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'''Caving''' or '''Spelunking''' is the activity of [[exploring]] [[caves]] much as hiking is that of exploring [[hills]] and [[forests]]. The [[Land of Mists]] does not have an underdark comparable to that of other worlds. There are certainly caves, abandoned [[mine|mines]], and even the [[ruins]] of an [[Niurin Scaa | underground kingdom]]. But these are not, for the most part, connected to one another. There is no web of geo-political relations paralleling that of the [[domains]] of the surface. This less ''civilised'' underworld constitutes, if anything, a greater challenge to [[caver|cavers]]. There should be no expectation of happening upon goodly races, trade-dependent communities, or even well worn paths when plunging into the deep. Understandably, there are few who welcome the dangers of exploring places from where none perhaps have ever returned. The community of cavers is not large. And a significant part of it belongs to the [[Dark Delvers]], a [[secret society]] that guards jealously its hard won knowledge of things known and alien to the light of day.