Mol Boramm

The Illustrous City

8% Gnomes

4% Others

### Currency

Golden Charges, Silver Hammers, Copper Shards, as well as Adamantine & Mithral Trade Bars

### Exports

AlesMasonry

Metalworking

Mining

Mol Boramm was one of the Realms of Ahlus.

## History

A dwarven nation based in the southern Ironfangs, the inhabitants of Mol Boramm were masters of crafting with both stone and metal alike. A number of neighbouring and nearby Realms outsourced construction to their masons and forgers, and further Realms still traded for precious and non-precious metals alike, as well as all manner of gemstones. To most, the extent of the Realm of Mol Boramm was not fully realised, given the hidden and subterranean nature of their expansions and constructions - all considered to be simply extensions of the same vast city (for Mol Boramm roughly translates to the City of the Sprawling Reach in the Common Tongue).

Despite being fearsome upon the battlefield with extensive usage of Kuldjargh warriors, the decree of King Gorkral Grithammer kept the Realm and its mercenary bands out of the recent conflicts stemming from the collapse of the Empire of Raq, although the smiths of Guild Redtome did sell weapons to both sides at the Battle of White Mountain in 878AG, and King Melchor Tawnbert recovered his strength in the Eidolon Palace following his defeat.

After the collapse of the Empire of Raq, masons from Mol Boramm were commissioned by people of the newly-formed Realm of Ra-Larara to construct of a strong keep in which they could hold their councils and meetings. The dwarves named it Khonoldhur, while the folk of Ra-Larara instead referred to it as Mashoqiq.

At some point in history, the ore that would be refined into the Wayfinder Stones was discovered in the Spirit Caverns, the deepest mines of Mol Boramm.

## Society

Before being eclipsed by the Bank of Tulis, Mol Boramm was also famed for its financial services, specialising in minting of coinage as well as guiding merchants towards all manner of investment opportunities across the Realms. While the popularity of Mol Borammian faltered in time, the logical and oft shrewd nature of the dwarves of the Illustrious City lingered through the generations, although naturally exceptions existed.

While not numerous in population, the power of Mol Boramm resided in their work ethic, both in times of peace and war. The halls of the Mol Boramm stretched far beneath the soil and stone of the surface, occupying approximately a third of the Ironfangs. Skilled also with metal-working, the crowns the monarchy of Atralran, Gawylthlan and Sunstone were shaped by artisans in the halls of Mol Boramm, but it was the stoneworking for which they are most famous. Just as near every court in Ahlus maintained a wizard from one of the Ten Guilds, it was customary for a Master Mason of Mol Boramm to be present for sake of consultation in all construction plans.

Dwarven Ale, created from Qalraq grain by the breweries of Bitterhoard Porter, Hophammer Ale and Silverkil Dry Stout persisted in the orders and trade managed by the Guilds of Dûnhark and Redtome, along with shipments and caravans filled with precious metals, weaponry and armour.

While all of the Principal Sixteen were worshipped by the Mol Borammian dwarves, four were held in highest esteem. Aita, for first shaping them from stone. Ilemer, for teaching them the flow of gold and silver beneath the earth. Tohmos, for showing how to light their forges and shape metal like sand. Highest though was that of Gaityas, God of Construction and Innovation, and each tunnel and mine has a shrine dedicated in his honour.