dwarven measurments

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   Anyone know how many dwarven feet per dwarven yard, and how many dwarven yards per square on the map?

Tien Zao

After
 traversing the foothills, we approached a sheer cliff that I estimate 
at 15,000 Dwarven Yards that appeared to be banded gneiss with dikes of 
granite orthogneiss
A
 deep gong chimed and the gates grated open (with, I believe, quite a 
bit more noise than Dwarven gates would have made) to show a wide set of
 stairs running deep into a tunnel. We followed the tunnel for 4,943 
steps (none of which, I can assure you, were made with Dwarven legs in 
mind) through another thick portal. 
What
 greeted us was quite inspiring. There was a vast valley stretching out 
in front of us for approximately 30 miles. Sub branches of the valley 
reached off to both sides and a chalky aquamarine glacial river ran the 
length of the valley. And, most spectacularly, there were enormous snow 
capped peaks surrounding the lot. 
We
 followed a meticulously constructed paving stone road (reminiscent of 
the way the roads must have been in the heyday of the Imperium) down the
 length of the valley. Upon nearing the end of said valley, I became 
aware of what I perceived to be a switch back laden goat path up one of 
the larger peaks in front of us. Little did I know that that was the way
 to the Holy Monastery of Qi Quien. Needless to say, it was a tad 
tedious traipsing up said path for 7,623 of my steps. 
I
 was granted an audience with a Monastic Superior, Zen Shi. I was 
escorted through what was approximately 3,500 Dwarven Yards of corridors
 in the mountain, 
After
 another 2,376 Dwarven Yards moving deeper into the mountain, we were 
ushered into what must have originated as a wildly unusual Basalt 
construct comprised of a volcanic airpocket, but was then expanded upon.
 It is basically an enormous vertical cavern stretching for thousands of
 Dwarven yards vertically, but also connected to other similar caverns 
through passages, all honeycombed by catwalks and throughout which are 
millions of filled scrollshelves. I had heard they had a library here, 
but no Dwarf, to my knowledge, has ever seen one like this. 

It looks like directions, and i tried to scout a bunch of locations near Qi Quien, with no luck so far. 
there is a building that is close that i thought would possibly be part of that but scouts turned up nothing. Any help on clarification of the measurements from the devs would be appreciated.

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	Anyone know how many dwarven feet per dwarven yard, and how many dwarven yards per square on the map? Tien Zao After traversing the foothills, we approached a sheer cliff that I estimate at 15,000 Dwarven Yards that appeared to be banded gneiss with dikes of granite orthogneiss A deep gong chimed and the gates grated open (with, I believe, quite a bit more noise than Dwarven gates would have made) to show a wide set of stairs running deep into a tunnel. We followed the tunnel for 4,943 steps (none of which, I can assure you, were made with Dwarven legs in mind) through another thick portal. What greeted us was quite inspiring. There was a vast valley stretching out in front of us for approximately 30 miles. Sub branches of the valley reached off to both sides and a chalky aquamarine glacial river ran the length of the valley. And, most spectacularly, there were enormous snow capped peaks surrounding the lot. We followed a meticulously constructed paving stone road (reminiscent of the way the roads must have been in the heyday of the Imperium) down the length of the valley. Upon nearing the end of said valley, I became aware of what I perceived to be a switch back laden goat path up one of the larger peaks in front of us. Little did I know that that was the way to the Holy Monastery of Qi Quien. Needless to say, it was a tad tedious traipsing up said path for 7,623 of my steps. I was granted an audience with a Monastic Superior, Zen Shi. I was escorted through what was approximately 3,500 Dwarven Yards of corridors in the mountain, After another 2,376 Dwarven Yards moving deeper into the mountain, we were ushered into what must have originated as a wildly unusual Basalt construct comprised of a volcanic airpocket, but was then expanded upon. It is basically an enormous vertical cavern stretching for thousands of Dwarven yards vertically, but also connected to other similar caverns through passages, all honeycombed by catwalks and throughout which are millions of filled scrollshelves. I had heard they had a library here, but no Dwarf, to my knowledge, has ever seen one like this. It looks like directions, and i tried to scout a bunch of locations near Qi Quien, with no luck so far. there is a building that is close that i thought would possibly be part of that but scouts turned up nothing. Any help on clarification of the measurements from the devs would be appreciated.