Thronemar Hall
Thronemar Hall is the beating heart of Stoneheart Hold, a grand citadel built deep within the mountain’s core—a place where stone sings with history, and every shadow holds the weight of ancestral presence. It serves not only as the seat of rulership for the Stoneheart Dwarves but also as a spiritual and cultural axis, where craft, memory, and power converge in stone and fire.
Purpose / Function
Thronemar is more than a royal seat—it is the sacred repository of dwarven legacy. It serves as:
- Council Chamber: Where matters of war, diplomacy, and trade are debated by the Lords of the Hold.
- Lorevault: Containing scrolls, rune-plates, and stone-tomes recounting ages of dwarven history.
- Sanctuary of the Ancestors: A spiritual place where dwarves may commune with their lineages through flame and frost rituals performed in the Echo Altar, located behind the throne.
During high festivals, the hall is filled with music from rune-horns and drumforged anvils; the walls glow with forge-light and lantern crystals as ancestors are honored with toasts, stories, and solemn chants.
To the Stoneheart Dwarves, Thronemar Hall is a living testament to their survival and sovereignty—an unyielding monument to their unity in the face of flame, frost, and darkness. It is where oaths are sworn, where kings and queens are crowned, and where history itself is etched into stone.
Contents & Furnishings
At the far end of the hall sits the legendary Stoneheart Throne, raised on a stepped dais of blackstone.
- Forged from a single block of volcanic obsidian, the throne gleams with deep, mirrorlike darkness.
- Veins of froststeel run through it—metal cooled by ancient glacial magic—constantly emitting a faint, silvery mist.
- Legend holds that it was crafted by the first kings of the Stoneheart line, blessed by both fire and frost, and cannot be moved, shattered, or desecrated by any means mortal or magical.
It is said that only one chosen by the Ancestor Spirits may sit upon it without being overwhelmed by visions or crushed by the throne’s ancient weight.
Architecture
Thronemar is carved directly from the mountain’s living rock, its chambers rising in tiers like the inside of a great inverted fortress. Towering pillars of basalt and froststeel support vaulted ceilings etched with glowing runes, and mosaic floors depict key battles, royal lineages, and elemental rites. The walls are engraved with reliefs—heroes in battle, ancestors at forge and fire, and great elemental spirits watching from above.
- Lava channels run through reinforced stone troughs, lighting the hall with a low, red glow and providing heat even in the depths of the coldest winters.
- Frost-crystals, gathered from glacial caverns, hang in chandeliers above, shimmering like stars in the glow of magma—symbolizing the union of fire and ice, stone and spirit.
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