The Deeping

"It is always possible the records are incomplete."

- Proverb of the Azurejays, Scholar-Knights of San Sylvester

This article is incomplete and will require additional work.

The Deeping is the dwarvish name for the middling depths of The Deeps, and describes portions of the deeps which have fallen out of being civilized, be they natural or artificial. Expert dwarven navigators of the Deeping claim to be able to navigate to any city on the continent (or “near enough”) via the tracks the deeping provide. The Deeping ranges from reasonably safe (in the bring-a-guide sense) to areas traversable only under arms, and contains plenty of natural hazards besides the wildlife.

By contrast, the deeper portion of the Deeps, the Dark, is by and large considered impassible except by heroic effort, and the shallower (or at least more trafficed) Roots of the Mountains are considered safely traversable, even civilized.