It's craftsmen are renowned for their extensive mining operations and for the fine quality of their steel, weapons and armor, an influence of their very close association with the dwarfs of the Grey Mountains. It is claimed Montfort's original foundation was Dwarfen, abandoned either during or soon after the War of the Beard. Montfort and its lord stand as a stalwart bastion against the Greenskin tribes that now infest local valleys.[1a]