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The Metal Dwarves accustomed to consulting the Books for advice, could find no solution to Navillus’ corruption. The Dwarves made entries into the Books to guide future cycles before the stocky race descended into isolationism. They interacted only with the Gnomes and Halflings of Hearthland. The Dwarves still traded through the little people with the Merfolk, but few Metal Dwarves left the seclusion of their mountain homes. Fearful of the outside world, the Dwarves formed armies to defend themselves from the retribution they feared would come.