Whoever dies on the Perished Land is raised as a revenant in service of the Perished Land's spirit however, if the revenant's spirit is strong enough, it can resist the Perished Land's influence. The Perished Land attempted and succeeded in infiltrating Girdlegard and defeating the dwarves' fifthling kingdom eleven hundred cycles ago. Nudin betrays the magi, kills them, and corrupts the forcefields so that he alone can use them. They slaughter orcs and avoid Nudin the Knowledge-Lusty (Nôdʼonn the Doublefold), a magus who has fallen under the spell of The Perished Land (the evil spirit of Girdlegard). Along the way he meets Boïndil Doubleblade and Boëndal Hookhand, two secondling twins, who lead him to Ogreʼs Death, a fortress in their kingdom. Tungdil's 'foster father', the venerable magus Lot-Ionan, sends him on an errand to return some artifacts to one of his former pupils and travel to the secondling dwarf kingdom. These realms, rich in magical energy forcefields, are ruled by magi, while other lands are ruled by the kings and queens of Girdlegard. Tungdil Goldhand, a young blacksmith, is the only dwarf in Ionandar, one of Girdlegard's five enchanted realms. A video game named The Dwarves, developed by King Art Games, is based on the first book it was funded through Kickstarter. The book was originally written in English and German. The story follows an orphan dwarf by the name of Tungdil Goldhand who is raised by humans. The lower tiers of the verse possess very little hax but many of those in Tier 8 or above possess extraordinary abilities, up to but not limited to Soul Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Low-Godly Regeneration, Petrification, Deconstruction, Corrosion Inducement, and Age Manipulation.The Dwarves (German: Die Zwerge) is the first novel in the eponymous high fantasy series The Dwarves by German fantasy author Markus Heitz. The verse's characters largely land in Wall level to Building level+, with the most powerful of creatures and heroes reaching even up to Large Town level to Mountain level. The series itself gained enough notoriety to spawn a series of video games in recent years. Major threats to the land include an evil, soulless brand of elves, roaming demigods seeking to purge evil away at all costs, and a sentient pestilence seeking to take over the land itself.

While the books possess great multitudes of conflicts and storylines, the main plot revolves around Tungdil's protection of Girdlegard, the country/continent the story takes place in, and his eventual abandonment of hope for the land. 'The Dwarves') is a series of high-fantasy novels written by Markus Heitz that follows the titular Dwarves, a species of humanoids possessing great might and mastery of craftsmanship, most notably Tungdil Goldhand, the central protagonist who is a foundling raised by humans.

The dwarves by markus heitz