Gruletrenn Ward
Pronunciation - /GRUHL-uh-tren/
There are those who think that stone shape is not a useful spell, and while those people may be correct, Archon Gruletrenn will disagree with them on principle. You would be forgiven for thinking Gruletrenn Ward to be abandoned. With nearly no habitations visible anywhere in his territory and virtually no living beings walking around at any time of day, it's an easy mistake to make. However, Archon Gruletrenn has cultivated the most enterprising mineral industry of any member of the Searan Shell, exceeding the pursuits of even some of the dwarven clans of the Broadcrag Frontier. While storehouses above ground exist to supply trade lanes with the materials outgoing from the Ward, All Bondships and industrial complexes in Gruletrenn Ward are located underground, in the discarded shafts left over by the centuries of completed mining as the Archon delves ever deeper into the The Dim Periphery, and even in some places the Outer Fringe.
Consequently to the depth of his digging, Archon Gruletrenn is the primary source worldwide for the acquisition of Deep Crystal for use in high-grade production throughout Argent. His prices as a monopoly are of course allowed to be whatever he chooses, so very few disturb him lest he alter the arrangement that most craftspeople currently enjoy. Gruletrenn Ward also serves as the de facto passage into the populated regions of the Dim Periphery by non-native surface dwellers, as one of the only places with powered lifts capable of making the journey anything less than an abject hazard. This puts Archon Gruletrenn in a tenuous peace with the Dark Elves of Fallencrest and other Dim settlements, as he brings both intruders and trade to their realms, while acting as the sole mediator of both of these translations without their choice or influence. It is of course possible to get to the Dim Periphery in other ways - there are countless passage possible and nearly all are completely unmapped and unknown - but there remains a thriving black market trade for both goods and unlicensed transport through Gruletrenn Ward to the Dim Periphery which is maintained by certain enterprising Bonds with heavy fees to look the other way.
Archon Gruletrenn himself lives in a personal manse deep in the mines, in a cavern lost to time since Argent's creation and hollowed out by some process none have bothered to examine. The mines are a harsh place to work, and whether he is taking his rest or standing on the next great breaking of ground on some deep and mysterious branch of the mine, Archon Gruletrenn ensures that no amount of hardship prevents the finely tuned quotas from being fulfilled in the ever-expanding development of his personal buried treasure hoard.
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