Foreword on Vold

Vold, in the year 0, was being torn apart by a raging war. The Nine Dragons had become eight, as Mordruss the Black had turned his back on his brothers and sisters, and led an army of demons and fiends to ravage and murder all other forms of life in Alnheim, starting with the Dragonborn natives of Vold. The Dwarves aided as they could, in return for a promise of co-habitation. The Stone of the Ancients was built by the First Forgemasters, and the war was brought to an end, and a long lasting and trustworthy friendship between Dwarves and Dragonborn began in Vold. Across the Sea of Rubies, in the south of Vold, the Humans and Orcs resided, and in the year 124, they joined the alliance between the Dwarves and Dragonborn, and thus, the Order was formed. Further south, where the exiles and miscreants of Alnheim resided, there was a new threat. The south of Vold is a barren desert wasteland, home to bandits and barbarians. In order to keep the newly saved citizens of Vold from harm, the first Human Queen, Queen Myfanwy I, ordered a wall to be built, and protected it with magic. This saw the golden age of Vold begin.

Geography

A continent formed of five islands, Vold is formed of all kinds of terrain, from the snowiest of peaks to the most barren of deserts. Its northernmost point, Freljord, is a frozen landscape void of life, bar the settlements of Svensberg and Herregård made by the early dwarves. Morlund, the largest of the five islands, was the land initially inhabited by the dwarves, and is rich and green, with huge mountain ranges, full of undiscovered mysteries. The small island of Orken is a tropical paradise, where the first Forgelord Tormund forged the Stone of the Ancients. Smørbrød is a green forested island, where the elves made their home. On it is the ancient dwarvish settlement of Skjegg. To the south is the scorching coastal Verdilos. Verdilos is the only country in Vold that shares a land border with another land mass, the Outlands. The Outlands are very rarely ventured into, and not much is known of the elusive landsacpe.

Natural Resources

• Malmund is built on top of an enormous Mithral deposit, and fuels the whole world's Mithral market.

Type

Continent

Included Locations

• Smørbrød

Owning Organization

The Order

Contested By

• The Order
• The Third Orcish Rebellion