Hold of Gor Vazumbrog

**Gor Vazumbrog** was a dwarf hold in the Middle Dwarovar known as the *Western Hold That Bridges Mountains*, home of great vaults housing dangerous artifacts, the Dauvek Veker and titanium Golems. The Titanium Dwarves were known for their bravery as they defended the Segbandal from the orcs in the west for millennia and the Titanium Orders, with the most famous one, the Dauvek Veker, who slayed many monsters in the many caverns around.

## Culture and Customs

In the time of Aul-Dwarov, Gor Vazumbrog was second only to Mithradhûm in matters of military importance and the security of the Dwarovar. The Titanium Dwarves guarded ancient tomes, relics and new creations deemed too dangerous to enter public usage but too useful to destroy outright. Cursed artifacts, failed experiments, remnants of Gor Dûrgheled, the many creations or discoveries of Verkal Dromak, Verkal Skomdihr, Hehodovar and Dûr-Vazhatun - all these were sent to Gor Vazumbrog, locked away in a Titanium Vault, and watched over by the hold's guardians. Only by process of appeal to the High King of Amldihr could a vault be opened.

Gor Ozumbrog was also known to have created Golems, similar to ones made in Ovdal Asra, yet made for one purpose, to be stalwart sentinels made to face the most daunting and fearsome of tasks. Cast from Titanium and adorned in protective runes, the golems were resistant to all manner of magic, perfect guardians of the cursed relics sealed deep in Vazumbrog’s vaults.

The Titanium Orders were the innumerable religious orders of Gor Vazumbrog, the religious warrior-monks, pilgrims, and craftspeople involved in many practices within the hold. Their responsibilities were manyfold, and ranged from guarding the various holy sites and temples around the Dwarovar to carving holy runes and ancestral heroes onto murals. Others would have small informal groupings of like-minded religious philosophers and guild-monasteries and warrior clans; the Titanium Orders were an informal third faction in the politics of Gor Vazumbrog, alongside the ruling General-King and the Dauvek Veker.

The Dauvek Veker or *Monster Hunters*, were a famous Titanium Order known for their role in slaying monsters deep in the Dwarovar. They were lead by the bravest of dwarves and also functioned as an elite task force which joined Segbandalic forces especially against the orcs.

## Notable Locations

### Bogig Vazumbrog

Bogig Vazumbrog or *Little Vazumbrog* was a seemingly impenetrable fortress at the western end of the Vazok Tunad, originally built as a fortified supply post for the First Segbandalic Expedition, but repurposed into a defensive structure once the expedition had failed. Here the orcs were be held for 780 years, as a back and forth between Vazumbroger and Orcish forces.

### Reestablishment of the Segbandal

With the fall of Amldihr in 5895 BA, Grônstunad declared itself as the overlord of Aul-Dwarov and established the Jade Empire. However, with Gor Vazumbrog loyal to Amldihr due to its ancestral charge immediately severed ties with Grônstunad. The Titanium Dwarves joined the other holds of the Middle Dwarovar in opposition to the Empire and in 5848 BA, after much discussions, officially joined the reestablished Segbandal.

### Segbandalic Expeditions

The Segbandalic Expeditions were a series of offensive expeditions to the West Dwarovar by the combined forces of the Segbandal which spanned for over two millennia from 5762 BA to 3591 BA. The main goal of the expeditions were to reclaim Hul-Jorkad and beyond from orcish control and to strengthen their defenses past Gor Vazumbrog. The expeditions succeeded in reclaiming Hul-Jorkad under General-King Thorgrim az-Bogig "The Reclaimer" and the Jorkad Junction, even reaching Verkal Kozenad and reclaiming the Citrine and Jade Gems of the Dwarovkron.

### Formation of the Dauvek Veker

In 3281 BA, the Veker-az-Glôbok Dauvek (Hunters of Deep Monsters), later shortened to Dauvek Veker, were formally established as a Titanium Order, with their purpose to push against the horrors in the caves of the Middle Dwarovar, laying goblin clans and many other monsters to waste. Remarkably, in 2781 BA, a dwarf named Krummul Orcslayer joined the Dauvek Veker at 23 years of age, which was unprecedented for any dwarf before or after him, proving his mettle by slaying an entire nest of ancient Deep Crows, returning their feathers and heads as proof.

### Fall of Gor Vazumbrog

The fall of Gor Vazumbrog was marked on the 19th of Tearfall 472, as disaster struck the hold after a massive purple-hued dragon burst through the lowest inhabited reaches of the hold, spewing clouds of toxin that drove those who came into contact with mad. It broke open long sealed vaults, ancient tombs that had held cursed relics, artifacts, and people since before the time of the Precursors. As it flailed about and continued to fill the bottom level with its gaseous poison, the dragon’s magic mixed with the innumerable artifacts in the pit beneath it, creating a glowing purple wound of toxic and cursed magic.

Eventually, the dragon that would later become known as the Hunter of the Deep, made its way out of the hole fully. Unable to even approach it without accruing devastating casualties, it was at this time that General-King Grumni Titanfist ordered for the hold’s entire force of golems be mobilized to attack the dragon before it destroyed the entire foundation of the hold, and for the rest of the hold to evacuate. This was seen as necessary, as the dragon’s miasma was spreading to the more inhabited sections of the hold by the ventilation system, twisted by the dark magics produced by the Dragon’s Wound. Many precious artifacts and relics, secured during the Segbandalic Expeditions were saved, but many more remained behind in the cursed miasma. By 681 the miasma would vanish and in 894, the Skewered Drake Clan would establish themselves in the hold.