As tough and strong as the natural stoneworks they dwell among, mountain dwarves see themselves as the true progenitors of their race and the exemplars of their gods' traditions and teachings. Mountain dwarves maintain a strong martial tradition. They know that the great wealth they accumulate in their vaults makes them prime targets for raiders. As a result, all the adults in a typical mountain dwarf clan are trained in the use of armor and weapons. Miners are amond the most revered members of a clan, since the tunnels and shafts they dig in search of ore are considered works of art in themselves--as much a part of a clan's legacy as as any treasure chamber heaped with gold and gems. The mountain dwarves' militancy and the need to protect their mines leads them into frequent clashes with Underdark monsters. Creatures or raiding parties that enter the mines from below invite retributive raids by dwarf war parties. The dwarves will mount and ambitious assault to reclaim even a single miner captured by attackers. Even the drow are reluctant to raid mountain dwarf settlements, since they know a single attack will ignite the flames of war. Hill and dune dwarves view their mountain cousins as overly grim shut-ins who refuse to believe that life is anything but a constant battle for survival. Mountain dwarves view their much more lenient relatives as painfully naïve optimists who risk losing their precious works because of their overexposure to the outside world. Mountain Dwarves of the Known World can typically be found in the Dragonpeaks or Wildron Mountains, where their assorted clans and kingdoms have millennia of history stored behind them. The Glorysteal Clan of Emorak, however, owes both its allegiance and its name to a group of long-since immigrated dwarves living within the Akai Mountains.