High Horn
High Horn is a huge Cormyte military stronghold at the top of High Horn mountain in the Storm Horns.
Purpose / Function
The stronghold guarded the road to the west through High Horn Pass in order to prevent potential invaders from passing the Storm Horns.
Architecture
The fortress now occupies the entire peak, which has been sculpted into a formidable barrier. The castle is ringed by a moat and a wall, around which is the inner ward of barracks, granaries, and deep wells. The inner ward has its own moat and ring wall, and around this is the outer ward, with its stables, armories, smithies, and storerooms. The outer ward has, in turn, its own moat and wall. The wall has three gates, all leading down to the main road, a thousand feet below, by means of their own trails. Outside the outer ward's wall are small fortified guesthouses for the use of travelers who need the rather forbidding protection of the Horn for a night's stopover. There is also a magnificent banquet hall in the heart of the castle as well as a dungeon deep inside.
History
The fortification was the first to be built in the Storm Horns, and dwarves emigrating from Anauria were hired to carry out the necessary excavations.
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