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| ==== Great Crossroads ==== | ==== Great Crossroads ==== | ||
| - | Two large hallways of dressed stone and decorative columns once crossed the mountains. The Sun hall ran from east and west, while the Iron hall ran from | + | Two large hallways of dressed stone and decorative columns once crossed the mountains and where they met was the large concentric core of the hold. The Soonehalle runs from the central core to the east, Sunterhalle to the west, Eisenhalle to the north, and the Geldhalle to the south. Running along these halls were fifteen (15) massive gates that could be closed to stop an attacking army. Small hidden holes allowed the defenders to drop liquids and flammables behind the doors. |
| ===== Government ===== | ===== Government ===== | ||
| + | The hold was governed by five (5) dwarven lords chosen from the first clans that settled in this area. Each clan had its own territory within the hold and along the mountain that they then subdivided for the smaller clans that pledged fealty to them. Anything that affected the entire hold had to be by a unanimous vote of the dwarven lords. | ||
| - | ==== Holdings ==== | ||
| + | ==== Holdings ==== | ||
| === Nightstar Port === | === Nightstar Port === | ||
| - | This port town was built in a natural bay on the eastern shore | + | This port town was built in a natural bay on the eastern shore of [[atlas:Aquanius]]. It was completely destroyed by the attacking armies during the Brothers War. Before it was sacked large dwarven ships would dock here and carry their goods to far away lands. The town was named for the obsiden black sand and small crystal rocks. |
