Iron Mountain (TCG)

The Iron Mountain contained some of the richest deposits of iron ore in the Empire and was a source of considerable revenue for the Dragon. Writ of the Wilds, p. 58 It was located in the section of the Great Wall of the North known as the Dragon mountains. Once a year at the summer solstice, the forge atop the mountain resonated with the chanting of shugenja. Within clay blast furnaces called tatara, iron sand was layered with a mysterious substance, a highly refined charcoal, called Dragon's Blood, cooked in air-tight volcanic chambers to create a uniquely durable steel that was perfect for blade edges. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 203 The Iron Mountain Castle was located at its top.
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