title: Niping
entry_id: 108
book_ref: tlod-25
Culture: Dwarves of the Iron Hills
Campaign: La Caza del Ojo Rojo
location:
- 1515
- 2232
mapmarker: map_npc_r
type: Lore
tags: not_visitedNiping
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When Dáin son of Nain was not yet King under the Mountain, but still simply the Lord of the Iron Hills, the art of the smith Niping in the making of mining tools, delving engines and devices was considered unmatched. More than that, his work was vital to the life of the Dwarven community, and Niping and his apprentices walked as lords among their peers. No rock was hard enough for his thrice-tempered picks and hammers, they said, no vein too deep.
With the refounding of the kingdom of Erebor and the recovery of the treasure that the Dragon stole, Niping saw his fame stripped away from him: made rich and complacent, the Dwarves turned their heads away from the mines and furnaces of the Iron Hills, moving to the Lonely Mountain to dedicate themselves to trifling matters, like toy and jewel-making. The name of the once- celebrated smith sank toward obscurity.