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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 depictions of the Seven Houses of the Dwarves and dwarven one-handed axes.

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