Deepcliff

## City Description

Up high in the *Shadow Cast Mountains* and overlooking Ellarith is the village of Deepcliff. A settlement built on and in the surface of the mountain. Deepcliff is also one of the only two places on the continent that is known to leads to the underdark. A once dangerous but busy dwarven hub it has since been destroyed by King Olin and his crowns corp. He did this in an act of revenge when his wife fell into a constant sleep a day after he returned home from helping the dwarves in their battle against the Duragar inside the mountain.

Now the village is almost nothing but rubble and only scavengers and desperate bandits lurk around. King Olin does now control the village and most of the time uses it for a place to send prisoners or enemies of the state to work off their sentence in the mines in the mountain. However it isn't like a normal prison its more of a gated and guarded community, prisoner work and can move freely on the inside, they even and have their own currency, 'shinys'*.*

### **Geography**

Deepcliff doesn’t have much surrounding it, mainly because its up high in the middle of a mountain but it does lead into part of the underdark within. Inland the closest village is Millstrand, but after near total destruction of Deepcliff most of the dwarves went to Carneth or took boats to underground city of Broadcove.

### **Weather**

Being on a mountain near the ocean, it can be near freezing and a lot of the town is covered by a constant blanket of snow.The people need to be aware the winds can become deadly.

### **Gods**

Whatever gods were worshipped here are now long gone.

## City Life

Once a closed off village mainly due to its location, only a few types of races could survive there, dwarfs, a few orcs and some humans. It was a simple life, your day would consist of tasks to help survive and sometimes you would have to defend the village from whatever came out the cave within the mountain.

Prisoners get some sort of freedom when in the mountain, they aren't locked in cells but are forbidden to leave and the entrance is very heavily fortified. They are also left to govern themselves which they do unless things get out of hand then the kings corp step in. They live in the ruins of the old town many try to escape to the underdark however none are ever seen again and if they are its ripped up and half eaten.

## Notable Locations

Building/ Shops

**Canteen** - The mess hall for the prisoners is a place people come to trade goods they have found or received and the only place to get something if you need it.

Locations

**The Lair** - One of the only building left standing this old stone structure use to be the village community hall but now it's the private quarters of The king under the mountain. fully guarded and where a lot of the shiny's are inspected.

**The Great Gate** - The thick multi layered gate is the entrance to Deepcliff and where The Crowns Corp are stationed.

**Worshippers Point** - At the edge of a cliff a few miles north of the village lies Worshippers point, a place to throw

## Military

The military only resides over a small section of the village, the entrance and the armoury. The rest is self governed by the prisoners.

The Crowns Corps - Slightly more trained than the normal Guards the Crowns Corps colour an equal sage and white breastplate, The infantry are split into close quarters and ranged. The firsts standard issue is a longsword and shield and the latter is a heavy crossbow and short sword.

## History

Once home to bird people, however they left after the underdark entrance was found,

clan of dwarves came and mined

uncovered more thanthey could handle

King olin came in

Prison camp