The Ash-Fall Hold

Short Story: The Ash-Fall Hold Grows

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The Ash-Fall Hold is the first outpost of the The Gryndrn Lodge in the Lost Archipelago. Built into the walls of Aqshy's Heart, it is situated at the source of one of the great lava flows that run down the volcano. Carved out of the rock and built into caves over the course of several months it has developed into a nigh impregnable fortress, a bastion of blackened rock and fiery magma.

On the East slopes of the volcano lies a long and narrow stair, and these unassuming steps hewn of the rock are first one sees of the Ash-Fall Hold. For many leagues as the crow flies the stair winds up the rocky mountain crags. The journey is hard, but at the top beyond an outcrop a chiseled slab of stone battlement seals the entrance to the Ash-Fall Hold. The stone is black and perfectly chiseled, not a crack crevice or even mortar line to give an attacker a grip, the wall was high and it was reinforced and crenelated with fyresteel. The gate and main entrance to the Hold is in the center, a grand door carved in the stern likeness of Grimnir.

Just beyond those doors to the left and right lie the warriors barracks, the fyrds ready and nearby should they be needed, and the training halls, where the same warriors spend their days preparing for war. Ahead, a hallway lined with statues leads to the Grand Hall where the warriors gather each night to feast, and below this, next to one of the volcanoes magma chambers, are the Hold’s forges. Here the Zharrgrim toil and strive to forge and repair the fyreslayers weapons, and most importantly, they forge Ur-Gold runes.

Owner= Hreardan
Username= Ur-Seeker19
Faction= Fyreslayers
Kingdom= N/A

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Focus= Military
1. Adds 1 to the Siege Attack/Defense Score.
Settlement Tier= 4
1. Adds 4 to the Siege Attack/Defense Score.
2. Passively Generates 4 RS per week.
3. Increases your total renown by 40.