Thunderdelve
Thunderdelve Mountain is the empty shell of a once proud legacy. It is one of three large dwarven communities in Fultar's Eastern Borderlands, along with Hammerfast and Hammerholme.
Referred to as the Halls of Paradise by its early dwarven keepers, Thunderdelve once housed five dwarven clans. The forges of Thunderdelve fashioned metal weapons and wonders the likes the world has not seen since, and it was a great link between the lands of the sun and the Underdark.
However, Thunderdelve was laid to waste by the Dragon Calastryx and his Necromancer master Yarlzedd during the Arrival of the Great Worms and The Rise of the Undead following the Guar Conquest. The lich and two headed black dragon ravaged the dwarven fortress, laid waste to entire levels, and drove the dwarves away. After the sleep of Calastryx, Thurnderdelve fell into the hands of humanoids and other forces of evil.
For years, Thunderdelve was plagued by earthquakes as rock beneath the subterranean foundations gave way. Hundreds of years ago, the dwarves returned to Thunderdelve, driving out and slaying any lingering monsters.
Thunderdelve is now a modestly prosperous dwarven community of smiths, miners, and merchants, and has good trade relations with other dwarven communities, and the nearby human communities of Sentinel Fortress, Kidwell, Eastpoint Castle, and Adlerweg Keep. Thunderdelve has returned to its historic role as the gateway to the Underdark; however, it remains an underpopulated and pale imitation of its past glory.
