Hastheim
Hastheim is the worlds industrial capital. A huge hunderground city built into the Hastcord Peaks, Hastheim is the hub of the Stone Roads, deep running underground mines that also connect the various dwarven settlements. These mines are constantly being prodded for new veins, and for decades have been the source of huge economic success for the inhabitants of the Hastlands. Hastheim itself is the hub for all of it, from government to culture to industry.
Built into the mountains surrounding it, Hastheim is a is a sprawling collection of wide tunnels, where the walls are buildings. These tunnels open into huge plazas, which contain the Runic Citadel, the Stone Smith Academy, and the Hold - the Hastlands palace for its sovereign. The major clans all have bases of operation in Hastheim, even if it's not their primary abode. Vast amounts of industrial production are done on its streets. But all of its art and non-industrial tasks are shunned thanks to their lack of coin production. Those within the arts often cannot afford to live in Hastheim, and must live outside of it. Though still technically Hastheim, the settlement of slums outside of the gates into the city itself is often reffered to Hvaldheim. Very rarely does the exiled artist make it back through the gates.
