The fortress of Red River Dark is deep in the earth. Ore from tin, lead, and copper is melted in crucibles of granite which are “boiled” over rivers of lava. Technically it is a forge – for the Chains of Red River Dark are made here. These soft metal chains are used as both armor and weapons for the “Chain Brutes” of the Dark Lands. The softer metal is easier to pound out and forge into chains and bars with the crude tools of the Orrish weaponsmiths and armorers. The fortress has been destroyed several times over the ages from the lava shifts and movements, but it is always mined out and recovered after laying fallow for decades.
Those that survive being exiled to the forge pits to mine and seperate the ore are sometimes promoted to the task masters of the fortress – “Chain Brutes”. They wind the chains of tine around their arms and hands, binding them to manacles and a heck collar so they can drop them and use their hands at any point. These are fearsome warriors of Orrish descent – Orks, Ogres, half breeds of both… and they are typically only trained enough to give them come courage and confidence.