Grimmdau

Grimmdau, once known as "Rivanshar", is an Arlion Undercity on Arli that has been condemned, abandoned, and left to ruin under the smokey rocks of Ashenrock mountain. The main entrances both above and below ground into the city have been blocked off with industrial grade metal doors and boulders, and warning signs dot the landscape near the mountain to deter wanderers from venturing too close. Ancient droids patrol the areas outside of the city, supposedly to protect anyone from entering, though many have fallen into disrepair and rampancy and fire on any who come too close. Grimmdau is seen as a cursed and evil place on Arli, even by the scholars of the Overcities, and numerous Hierarchs have attempted and failed to re-settle its dark depths. 
== Name ==
The old name "Rivanshar" (pronounced Ree-vohn-shar) stems from Yatan words "Riva" meaning "Dark" and "Shar" meaning "Halls", immediately setting the tone for the city early on as the bleak, darkness of its streets gave a sense of unease. It was given the name Grimmdau over time after its reputation for being cursed, with scholars debating the origin of the name to this day. It is thought that it derives from the Ahlu word "Grimm" meaning "Death" and "Daw" meaning "Door", roughly translating to the "Door of Death". 
== History ==
Grimmdau's earliest years are shrouded in folk legends and disturbing mysteries. It is not known when the city was commissioned nor who built it. It had decent mining tunnels for sylvite, katrak, and other minerals though it was said to be built more as a security hub for the Arlions than a mining center. Many claim the city was accidentally built over a Hellgate, while others suggest that Cyng Huron Byloth, one of Arli's ancient rulers with a reputation for cruelty and madness, built the city as a capital for his Necrothi priests who worked in black Magick. Whatever the case, all agree that the Undercity that went on to become Grimmdau was built under dark and mysterious circumstances. 
Rivanshar suffered many problems over the years, with disease being spread through faulty water drains and Skraders constantly making nests in or close to the city. Eventually, a cataclysmic outbreak of the Black Blight caused the entire city's population to evacuate. Many were trampled and left behind, sealed inside the darkness to die by starvation, Skraders, or sickness. 
Those that fled sealed all entrances to the city from above and below and posted sentinel droids to patrol the perimeters, with warning signs and carvings being added throughout the centuries. 
Grimmdau is regarded as cursed by just about every Arlion. The sentinel droids posted to guard the area have since suffered from rampancy and fire on anything living that nears them. Skraders have nested so heavily in the bowels of the city that they now stalk the streets in large packs, feasting on the territorial and equally dangerous Valkrids. 
== Geography ==
== The Curse of Grimmdau ==
== Trivia ==
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