Silversmith

Silversmith is a town in the Casper Mountains on the outskirts of the Casper Dwarfhold. The people of Silversmith are diaspora from the Casper Dwarfhold who decided to settle near their homeland. The town largely worships the goddess Berronar Truesilver, and is led by the high priest Father Truesilver. In recent years, the few mineral veins near the town have dried up, leaving much of the town impoverished.

Silversmith is Carnelian's hometown.

History
The town of Silversmith largely worships Berronar Truesilver, also known as the Revered Mother or Mother of Safety. Berronar Truesilver is the dwarven goddess of hearth and home, and her worshippers see themselves as the keepers of dwarven culture and history.

The decline of the Casper Dwarfhold is largely unknown with its details kept secret, but it is generally understood that the veins of the Casper Mountains ran dry and the surrounding soil became infertile, making it impossible for the dwarves to continue living there. The majority of the dwarves in the area left the Caper Mountains, emigrating to the foothills or to the surrounding country, but a clan of worshippers of Berronar Truesilver instead chose to stay as near to the Dwarfhold as they could, settling down in a then-operational mining town. These mines too ran dry, but the dwarves managed to cling to the land through meticulous agricultural practices. Still, food insecurity continues to be a cause for concern in Silversmith, especially in the winter.

Church of Our Mother of Safety
This is the primary church of Berronar Truesilver in town. It is largely embedded into a cliffside, with an ornate exterior and a single door that leads into a cathedral lit by glowing stones. The most noteworthy elements of the church are the statue of the goddess on the exterior, which is now so eroded that it has almost no distinguishable features; and the pulpit, upon which rests a pedestal with two interlocking silver bands, the symbol of Berronar Truesilver.

Silversmith Library
The stone structure of Silversmith Library is expansive and contains many tomes about the history of the dwarves of Dandd. However, many of these books are dry and archival, and so the library is not seen as valuable to those outside of town. Still, the clerics of Berronar treat it as their holy mission to uphold the history and culture and people, and attend to the dusty shelves with great care.

The Old Copper Mines
Ironically, Silversmith used to mine primarily copper, not silver, in ages past. It is a moot point now as the mines have dried up, though they provide a labyrinthine network of passageways under the town and through the mountains. The people who visit the mines are mostly teenagers looking for a good ghost story or to find some fabled secret passageway.

Father Silversmith
The leader of Silversmith and arch cleric of Berronar. He is also Carnelian's uncle. Worshippers of Berronar are conservative and hold order and the old ways in high regard, and Father Silversmith is chief among them. He is a stern man with graying hair. He forced Carnelian to leave town after Carnelian publicly insulted his honor and the honor of his goddess, which left him with no choice but to take immediate, public action. He will allow Carnelian to return as an honored member of Silversmith if he swears fealty to Berronar and atones for his sins.

Agate Silversmith
Carnelian's half-sister. It is known that she and Carnelian share a mother, though beyond that their parentage is not discussed publicly. She is more dutiful and brighter than her brother, as someone who gave up her dreams for the good of the collective. Her hair is a deep black and she is rarely recognized as Carnelian's sister. She quietly dreams of becoming a warrior.

Clove Flintforge
The most experienced farmer in Silversmith. They are credited with having sustained the people of Silversmith through some of their worst winters in famine, and are continuously working on new ways to breathe life back into the family's mountain farms. They are an ardent worshipper of Berronar and helped to raise Carnelian when Father Silversmith was busy attending to the town.

Fennel
An old friend of Carnelian's. Fennel and Carnelian used to get into trouble together, but he now won't speak to Carnelian for fear of being excommunicated as well.