Karandrir

## Timeline of the city

Karandrir is the first major city founded within the world, to the west of the Lake of Five. It is believed that descendants of Niormir founded the city near the lake, as its climate resembled that of the equator of the world. The reason for this was the crack in the crust of the world that laid underneath the lake. Creating a warm climate in the lands around the lake. The descendants of Niormir believed that this was a sign that they had found their new home.

### Early days of the city (500-650 A1)

and so on the slopes of the Mountains of Broken Stone, they build a great kingdom, one that was deemed as the most beautiful the world will ever see. Covered in green by the beautiful nature that surrounds the Lake. The city was also called the '*Green City*'. It is said that the streets of the city were made from an everlasting green grass, one that would not grow old but always kept its green color. Great trees were scattered all true the city, on which sides there were build tree houses. Old writing describe it as a city where stone and green lived in harmony.

### The expansion of the city (650-750 A1)

As the cities population grew, the newly crowned king Diuran, demanded to expand the city for two reasons. The current size of the city was not big enough for its population, but also did the size of the city attacked the interest of great beasts that loved to feed on its inhabitants as this was in a period where Daemons roamed the surface of the world in great numbers. It is in the year 650 A1, that the dwarves started ti carve tunnels and halls in the Mountain side. With the finding of crystals that reflected sun and starlight, the halls and tunnels were enlighten by carefully placed crystals whose reflection of the outside light enlightened the halls inside the mountains. The usage of torch light and giant luster lights became more prominent, this is also seen as the first step in diverging from their very naturalistic ways of life. The halls inside the mountains proved as a great refuge from the the treat of roaming daemons, as it also proved valuable with the finding of strong minerals and irons.

The outside city remained green and claimed much of the city as most of the people started to live within the halls of the mountain. However not everyone wanted to live within the mountain, and some set out founding new villages on the outskirts of the city and at the banks of the Lake of Five.

## Location and look

The city was build of west side of the Lake of Five, at the foot of the Mountains of Broken Stone.

The city was originally build within a defensive ring around the foot of the mountain, with high white walls where trees and other nature grew upon camouflaging the city slightly within the world. Within the city was build with much respect for the nature that had grown their building in between the thick tall trees not laying hardened roads but keeping care for the grass roads that were present. Also going up into the trees the Dwarves build great tree houses.

int the mountain the dwarves build great halls, towing high up with flowing streams running true them, created from water sources they had found in the moutnain. With great crystals they made systems to reflect the sun and starlight in the city.

A wide stair in the middle of the mountain also goes up to where the king had his throne in a giant hall of gold. The throne would be at the end of the room with behind its seat a giant door that goes to a platform at the side of the mountain. The light that shines true the door hits the throne from the back giving it this holy look of a seat that shines light. Also is the throne of the king filled with gems and gold reflecting even more. The platform outside is mode of two layers. On the top layer in the middle stands a statue of what Niormir must be pointing south to the equator where he had awoken. The platform underneath that is accessed by two stairways coming from both left and right, end in small stair only two persons wide that go three steps up where one has a great view of the lands south of the Mountains of Broken Stone and to their left in the east they can see the Lake of Five.