Talk:Karak Zorn/@comment-26121027-20180708221024/@comment-37945198-20181227084644

Karak Zorn is of course a reference to mountainous Ethiopia with its monumental stone architecture, culture of literacy and preserved ancient (religious) traditions through centuries of isolation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ethiopia

See the Mediaeval Prester John legend, spawned by vague knowledge of Abyssinia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prester_John

And see in particular Warhammer Fantasy's spiritual successor, the Ninth Age's, much richer take on Ethiopian fantasy Dwarves: https://www.the-ninth-age.com/index.php?thread/37892-kegiz-gavem-%E2%80%93-the-ethiopian-dwarves-of-light/&pageNo=1