Durnholde is a layered stone fortress built into a mountain ridge, its lower wards carved from bedrock and its battlements crowned by watch-towers; corridors smell of pine tar and iron, and smoke drifts from forges below while bell towers mark the changing watches.
A stone tooth in the spine of the world, watchful and stubborn.
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Governor
A scarred commander who moves through the keep with an assessor's eye and iron restraint.
Quartermaster
A portly man with ledger-stained fingers and a knack for plausible explanations.
Guildmaster of the Miners' Guild
Broad-shouldered and soot-scarred with a blunt axe and a negotiator's temper.
Miner Foreman
Quick-witted, soot-streaked, and known for rallying crews under stress.
Captain of the Watch
A tall veteran with an unerring stare and many thin scars.
General supply and manifest office
A cramped office where official manifests sit next to unmarked crates and whispered deals.
Blacksmith and armorer
A forge ringed with anvils and stone vents where dwarven smiths shape ore into lasting tools of war.
Garrison soldiers, caravan leaders, and weary miners
A stone-ceilinged tavern near the southern watchtower frequented by soldiers and merchants.
Military
Official defenders who emphasize order and discipline and answer to the governor.
Labor
Organized miners led by Torik who press for better pay and safer shafts.
Smugglers
A loose network that moves goods around tariffs and uses old shepherd tunnels to avoid tolls.
A helical ramp carved into the mountain used to lower ore carts from the upper veins.
A smashed signal tower halfway down the eastern ridge that still flickers on storm nights.
An icy subterranean cell used for punishment and storage of seized contraband.
A cramped alcove with faded banners and a single rusted helm of the keep's founding captain.
Hidden smuggler tunnels beneath the Iron Spiral connect to an ancient shrine.
Governor Maelin quietly negotiated to accept a mercenary company in exchange for secret titles.
The Shrine of the Stonewyrm houses a slumbering spirit that occasionally moves stone to protect a vein.
The Missing Manifests
Quartermaster Borun's ledgers don't add up and caravans report stolen tolls; track the missing supplies into the tunnels.
Collapse and Rescue
A newly collapsed shaft holds miners and a possible vein of rare ore; organize a rescue while facing unstable rock and subterranean threats.
Whispers of the Fallen Beacon
Sabotage of the beacon suggests an enemy with intimate knowledge of the keep; uncover who disabled the light and why.
Stonewyrm's Bargain
The Stonewyrm Cult asks for an offering to stop recent tremors, but the price may demand a personal sacrifice from a party member.
