Hammerfall
For those wishing to enter Rhul from the west, there is only
one route—and that route leads through Hammerfall, perhaps the most impressive of all the dwarven border fortresses.
Consisting of dozens of lesser fortresses linked together to
form a single massive, terraced castle, Hammerfall has never
fallen to attackers, and the dwarves of Rhul are justly proud
of their impregnable fortress.
Located only a short distance from Hellspass in northern Khador, Hammerfall faced its most recent challenges when that northern city fell to infernal corruption from within. Although the infernals turned most of their attention to the nations of the south, the defenders of Hammerfall fought off more than a few infernal terrors that had splintered off from the main forces that assailed Hellspass. And with the Khadoran city now depopulated, one fewer obstacle stands between Hammerfall and any potential attack from the west.
Most citizens of western Immoren know Hammerfall primarily for the famed mercenary companies that sometimes hire themselves out from Hammerfall. Members of the Hammerfall High Shield Gun Corps have justly earned renown throughout much of the Iron Kingdoms, and the impressive tactics displayed by many of the Rhulfolk mercenaries who hail from Hammerfall can be traced back to Pelgor Dhurg, a cousin of the Stone Lord of House Dhurg. This dwarven champion spent his youth as a mercenary in Llael, and he adopted many training and drilling methods from the Human armies he served alongside and brought them back to Hammerfall, where he combined them with Rhulic steadfastness and ingenuity to produce some of the most reliable soldiers on the continent.
The inhospitable peaks that surround Hammerfall ensure that the border fortress is the only safe way into the heart of Rhul from the west, and even though trade from northern Khador and points beyond is rarer now than it may have been at other times throughout history, the dwarves of Hammerfall stand ever ready to guard the routes in and out of their great nation
Located only a short distance from Hellspass in northern Khador, Hammerfall faced its most recent challenges when that northern city fell to infernal corruption from within. Although the infernals turned most of their attention to the nations of the south, the defenders of Hammerfall fought off more than a few infernal terrors that had splintered off from the main forces that assailed Hellspass. And with the Khadoran city now depopulated, one fewer obstacle stands between Hammerfall and any potential attack from the west.
Most citizens of western Immoren know Hammerfall primarily for the famed mercenary companies that sometimes hire themselves out from Hammerfall. Members of the Hammerfall High Shield Gun Corps have justly earned renown throughout much of the Iron Kingdoms, and the impressive tactics displayed by many of the Rhulfolk mercenaries who hail from Hammerfall can be traced back to Pelgor Dhurg, a cousin of the Stone Lord of House Dhurg. This dwarven champion spent his youth as a mercenary in Llael, and he adopted many training and drilling methods from the Human armies he served alongside and brought them back to Hammerfall, where he combined them with Rhulic steadfastness and ingenuity to produce some of the most reliable soldiers on the continent.
The inhospitable peaks that surround Hammerfall ensure that the border fortress is the only safe way into the heart of Rhul from the west, and even though trade from northern Khador and points beyond is rarer now than it may have been at other times throughout history, the dwarves of Hammerfall stand ever ready to guard the routes in and out of their great nation
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