Burningbor

Its real name long forgotten, Burningbor is the largest city in Terragard, known the the Dwarven hero Borgod 'The Brawler' who fought and beat a red dragon with only his fists. The dragon hangs as a trophy among the suspended stone bridges and walkways that crosses The Divide between the two sections of the city.

## History

Thousands of years ago it is said that this city was built deep inside the Burning Mountain, a center for trade and prosperity for the Dwarves in Terragard, long before even the elves came to settle the forests. The city eventually was invaded and overtaken by a massive force of unknown foes, scattering the Dwarven houses across the lands, and razing all records and valuables pillaged. The dwarves fled and feared for their kind until one day, when the Sundering split the mountain in two. The city was so massive that some say had the city not been so large, the mountain may have remained intact had they not tunneled out so much of it, but the city split neatly down the middle as well as the mountain itself.

The sundering also split the fault line that ran south and west to the Boiling Depths near the Flooded plains, running all the way south through the Lowwind Hills, splitting the Lowwind region in half. This created The Crag, a massive crevice deeper than any dare to explore, and much later became home to tribes of wild hill giants.

## Borgod the Brawler and the Dragon of Burning Mountain

The sundering let loose a dragon that had slumbered deep in the mountain known as Rhaegos, who immediately started rampaging across the exposed sections of city, scattering the dwarves to the deep roads of the mountain. It was several years of living in feat in the darkness before anyone succeeded in leading any forces against the dragon. Borgod 'the brawler', a common dwarf with no noble heritage who had studied and mastered the ancient art of Dwarven brawling, a little-known form of fighting akin to some monks and martial arts. Borgod did not wish to fight anyone, and practiced brawling arts only as a meditation, but through a set of unlikely circumstances, he found himself called upon by his people and would not let them down. Borgod defeated the dragon in an epic battle of claws and teeth and fire vs the stubborn will of an expert dwarf fighter. Rhaegos was dragged to the depths of the mountain, from whence he came and was hung by massive chains between the two sides of the city he had terrorized, as a trophy for all dwarves to see.

When the rebuilding efforts began, it was clear that the old sections of city were ruined and needed heavily reworked to be livable again. The old city was divided by the split in the mountaint into the East and West commons, and the dwarves began beuilding terraces and bridges to connect either side. Once it was clear that they would be utilizing the empty space via suspension and stone supports, the dragon suspended in the air became an actitechtural fixture, they built stone walkways across its back and wings, and other sections were constructed to follow suit, suspending some sections of city by massive chains, littered with balconies and stone archways offering stunning views of the constructed works of the dwarves in Burning Mountain.

## Rhaegos' Shame

Rhaeogs was immortal, and was put into magical slumber shortly after he was captured, never to awaken. As the city was rebuilt, and as the dwarves renewed their diplomatic ties with the other civilized races of the land, they (and others) began to realize the massive amount of wealth and interest in their trophy decoration. People from all over the world flocked to the city just to see if it was true, if a Great Red Dragon had been enslaved, and all marvelled at the dwarves abilities.

Soon, there was much politicking over the potential uses of having a live, subdued dragon close at hand. Its uses for alchemy, enhanting and crafting from its many scales and claws was a great interest to all, even kings form far away lands would send their vast fortunes just to possess a single item from the dragon's body. The dwarves were open to experimentation of the potential exploits of utilizing their prisoner, but the Inquisition had quite the political clout with the dwarven council and steadfastly refused to allow this.

Secretly, there began to be a market for dragon parts on the underside of the city, including a lare amount of fakes, but some parts of the dragon did go missing. The Inquisiton posted guards around the accessible sections of the Dragon, but it did little to quell the ingenuity of thieves seeking a priceless treasure left out in the open. Eventually the inquisition became too angry and aggressive in their post, and the dwarves tired of their constant missteps in the name of their inquisition, and the council ruled ot have them removed and replaced by dwarven guard. After this, it was only a matter of time before experimentation would be allowed by the council as they slowly saw more and more the vast amount of practical and magical knowledge to be gained

## Factions

The city now serves as a hub for trade and travel, the Merchants Guild, the Transmuter's Bank and the Great Divination Wizards all have large establishments and interests in the city, driving trade, banking, commerce, and welfare. There are also several religious organizations, most notably the Inquisition of the Elder Fire, one of the Dwarves longest allies, though they are always at odds with the dwarves over the imprisonment of Rhaegos, the inquisition thinking him a holy divine being, though any important inquisition members know that Rhaegos is far from holy, and