Location

Hammer's Rest

Created by R_Nixon

Nestled deep beneath the towering peaks of the Tolgath Mountains lies Hammer's Rest, the magnificent capital of the United Dwarven Kingdoms. This sprawling subterranean metropolis emerged as the political and economic heart of nine once-independent city-states that unified during the devastating War Against the Commonwealth, when dwarves joined forces with surface-dwellers and other races to repel an existential threat. The city's vast caverns echo with the sounds of thousands of dwarven craftspeople, merchants, and residents, while travelers and traders from across the realm navigate its grand thoroughfares in search of commerce and alliance. At the city's center stands the Assembly Hall, an architectural marvel where the nine thanes—rulers of each city-state—convene alongside the Stone Regent, the most influential leader chosen from their ranks, to shape the political destiny of their united nation. However, the peace forged in war has fractured along ideological lines, with the traditionalist Mountain Dwarves yearning to sever ties with surface societies and retreat into isolationism, while the progressive Hill Dwarves champion open trade, cultural exchange, and continued cooperation with other peoples. This schism has deepened into genuine hostility, with some Mountain Dwarves harboring outright contempt for non-dwarven visitors within their halls. The only force preserving the fragile union is the authority of the Stone Regent and their sacred artifact, Thunderbringer—a legendary weapon whose very existence symbolizes the binding oath that holds the nine kingdoms together against the tide of separatism.