Barrowhome
Barrowhome is a city founded by the dragonborn that fled the lawlessness and evil ofLenstad Founded on the grave of an ancient Platinum dragon one of the Great sons of Bahamut.
The Founding
The dragonborn fleeing the Withering Scales begin to settle in the region in three distinct villages. A small village built around an inn, this village would become known as Crossroads Inn. The second village was founded on the edge of the Wastes. This town became the center of power for the Gold House . The Last was built on the coast by a group of silver and brass dragonborn. They built it on top of a tomb created long ago for the great Platinum Dragon Teorndyn, Second Son of Bahamut.The Early Times
The city quickly gains power. A group of Bahamut Clerics begin spreading throughout the region removing the affliction of Withering Scales The Brass Dragonborn compile a vast arcane and medical library along the Southern Coast compiling information not just on the affliction that is Withering Scales but also on all manner of afflictions and medical conditions. A revolution has the city of Barrowhome in ruins. A group of Gold Dragonborn impose order and slaughter the dissidents. Establishing the Gold House as the head of the city. A series of bountiful harvests and good weather make the city prosper. The Brass House takes credit for the lack of disease and proper planning that lead to the short golden age within the city of Barrowhome. A large population of Halflings is discovered in the Hills Northwest of Barrowhome. They are accepted kindly into the folds of the dragonborn. The Green House is given refuge by the Copper House . 200 Acres of land are given to the refugees. This becomes known as the GreenhomeThe 1st Dragon War
The Dragonborn form a council at the Crossroads. This council gives one seat to each draconic house. This council is formed to elect a Dragon Emperor to rule over the dragonborn. The council was first convened to elect an official to lead Lenstad & Barrowhome in the war against the Republic of the Valley . The first Emperor elected was the Great Red Dragonborn Beowyn Kyzilzson Contact with mysterious strangers across the ocean help the city of Barrowhome by supplying magical weapons and wise spellcasters. This island was rended in two by a titanic creature from the Abyss. The wound to the very surface of the world occasionally bleeds corruption unto the land. This corruption has caused the Elves, Orcs, and Dwarves that inhabited this region to become tainted. Some became Half Demon Spawn, Tieflings. The rest affected by this wound grew into monstrosities with lack of empathy and a cruel hatred for other living things. The Elves skin grew ashen and stained, thier hair whitened and thier minds warped into the sadistic creatures known as drow. The Orcs, once simple tribal communities begin to wage war upon each other as one of thier own, a chieftian, attains god-hood through his legendary deeds. He becomes God of the Slaughter Gruumsh One-Eye. And the Dwarves become ashen and grey. Thier greed becomes the only thing left within thier minds. They become the Deurgar. These evil races become an unorthodox ally to the The Draconian Empire . A powerful Dragonborn wizard takes up residence in a tower constructed from rosey marble. The dragonborn's scales are unique in thier sheen. Glittering lake a thousand gemstones. This dragonborn creates the Jeweled Path. A magical path from the Palace of the Gold House directly to the main square of Barrowhome. The 1st Dragon War is lost leading to severe concession in the South. The loss comes at the slaughter of the Emperor in a great battle fought on the edges of the Wastes.The Interrum
A group of Copper Dragonborn begin a new venture into the construction of a Mining Business. They begin funnelling the metals into a bloomery in the North of Barrowhome. A terrible tribe of Ettercaps take up residence in the woodlands and marsh North of the Copper Plains. This becomes known as the Spider Woods.The Second Dragon War
A surge of refugees dleeing the Devestation of the Second Dragonwars brings an influx of Humans and Kobolds into the city of Barrowhome. The kobolds seem willing to live alongside thier dragonborn kin but the humans and dragonborn eye each other with suspicion. The city of Lenstad sends a large military force to help in the War. The brutal fighting culminates in the battle in the Wastes where the General of the Republic is struck down, a mighty blow for the The Draconian Empire Rumors of the Silver House working with necromancers cause them to lose face. The House denies it but distrust spreads among the Metallic Houses. The Mining Company is burned to the ground leaving only ruins of the Bladerun Mining Co.Present Day
The severe losses in the Dragon Wars are commemorated with the opening of a massive cemetary and memorial in Barrowhome. Crime begins to rise as the sheer size and diversity within Barrowhome reaches a tipping point.
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