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"The younger races will tell you that we Dwarfs are quaint or antiquated when it comes to matters of honor, but they're the first ones that come a'callin' when they need the Dwarfs to fulfill ol' Ironbeard's oath to the manlings.
"Then we come chargin' in, axes swinging, to meet the terms of the ancient pact that they can't be bothered to uphold on their end.
"Sometimes, I think that the downfall of the Dwarf race might be the invention of quill and ink. These younger races wouldn't be able to remember any of the accords their ancestors agreed to without a written record of it somewhere."
-Varmir Proudrock