Many of these passages have been infiltrated - penetrated by the gnaw tunnels of Skaven, or the mushroom-filled holes of the Night Goblins. Adjoining these are the shafts of countless mines, sunk deep in the bottomless dark. Most of Karaz Ankor lies beneath the surface of the world - from the towering vaults and labyrinthine galleries of the holds to the endless tunnels of the Underway. Because of the extreme danger of their duties they wear heavy gromril armour engraved with runes. They spend much of their time below ground in the deepest, least-visited parts of the stronghold. The Ironbreakers guard these old passages and protect the stronghold from attack. Where old and abandoned workings join the inhabited levels the Dwarfs have docked passages and built gates, but even so they must be constantly on the lookout for intrusion from below. These tunnels have become home to all kinds of monsters such as Night Goblins, Skaven, Trolls and even more sinister horrors. Many Dwarf strongholds have deep tunnels which the Dwarfs have long since abandoned.
Clad from head to toe with full suits of magnificent Gromril armour and Rune weapons, these warriors are considered by many to be the elite of the elite. Ī Dwarf Ironbreaker standing within his nigh-impregnable shieldwall.ĭwarf Ironbreakers are amongst the most heavily armoured warriors fielded by the armies of the Dwarfs. And even if the roof caved in, not that a good proper Dwarf roof would do that, but them Goblin tunnels is shoddy work, nine times out of ten he'd climb out again, dust himself down and get back to the fight, not like you young whelps." - Durgrim Redmane, Hammerer. Head to foot in the best gromril armour, it'd be a brave Goblin, Troll or ratman who faces an Ironbreaker and doesn't turn tail. Not as dangerous as it used to be, mind, but then that's why our ancestors formed the Ironbreakers. " Down in the mines, that can be dangerous work.
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