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The Havras-Durr (limestone) Quarry of Rhyl
Posted on October 30, 2025 in Steel-Realms
The Havras-Durr Quarry is a limestone quarry in the hills a near the capital city of Rhylan. It is the primary quarry for the area and has been continuously worked and heavily regulated for thousands of years.
> Because of the The Rhylander Compromise, this is one of the shared resources that is either partially or in whole administered, taxed, and supported by one of the Old Rhylan Kingdom Lineages through the Council of Rhylan.
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Rhyl Formative Events
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Rhyl Formative Events
CY 7007 The area of North Gate Garrison freed & The Red March created; Money, supplies, armaments, and manpower flow into the north to fight the Lich Lords.
CY 6514 The Grand Duchy of Rhyl is created by the High King. In exchange for the resources and organization that can be brought to bear against the now organized undead armies, the lands become part of the High King's domain.
CY 6909 The Fall of the Grand Barony of Altair from a curse by the Lich Lords. The main passage of troops and supplies from the hinterlands and nfar north to the The Grand Duchy of Rhyl is sacked by an undead army led by a ghoul king.
CY 5980 The Kingdoms of old Rhylan united settled as a single Kingdom of Rhyl to fight the Lich Lords drive south. After centuries of warfare between territories and races, the common cause of the threat to the north secures a lasting peace.
> For 3000 years, the Kingdoms of old Rhylan was the primary form of Rulership in the territory of the current Grand Duchy.
CY 5580 Fall of Dundaria in the North - Frostfang spreads, the Lich Lord power rises. Hordes of the undead, fortunately disorganized (at first), sweep south and west from the heart of old Dundaria.
CY 2330's Fall of East / Rise of the Dark Lands (Orrishai Abandoned); Refugees flee - some cross the Tolkisson Mountain Range into the 'Lands of Rhylan' that would become the Kingdoms of old Rhylan and finally.
CY 1000 (Approximately) The Dragon of Rhyl is killed and its influence ends in the area around the Great Forest of Rhyl and the surrounding territories.
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The Umbakian settlements at Clallums Cross do not use stone from The Havras-Durr Quarry despite its nearness.
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The Havras-Durr Quarry is named for the two original owners of the site – the human Dale Havras and his Ducateon friend Arnog Durr.
Pit of Rendus
Posted on October 29, 2025
The Rendus family was once prosperous and made their entire fortune on the Pit of Rendus. The original pit was discovered around CY 7500 and it was used for local building. The pit had been around for even longer, but was filled in with sediment and filled with rainfall.
North Peak Marble Quarry
Posted on October 25, 2025
The North Peak Marble Quarry is a marble quarry of the Grand Duchy of Rhyl in the Barony of Cunee. When the Dragon of Rhyl once ruled, North Peak Marble Quarry and Dreamstone Mine were guarded from the forces at Dragon’s Promise.
It is half flooded most of the time now, and only operates during the warmest half of the year.
> Because of the The Rhylander Compromise, this is one of the shared resources that is either partially or in whole administered, taxed, and supported by one of the Old Rhylan Kingdom Lineages through the Council of Rhylan.