King Endrin Stonehammer is known as the First Paragon of the dwarves. This is meant to impress-and perhaps intimidate-visitors to Orzammar and to convey upon dwarves heading to the surface all that they are leaving behind.
The most impressive is Orzammar's Hall of Heroes beneath the surface gates in the Frostback Mountains where the giant statues appear to hold up the ceiling. ĭwarven cities are decorated by monolithic lifelike statues of Paragons from days past. The word of a Paragon surpasses in weight even the word of a king-even if the former's title does not grant official power. To them a living Paragon is considered a 'living Ancestor', whose actions and words carry the wisdom and will of their Ancestors. The dwarves have no gods, instead they venerate their Ancestors. They are the noble warriors, politicians, smiths and even children that all others seek to emulate, and they function as essential role models to their race.
