Bellows

The Bellows is a majority dwarven neighborhood in the working-class Tamuth District in the southwest of the Andoren capital of Almas. It is bordered to the north and east by the Tamuth River, to the south by the industrial Smithtown neighborhood, and to the west by the city wall. The dwarves who live here largely work in Smithtown or run small businesses in Bellows where they work as masons, gem cutters, and silversmiths. Most are directly descended from the refugees who fled the destruction of Tar Khadurrm, the once mighty dwarven nation shattered by the eruption of Droskar's Crag in 3980 AR. The dwarven population here has slowly been dwindling over the past few centuries, and now numbers fewer than 100 individuals under the leadership of Elgrid Twelvehammers, a priestess of Torag. Recently, humans wishing to apprentice themselves to the highly skilled dwarves have begun moving into the neighborhood, and if they remain, it is only a matter of time before the demographics of the neighborhood changes significantly.