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The Iron Dominion has posting garrisons but little interest in a de", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 40, "y": 30 }, { "id": "the-ashen-steppes", "name": "The Ashen Steppes", "type": "location", "summary": "Wasteland", "description": "The eastern reaches \u2014 once Grokmash territory. Now a wasteland of ash, glass, and bone. Storm crystals grow in the blast zones. Scavengers pick through the ruins. The Myrish pass through on their wagon-roads. Some say the steppes are healing. Others say they are waiting.", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 65, "y": 35 }, { "id": "greyveil-mountains", "name": "Greyveil Mountains", "type": "location", "summary": "The Spine", "description": "The mountain range dividing west and east. The Ironpeak Holds are the largest civilization within them. Passages are controlled by both Khazdur and Iron Dominion checkpoints. The eastern passes are less monitored \u2014 and more dangerous. Things emerge from the deep places in the east.", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 30, "y": 75 }, { "id": "the-shadetunnel", "name": "The Shadetunnel", "type": "location", "summary": "Trade Road", "description": "An ancient Precursor tunnel repurposed as a major trade route. Connects Ironpeak Holds to the surface road network. The Iron Dominion taxes passage. Smugglers use unmonitored offshoots. Things live in the deep sections.", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 45, "y": 28 }, { "id": "groksor-ruins", "name": "Groksor Ruins", "type": "location", "summary": "Ancient City", "description": "The ruins of a Grokmash city destroyed in the Burning. Charred bones in collapsed longhouses. But the city is not empty \u2014 Stormclan use it as a waystation. Grokkar holds council here. Strange lights move in the ruins at night \u2014 not Stormborn, not people. Something else.", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 72, "y": 38 }, { "id": "the-deep-warrens", "name": "The Deep Warrens", "type": "location", "summary": "Vael Territory", "description": "The tunnels below the Ironpeak Holds \u2014 deeper than the Delvers go. The Vael live here, in cities of living crystal. Surface races who enter the Deep Warrens do not return. The Vael prefer it that way.", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 35, "y": 25 }, { "id": "the-eastern-pass", "name": "The Eastern Pass", "type": "location", "summary": "Contested Route", "description": "The primary mountain pass connecting Iron Dominion territory to the eastern steppes. The Ironwrath ambushes patrols. The Iron Dominion fortifies. The Stone Council sends observers \u2014 this route is technically guaranteed under the Pact of Stone. 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The Church of the First Thunder has a hidden archive here, sealed in a glass chamber, accessible only to those who carry the Thunderbound mark.", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 30, "y": 50 }, { "id": "the-drowned-reach\n\nthe-eastern-coastal-region-that-sank-during-the-sundering.-what-remains-is-a-drowned-archipelago", "name": "The Drowned Reach\n\nThe eastern coastal region that sank during the Sundering. What remains is a drowned archipelago", "type": "location", "summary": "towers and spires of submerged Precursor ruins visible at low tide, and the water between them filled with things that remember the old world. The Iron Dominion has attempted to salvage the Reach three times. All three expeditions were lost without survivors.", "description": "**Contains:** Sealed Precursor archives in air-pocketed ruins below the waterline. The Stormtouched who died here did not leave \u2014 their voices can be heard in the water when storms approach. Some say the Void-Nourisher faith began here, in the drowned temples where priests meditated on the deep.", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 70, "y": 50 }, { "id": "the-fractured-bridge\n\na-precursor-skyway", "name": "The Fractured Bridge\n\nA Precursor skyway", "type": "location", "summary": "a corridor of living stone suspended between two mountain peaks in the Greyveil range \u2014 that partially collapsed during the Sundering. What remains is a bridge with sections missing, where the wind howls through the gaps with what sounds like voices. The Syndara claim it was a sacred path between their ancestors and the Precursors. The Khazdur claim it was a drainage channel for the Sky Spine's coolant system. Nobody is certain.", "description": "**Contains:** Clues about the true history of the Precursors, written in the Old Tongue along the remaining railings. The middle section is held up by what appears to be crystallized lightning \u2014 some Stormtouched who fell during construction were frozen into the structure, still conscious, still awa", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 27, "y": 21 }, { "id": "the-ashvein-valleys\n\nthe-deep-eastern-valleys-that-were-the-heartland-of-grokmash-civilization-before-the-burning.-the-iron-dominion-military-burned-these-settlements-with-alchemical-fire-that-fused-the-soil.