EverQuest Tony "Vhalen" Garcia talks about the Kaladim! Check it out....

Who are the races that lived in Kaladim, and why did they choose Kaladim?

Vhalen: As noted above, the dwarven kingdom calls Kaladim home. Such a place is ideal to these industrious people. Kaladim's location inside the heart of Butcherblock Mountains provides many things, not just natural defenses. The mountains the dwarves decided to build their capital city contained vast caverns and a natural subterranean river. Most important was the mineral composition of the mountains. The mines of Kaladim were extensive and proved a vast array of rare minerals whose values were found not only in bank vaults but in the many facets of dwarven industry.

Other than the direct benefits of the mountains there was the location of the well defended harbor of Butcherblock Mountains. This harbor provided safe shipping operations to keep the dwarves master of world trade. It is rumored that there was once a dwarfmade waterway that ran a direct line from the harbor to a now forgotten mine that was connected to the vast mine network of Kaladim. Unfortunately, an ancient earthquake is said to have destroyed this mine and the harbor tunnel.

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