 305: "Silence is golden."

Vol. VIII

Vol. IX

Chapter 63, Entry 6: "The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself."

Vol. X

Chapter 93, Entry 76: "Gold is tried by fire; men by adversity."

Unknown: "Unless it is the only way to complete the delve, no Delver shall abandon his partner, or allow him to face danger alone."