Crater of Woe

The Crater of Woe is what people now call the ruins of Stormlight which used to be the capital of Muin-Ru until it fell right before the end of The War of Independence and Unification. The Dwarven forces of The Drazia Dynasty carried out a devastating attack by mining a vast cavern beneath the city for it to crumble into. This was possible because the gnomes didn’t think it was necessary to build deep foundations in the rather stable soil of the region. A simple cave dug beneath the city, with all of its supports rigged up to fall away almost simultaneously, was effectively catastrophic for the city. The dwarves were able to dig this cave virtually unnoticed due to the use of manual labour rather than explosives, as well as the fact that the city itself was nearly always a hive of noise and activity, whether due to the industrial work of the day or the almost universal partying at night. 
After the collapse, there was little to no effort made by anyone to try rescuing any survivors, so only those who either weren’t trapped or were able to free themselves from the ruins survived. This worked out to be only around 10% of the original population, meaning that the ruins still contain a large number of corpses to this day. 
Along with the multitude of decayed bodies, the ruins also still likely contain a large amount of wealth since they have never been fully excavated; small, solo bands of treasure hunters from the kingdoms of Silver, Gold, or Mithril and even some parties crossing over from Duthgar have come and taken away what they can carry or get to. But due to a dispute between the Kingdoms of Gold and Sliver over who has the rights to the spoils, neither kingdom can officially extract them without angering the other, so they're stuck in a stalemate, both doing their best to deter anyone from anywhere else from extracting the riches. This means that those who have extracted anything have needed to make small and quick forays into the crater lest they get caught, so no major work has ever been carried out.
The crater is located in the northwest of the Drazia Dynasty within the border of the Kingdom of Gold, due south of and close to the border with kingdom of Silver.
Category:Drazia Dynasty
Category:Muin-Ru