The Great Crag
The Great Crag is the seat of power in Droaam. It is the largest city and the place where the Daughters of Sora Kell rule over Droaam. The Great Crag is a large mountain jutting up from an otherwise flat landscape. During the Dhakaani Empire, The Great Crag was an important city and a gateway to the west of their empire. Legends say the mountain pulled up through the ground during the Daelkyr War. Despite its size the Great Crag is not very sophisticated. House Tharashk is the only dragonmarked house in the city and other than armor and weapons, items are hard to come by. Temples to the Sovereign Host and The Silver Flame are unknown here but the Dark Six is well represented.
History
It is believed that before the Daelkyr War, a great Dhakaani metropolis occupied the plains surrounding the Great Crag, the ruins of which remain to this day. In that time, the mountain did not have its current form, and might not have been a mountain yet at all; according to legend, it was torn out of the ground during the war, when the Daelkyr turned the hobgoblins and goblins of the city to stone. The sight of the stone statues kept intelligent creatures away from the Great Crag for millennia, as rumors whispered that the vengeful spirits of the petrified still lurked within their stone bodies, eager to strike out at warm bodies and petrify them as well.[1]
The Daughters of Sora Kell proved these rumors false when they appeared in 986YK and made the mountain the base for their new capital of Droaam. Since then the city has grown exponentially as monsters flock to the hags' banner, its total population now numbering among those of the other great metropolises.
Architecture
The city is an intriguing mix of perfectly restored Dhakaani architecture, sophisticated medusa stonework and rougher contributions by the various other monstrous races. Harpy roosts dot the mountainside, ogre laborers erect sturdy but rough structures and Znir Pact barracks stand side-by-side with the hovels housing thousands of goblin squatters. Much of the citizens do not live in permanent structures at all, instead using tents until more homes can be built for them. The Great Crag is thus a perfect analogy for Droaam as a whole: a mix of various different monstrous influences that somehow still work together.
Geography
The Great Crag, as its name implies, is built inside of a vast mountain peak standing at the very center of Droaam. Ancient passages dating from the time of the Dhakaani Empire honeycomb the mountain, and Dhakaani ruins dot the fertile plains which surround it. The hags' court can be found mostly inside of the mountain proper; however the Crag's population outstrips its size, and so many of its citizens have either moved into the ruins that surround it or have built barracks, houses and hovels amid them.
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Metropolis
Population
32,500
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