Stormhold
A Dwarven Fortress built overlooking Dragonfire Pass, guarding the passageway into the Desolate Wastes and, during the Lyras War, guarding Zoluren from invasion from the West.
Demographics
While there is a sizeable Dwarven population, the town remains human-centric, with approximately 35,000 of it's inhabitants. Stormhold, however, is the largest Gnome population in all Zoluren, totaling nearly 5,000 strong.
Government
The city is overseen by a council, though the rulership lies with the current Marshal of the Western Reaches, Griswold Ironhammer.
Defences
Row upon row upon row of outer wall defenses exist, each topped with a number of ballistae and windlasses to defend against Orcs, Ogres, and other creatures attacking the city. The entire city was, when designed, laid out as a single, massive star-fort complex, dug deep into the hills and rocks. Additionally, the city planners required all buildings within the walls to be made entirely of stone and mortar, and multiple layers of defense exist, trained skyward, to defend against an incursion from wyverns, drakes, or dragons from the mountains.
The bastion of Stormhold itself is buried deep within the mountainside, it's approaches well defended by enfilading fields of fire, with a number of right-angle turns along it's causeways.
The bastion of Stormhold itself is buried deep within the mountainside, it's approaches well defended by enfilading fields of fire, with a number of right-angle turns along it's causeways.
Infrastructure
The city is built around ore and gem mining, as well as rock quarrying from the mountains. Large swathes of farmland exist to the east in the meadowlands, providing ample food to the city as well as shipping tons to the east towards River Crossing.
Founding Date
339 BD
Population
65,000
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Owner/Ruler
Ruling/Owning Rank
Owning Organization
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