-the-valleys-are-now-ash-grey-and-the-ash-does-not-scatter", "name": "The Ashvein Valleys\n\nThe deep eastern valleys that were the heartland of Grokmash civilization before the Burning. The Iron Dominion military burned these settlements with alchemical fire that fused the soil. The valleys are now ash-grey, and the ash does not scatter", "type": "location", "summary": "it hangs in the air, coating lungs, settling into wounds. Grokmash who return here do not stay long. The dead are not at rest.", "description": "**Contains:** Forbidden archives of Grokmash oral tradition, frozen in time. The Old Mothers' most sacred texts were here. They burned, but the ash remains. Some say the ash remembers \u2014 that the spirits of the dead Grokmash live in it, waiting for someone to scatter them properly. The Ironwrath cons", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 70, "y": 50 }, { "id": "the-stormcarved-deep\n\nthe-lowest-levels-of-the-ironpeak-holds-tunnel-network", "name": "The Stormcarved Deep\n\nThe lowest levels of the Ironpeak Holds' tunnel network", "type": "location", "summary": "below the Vael territory, below what even the Delvers know. The stone here bears marks of being carved by lightning, not tools. No chisel marks. No pick marks. Just smooth channels where immense electrical force carved through rock as though it were wet sand. The Khazdur do not speak of these tunnels. The Delvers refuse to go here. The Rune-Smiths say the lightning-carved stone is still charged, still dangerous, still waiting.", "description": "**Contains:** The Storm Titan \u2014 bound beneath the Ironpeak Holds, fed on sacrifices. Its chains are Precursor work. The Rune-Smiths know this but cannot speak of it without permission from the Stone Council. The permission has not been granted in forty years. The Titan stirs.", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 30, "y": 50 }, { "id": "the-lightning-crater-sea\n\nthe-eastern-ocean-where-the-sunderings-lightning-strikes-created-a-permanent-storm-system-over-the-water.-hurricanes-that-never-end.-waterspouts-that-reach-the-clouds.-the-sea-is-unnavigable-except-during-the-twice-yearly-calm-when-the-storms-briefly-still.-the-myrish-avoid-it.-the-iron-dominion-has-a-single-port-on-its-edge", "name": "The Lightning-Crater Sea\n\nThe eastern ocean, where the Sundering's lightning strikes created a permanent storm-system over the water. Hurricanes that never end. Waterspouts that reach the clouds. The sea is unnavigable except during the twice-yearly Calm, when the storms briefly still. The Myrish avoid it. The Iron Dominion has a single port on its edge", "type": "location", "summary": "Stormhaven \u2014 where they mine storm-crystals from the reef systems washed up during the Calm.", "description": "**Contains:** Storm-crystal reefs \u2014 Precursor technology, half-alive, grown into coral-like formations. The crystals are used in the Storm Collar forge. Workers who mine them too long begin to hear whispers. The crystals are also sought by the Church for their healing properties \u2014 and by the Void-No", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 70, "y": 50 }, { "id": "floating-ruins-of-the-precursors\n\nnot-a-single-location-but-a-phenomenon:-precursor-structures-that-were-caught-in-the-sunderings-updraft-and-deposited-at-altitude-across-the-mountains-and-high-plateaus.-some-are-single-buildings.-others-are-whole-complexes.-most-are-inaccessible.-a-few-have-been-reached", "name": "Floating Ruins of the Precursors\n\nNot a single location but a phenomenon: Precursor structures that were caught in the Sundering's updraft and deposited at altitude across the mountains and high plateaus. Some are single buildings. Others are whole complexes. Most are inaccessible. A few have been reached", "type": "location", "summary": "the Shadetunnel passes through one such ruin, repurposed as a trade route. Others hover impossibly on stone pillars, defying gravity through mechanisms no one understands.", "description": "**Contains:** Precursor archives and dormant machines. The Vael have been mapping them for generations. They know of fourteen floating ruin clusters. The surface races know of three. The Vael are not sharing.\n\n---\n\n---", "source": "locations/index.md", "x": 65, "y": 28 }, { "id": "the-stormglass-wastes", "name": "The Stormglass Wastes", "type": "feature", "summary": "Former forests and plains in the western territories, now a landscape of fused silica \u2014 sand and stone melted into green-black glass by the heat of th", "description": "Former forests and plains in the western territories, now a landscape of fused silica \u2014 sand and stone melted into green-black glass by the heat of the Sundering's lightning strikes. The glass reflects light in ways that show shapes that are not there. 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The Iron Dominion has attempted to salvage the Reach three", "source": "locations/index.md (geography)", "x": 30, "y": 45 }, { "id": "the-fractured-bridge", "name": "The Fractured Bridge", "type": "feature", "summary": "A Precursor skyway \u2014 a corridor of living stone suspended between two mountain peaks in the Greyveil range \u2014 that partially collapsed during the Sunde", "description": "A Precursor skyway \u2014 a corridor of living stone suspended between two mountain peaks in the Greyveil range \u2014 that partially collapsed during the Sundering. What remains is a bridge with sections missing, where the wind howls through the gaps with what sounds like voices. The Syndara claim it was a s", "source": "locations/index.md (geography)", "x": 55, "y": 65 }, { "id": "the-ashvein-valleys", "name": "The Ashvein Valleys", "type": "feature", "summary": "The deep eastern valleys that were the heartland of Grokmash civilization before the Burning. 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