Ruins of Shattengrod

This sinkhole is a rocky pit measuring roughly thirty feet across and sixty feet deep. Littered with ancient bones, the pit was long considered just a macabre curiosity, referred to by the dwarves of Pride’s Call as the Grave Hole. When tales of the strange location reached inquiring minds within the empire, an investigation was launched. Beneath the pit, explorers discovered the sundered ruins of a prominent city from the Age of Arcanum called Shattengrod. Heavy excavation expanded the pit into a spiraling hole that delves into the subterranean city, unveiling broken relics and forgotten secrets — as well as some enduring shades and hungry entities now awakened. The promise of beneficial discoveries pushes both interests of the Crown and the Cerberus Assembly to delve into the ruins, but the deaths of mercenaries are already drawing attention as rumors of the dangers below spread and scare off many possible hires. The ruins of Shattengrod were discovered a few decades ago when a quarry was being built near Pride's Call and the hill dwarves living there found a deep pit that went beneath it. At its bottom were the ruins of a very ancient city: Shattengrod, one of a number of prominent cities in the Age of Arcanum destroyed before or during the Calamity. The ruins have been being slowly uncovered under the supervision of the Cerberus Assembly and The Cobalt Soul.They date to the Age of Arcanum. Mercenaries are employed for delving into the ruins, and competing parties often use the nearby city of Yrrosa as a base of operations.