Posted on July 28, 2025 in Steel-Realms
Merkaine’s Shrine of Shieldfire in the City of Thunderfall
This place has a standard Shrine for The Fire Within sect of Merkaine in her role as burner of the undead and defender of life.
No undead or ghosts have been able to operate in the city because of his presence. The Lich Lords even attempted to throw a freezing hoarwind from the north being ridden by spectres and it completely dispersed the spectres, they were torn apart in cold screams that sometimes seem to echo in the highest tops of the Enecio Peaks.
Lamasoil Lamp Production: Merkaine’s Shrine of Shieldfire is one of the sources of the Lamasoil Lamps. Nearby are the Tar Pit of Enecio Peaks – the loam brick source for the lamps.
Posted on June 27, 2024
Narduar Holt is a remote and forbidding place. The Ducateon survive just fine in the cold clime of the north, as the majority of their settlement is underground. Inhospitable to the Orrish, shielded by temperature from other races, protected by allies from the undead, with little to no competition from allies… this Holt has thrived. Originally a standard holt, it has grown to a metropolis of 90,000 – one of the largest of Ducateon Settlements of the Steel Realms. Its forges and mining bring coal, metals, and gemstones from the earth they trade with. Their stress is low, and the Outholt bustles – though mostly only in the summer in the north.
From the Holt comes the Ducateon Way Stones, these illuminate many areas in the upper reaches of their Holt for visitors – it is said to be an awe inspiring vision from the edge of the Claw Bottom Cliffs that overlook it, an entrance from the Outholt above ground. The Ducateon Way Stones are raw Tunnelite, and only fluoresce and are tenebrescent under UV light – these are mostly used in the Narduar Holt of the Ducateon in the north.