Green Valley

The Storm of Frustration  part 1

    Carlyle Goodgold was told by two sparrows about a storm that would not quit.  A storm so unatural it was destroying their lush valley and as the head of the druidic order he took this very seriously. He decided to seek out Tom Smith who was still trying to get Timber  to learn how to Guard, either Timber already knew how and was just messin with him or he was just a stuborn wolf. Approaching Tom the Elder Druid asked if  he could in any way investigate this storm. Tom agreed and met with the two sparrows Treep and preet. After, Tom decided to ask the other Knights of the vale to help him on this quest .

 What they found was something more then just a storm. The historian Miro from the order of the feathered serpant was quick to point out that some 50 or so years ago there was a mage who built a tower in that valley but was never seen again. Along their journey the two swallows told Tom about there forest gardian Toughbough an aged Treeman whos roots ran deep.

As they got closer to the valley they found their way blocked by a chasam with a single ropebridge across built by someone long ago. They took their time crossing when, at the end,  Sir Igail began to slip. Halfway across, the boards gave way and realizing finesse wasn't his strong point he decided to run. As each of his heavy boots touched a board it would shatter and splinter making him run faster and faster. In the end he had made it to the other side where his friends were dumbfounded at how he was able to run so fast. Looking back at the ancient creation all that was seen was the ropes and the odd strap of wood still holding on. Nodding to the others and cleaning off his hands from rope burn Igail was the first off towards the valley.

After a while the weather changed and got more furious and the wind picked up to such a cadence that to talk was to yell and any hope of shooting an arrow or throwing a spear was gone.

Kara ack Azghul and The Misty Vale

Kara'ack Azghul

Kara'ack Azghul , the last known Dwarven Keep still not occupied or destroyed by invaders. Located in the Jahl Mountain range at the southern tip of the Duchy of Vaagel, in the province of Obaal, and is one of the seven kingdoms of Tarim . Humans have changed the name of the Keep to Crack Skull  due to its legendary lord,  Lord Gustav Fellhammer, the oldest dwarf in the regions rough and heavily accented use of the Imperial tongue.

 

The keep is, in fact, only the eastern most gate of a once massive Dwarven city , the last gate to hold out to the Nagariens during the serpent war 300 years ago. The city was known for its creativity in water use through its mighty aqueducts on everything from irrigation to showers. During the Great War, there was much destruction and at one point the complex tubes and tunnels were twisted and destroyed, flooding most and collapsing  the rest of the city. With the destruction of the water works, the forest above became an eternal bog and the once great forest became a swampy grave. The hot water entering the cool mountain air caused a mist to collect all through the valley giving it its name: The Misty Vale.

Gustav Fellhammer,

       Lord of Karack Azghul , Oldest Dwarf in the region and its said was there when the kingdom of Azghul fell to the  Nagarians. Took in Igail rasing him as his own and knighting him with the Title of Ghul a title of dwarven knighthood named after the Heartstone of Azghul.Renoun for his weapon crafting which he made a weapon for each of the Knights of the vale that helped bring back the stone and hammer of Ghul.