I will release a PART ONLY A PART of my secret file so as to make it easy for you guys to draw this map. This is from a file I call Legend Mode where I keep all the info on each character/location/ and event that has taken place so I don't make big mistakes while I writing. I still may make them but this makes it easier to avoid
Combine this with the info above and if you have any more questions feel free to ask in this thread.
Locations
Fortress Kaden Hurr - A huge dwarf fortress in the eastern part of the continent. This is where the Kirkstand family comes from. It has slightly different customs than the southern dwarves do but enough alike that they do not stand out. The laws in Kaden Hurr are much more just than those in Fortress Understars and they elect leaders from each clan to form a dwarven republic. They have a separate court system where judges are appointed by the God of Justice through his priests. His priests have no knowledge of the names of potential judges; they go into a trance and call out the name of the selected judge having never heard it before. To date not a single judge in Kaden Hurr has become corrupted or power hungry, though these things can change. Obviously Kaden Hurr is not excited to hear the news when Fortress Understars and Shatteredstone are over run by demons.
Au’alurma – Au’alurma is a distance dwarven city founded deep in the desert waste land. The dwarves from this down have very strange customs and ways when compared to the southern dwarves from the Goldenavil mountain range and further to the south and east. These dwarves are often called Sand Dwarves and take more than one spouse. Often the single leader of the house hold takes many spouses of various sexes, at which point they become glorified slaves of the original dwarf. Many southern dwarves are entranced by these dwarf skinned desert people. Over the years leading up to the story there has been a general anger building towards this group of dwarves in Understars as many of the existing citizens have been convinced to join these strange marriages and follow the Au’alurma customs.
The city itself is built above and below ground around a vast oasis that many believe to be dwarf made. There are many entrances to the city hidden in the sand dunes around the oasis, as the city itself stretches under a vast amount of desert deeper down where there is solid rock and earth. These entrances are covered from time to time by sand storms, and a sect of dwarves known as a Mu’atal spend their entire lives digging out covered entrances day in and day out to assure there is always a way out of the city proper.
Near the Oasis giant towers of obsidian raise into the horizon, each capped with a parapet that is decorated with design that is unique to the clan who built it. From a distance on a hot day these towers seem to dance on the horizon. As such many southern dwarves and humans have taken to calling this the City of Dancing Illusion. Many people who visit this city never return home. Some say they get enchanted with the city and decide to stay, other say something more sinister is going on. Those that visist and return have no reports of anything ominous going on however, so these remain unfound rumors.
Fortress Understars – Fortress Understars in an ancient Fortress who’s history is carved in the great halls the dwarves live in. The King is Magmabeard IV. The fortress is massive and serve as the home to countless dwarves, stretching across the entire Goldenanvil Mountain range. There are many exits from the Fortress and all of them are well defended by special gate houses that are almost impossible to assault. After all of these years the miners have finally begun to dig to far, and at the warning from the Gods the King has ordered mining to stop.
Fortress Stonemane the Brave/Shatteredstone Goblingrave – This Fortress was founded by Baron Shatteredstone and became very successful due to the initial rush of gold from selling looted goblin gear. The name was changed once Baron Shatteredstone was promoted to Count and moved in to make this fortress his home. As the years stretched on this Fortress became much larger than even Fortress Understars and Count Shatteredstone named himself King!
Endless Plains of Glitter – The Endless Plains of Glitter strech out from the foot hills of the Goldenanvil Mountain range to the south where Mount Frostbeard is found and beyond to the ocean in the south. This was once a giant human civilization that has long ago be destroyed by the Goblins from Tatteredmoon. Very few trees survive and those that do are gnarled and bent by the extreme wind and storms that tear across the plains.
Mount Frostbeard – Mount Frostbeard is a giant mountain that stands so tall the tip is beyond the clouds. No one has ever been known to climb to the summit of this mountain. The goblin Stronghold Tatteredmoon could be found on the southern face of the mountain and has existed there for years beyond history. The Fortress Stonemane the Brave was founded in a box canyon on the northern face of the mountain.
Goldenavil Mountain range – This mountain range has many peaks and streches for miles from north east to south west. Under it is a giant dwarven civilizations living in Fortress Understars. There are two passes over the mountain, one in the south western reaches and one further north east. The elves crossed the north east passage in order to gain access to the Plains of Glitter.
Stronghold Tatteredmoon – This Stronghold has existed for a very long time with Baltrog as the leader of this civilization of goblins. For the longest time they have existed in peace, simply because they killed everyone they knew about. Their society is brutal and has served over the years to make these goblins much larger than those found in other parts of the world. The smallest of the small serve the larger as slaves, whilst the larger hone their crafting abilities to make fantastic armor and weapons. They know one day they will go to war again and they want to be prepared, hence when the dwarves defeat them they find a giant amount of goblin war gear that in turn makes their Fortress rich!
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