Dros Delnoch

“	Sleekit: evil and wild magic creeps across the land Dros Delnoch thus has been abandoned<BR>Tox: gasp<BR>Tox: it shall be remembered<BR>Tox: abandoned but not forgotten like Dalriada<BR>Sleekit: yes<BR>Sleekit: hordes now hunt and slay the innocent so i had to move	”
 	—Sleekit abandons Dros Delnoch 	—Sleekit abandons Dros Delnoch
Dros Delnoch was an Overkingdom harbor located in the Hammerlands during Dragonhollow's Seventh Era.
Sleekit built it to serve as both a defensive bulwark in the Overkingdom's war with the Scylfings as well as a physical symbol of the faction's might.
Dros Delnoch was located against steep cliffs on the ocean coastline 27 kilometers from the capital Hammerlea. Construction began on 7E:12 and continued uninterrupted for more than a month.
The anchorage's most notable feature were the two towering bearded figures that flanked its entrance, enormous diorite and granite statues of ancient warriors wielding battle-axes of bone and andesite. It was particularly spectacular at night, when the glow from chiseled magma block niches could be seen at a great distance across the open waters.
Visitors arriving by boat passed beneath and between the twin figures and crossed a wooden drawbridge lowered by gargantuan chains, allowing passage beyond the gatehouse portcullis and through the mouth of Dros Delnoch itself. Beyond the gate lay an ornate hallway adorned with Overkingdom banners and the heads of slain monsters above fiery braziers. This hall cut through the cliffs into a hidden vine-enshrouded lagoon filled with floating islands.
As the Scylfings relentlessly hunted their competition in Hammerlea Survivor, Sleekit began to take extra precautions when using the labyrinthine tunnel system through the Nether that provided quick access to the area. Their terrible resolve and the lengths they were willing to go in order to find him was revealed during the Radar Plan. Once the Player Tracker was introduced, he purchased a counteracting Tracker Jammer to prevent the Scylfings from discerning his whereabouts.
Nevertheless, his concerns led him to abandon Dros Delnoch completely on 7E:50 and move deeper into the wilderness where he would eventually build the temple of Albain.
=Gallery=
----
File:2017-07-26_05.01.13.png|During construction
File:2017-07-26_05.00.55.png|Sleekit surveys his work
File:2017-07-31_02.58.53.png|Sleekit carves statue face
File:2017-07-26_05.03.05.png|Sleekit arrives in a rainstorm
File:2020-03-05_05.50.16.png|Approaching Dros Delnoch
File:2017-07-31_03.07.30.png|Sleekit at Dros Delnoch
File:2020-03-05_05.45.36.png|Sunrise through the mouth of Dros Delnoch
File:2020-03-22_21.47.57.png|Front facade
File:2020-03-05_06.01.37.png|Ocean cliffs
File:2020-03-22_21.46.03.png|Drawbridge chains
File:2020-03-22_21.35.52.png|Drawbridge at night
File:2020-03-22_21.48.24.png|Behind the statues
File:2020-03-22_21.36.16.png|From the entrance looking in
File:2020-03-22_21.40.48.png|Interior hall
File:2020-03-22_21.44.41.png|Hidden lagoon
=Behind the Scenes=
----
The following is out-of-universe information about the real world Dragonhollow.
Dros Delnoch was name after a colossal fortress of the same name in the fantasy novel Legend by the late British author David Gemmell.
The bearded warrior statues represent the novel's protagonist Druss and their axes are based upon Snaga, his demon-possessed enchanted battle-axe. The design of two massive statues flanking a passage bear a slight resemblance to the Argonath of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series, twin rock pillars carved into the likeness of Isildur and Anárion on the River Anduin.
Category:Places
Category:Hammerlands Locations
Category:Overkingdom