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VI b - Southern '''[[Stiffbeards]]''', similar culture to Mongols and Himalayan peoples <br>
VI b - Southern '''[[Stiffbeards]]''', similar culture to Mongols and Himalayan peoples <br>
VII - '''[[Blacklocks]]''', similar culture to Akkadians, Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians"
VII - '''[[Blacklocks]]''', similar culture to Akkadians, Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians"
See also ''[[:File:Artigas - The Seven Houses of the Khazad.jpg|The Seven Houses of Khazad]]'' and ''[[:File:Artigas - Dwarven Axes.jpg|Dwarven Axes]]'' by the same author, for a depiction of only the Dragon-helm itself.


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"Weapons of the Various Dwarven Cultures", by Artigas.

Notes by the author on the real world inspirations for the Seven Houses' swords:
"I - Longbeards, similar culture to Anglo-Saxons
II - Stonefoots, similar culture to ancient Canaanites
III a - Northern Firebeards, similar culture to British Celts
III b - Southern Firebeards, similar culture to Continental Celts
IV - Broadbeams, similar culture to the Germanic tribes
V a - Ironfists nobility’s “Sverð”. Similar culture to the ancient Norse. Made of meteoric steel (Star Iron).
V b - Ironfists commoner's 'Langseax'
VI a - Northern Stiffbeards, similar culture to the Inuit. Handle carved from mammoth's ivory
VI b - Southern Stiffbeards, similar culture to Mongols and Himalayan peoples
VII - Blacklocks, similar culture to Akkadians, Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians"

See also The Seven Houses of Khazad and Dwarven Axes by the same author, for a depiction of only the Dragon-helm itself.

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