Bluerock

An underground dwarven city guarded against outsiders by the vigilant xenophobe Pete and his Bluerock Guard. Generations ago, the town was above ground, before its entire concentration shifted to mining and the whole settlement migrated underground. The ensuing years of enthusiastic mining have diminished the mountain's yield to little more than piles of rocks.

In Book 1, the fourth shard of the crystal imprisoning Scrion was found by miners in Bluerock's caverns, precipitating an avalanche consisting of a single, gigantic gelatinous cube.

Bluerock was all but scraped clean from the cave walls by the avalanche, and the meager yield of the mine made rebuilding slow and painful. About this time, an entire wobble of gnomes decided Bluerock would be a fine place to live, adding an irritating, insulting accent to the town's plight. By the time of Book 4, Bluerock has almost nothing left to live on - which is where the gnome Plunk and his dwarf neighbor Moses come in. However, their (Plunk's) plan to strike a bargain with the death elf priestess Chee'naia to enrich the town is only a qualified success, as Chee'naia's cruel interpretation of "enrich" has the side effect of depopulating Bluerock entirely.

Subsequent to the battle successfully waged against Chee'naia by Moses, Plunk, and an army of kobolds, Bluerock is re-populated by the victorious army, and its recovery financed by the hoard of a slain dragon.