ZamborвЂ™s Well - Only legitimate entrance to the ruins found within the hold.MinerвЂ™s Bounty - Club - Balarika Kragellasdotr (Proprieter - Source of Information).SkalfвЂ™s Keep - Court of King Thorgin Skalfson вЂDragonslayerвЂ™ - Lord of ScalfвЂ™s Hold (Meetings of the High Council: Thorgin, Balikina and Furagrum).The Temple of Shallya - Lady Hildegard Grunwald (Priestess - Receive Healing).The Temple of Myrmida - Gaetano Rivera (Priest - Receive Martial Training).The Great Temple of the Ancestors - Balikina Furlisdotr (High Priestess of Valaya).The population of ScalfвЂ™s Hold currently stands at 6,000 residents of these: 80% are Dwarves, 15% are Humans and 5% are Halflings.Everything is written in the Dwarven Language - Khazalid.All the buildings and doors are made of stone.The streets of ScalfвЂ™s Hold are lined with stone, and metal drain gutters.The oil will flow down the switchback stairs to Deadgate in the west, and the road to Karak Azul in the east. Projecting above each gate is a sculpted dragonвЂ™s head, capable of pouring boiling oil on those below.Ascending the mountain to the gatehouses of ScalfвЂ™s Hold are two paths: from the Town of Deadgate in the west there is a hewn - switchback stairway, and in the east - climbs the road from Karak Azul. A Barbican (gatehouse) faces east, and another to the west there are no other entrances to the hold.At regular intervals about the curtain wall there are bastions and towers, accommodating many dwarven cannons. The wall is crowned with a causeway, crenellations and machicolations for defense.Surrounded by a 20вЂ™ high curtain wall - of superior stone and dwarven craftsmanship.SkalfвЂ™s Hold (pronounced ScДЃfЙ™s): Kazad Migdhal вЂGatehouse FortressвЂ™ Welcome to Karak Azgal вЂHoard PeakвЂ™ or if you like вЂDragonвЂ™s CragвЂ™ вЂ“ Where the Old Dwarven Ruins are open for plunder, if you can afford the priceвЂ¦tax! There are numerous other places of interest, not to mention thousands of personal dwellingsвЂ¦ None of the characters have looked under every nook and cranny. The following information doesnвЂ™t cover everything within ScalfвЂ™s Hold, or the Ruins of Karak Azgal. What all of the PCвЂ™s know - Private knowledge will be sent individually ! For the opportunity to seek their fortune, they need only pay the KingвЂ™s toll to gain entry, and have their illicit gains taxed upon leaving the ruins. The King encourages treasure hunters (petty thieves, as the dwarves call them) to search the ruins, and hopes theyвЂ™ll dispatch some of the denizens too. With the passing of the dragon the ruins have grown more dangerous, as bands of orcs, goblins, skaven, trolls and even more vile creatures have come to call the ruins home. With a relatively small population the current King Thorgin Skalfson вЂDragonslayerвЂ™ has yet to establish his authority over the ruins (neither had his predecessors). With a fortune recovered, Skalf вЂDragonslayerвЂ™ and his descendents have constructed a small fortress over the main entrance to Karak AzgalвЂ™s ruins, and named it Kazad Migdhal вЂGatehouse Fortress,вЂ™ and assumed the titles of Kings.

Skalf grabbed what treasure he could carry, hid the finest pieces among the rest, and set a cave вЂ“ in to reseal the vault. GraugвЂ™s death throes scattered treasure about, and its agonizing wails alerted the ruinsвЂ™ lingering inhabitants of the dragonвЂ™s demise. In time, the young dwarf Skalf crept toward the sleeping dragon, and thrust his rune вЂ“ engraved gromril blade into the beast. Many of the dwarven expeditions were sponsored by the Jewelers Guild, having long laid claim to the treasures of Karak Azgal their lack of success never diminishing their determination. Men began calling the place DragonвЂ™s Crag, and Graug added the spoils of his many victories to his hoard. Many years later the dragon Graug the Terrible found the vault where most of the dwarven treasure was hidden, and rumors of the dragonвЂ™s hoard brought many dwarf and human treasure seekers to the ruins, and their own too. Unable to find the plunder sought, the invaders largely abandoned Karak Azgal, and attacked Karak Drazh. The infested hold was then called Karak Azgal, by the dwarves thereafter.

Knowing the fate of their hold was beyond doubt, the dwarves sealed their treasures in a hidden vault вЂ“ protected with powerful runes of concealment.

Soon the skaven erupted from the tunnels below, as the greenskins rampaged through the Halls of Karak Izril above. Karak Eight Peaks fell, leaving the southern holds vulnerable. Following a thousand year respite, and relative peace, the greenskins renewed their assault on the southern dwarfholds. During the dwarvesвЂ™ Golden Age the dwarfhold known today as Karak Azgal вЂHoard PeakвЂ™ was then called Karak Izril вЂCity of Jewels.вЂ™ Along with Karak Eight Peaks and the other southern dwarfholds, Karak Izril withstood the earthquakes during the вЂ Time of Woes,вЂ™ and the initial onslaught of orcs, goblins and skaven.

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