Bhuul Ghnesh

**Bhuul Ghnesh** (bool-guh-nesh) is a **Dwarven** Stronghold positioned just outside of **Mt. Grath**, the main source of most of the ores and precious gemstones collected by the Dwarves. It is known to have been built by **Ghanon Ebon-Ore**, the first King of the Mountain, and his people at some time around 100TD. As one of the oldest cities in Terazan, it is lined with beautiful rare metals and considered almost like a religious relic to the Dwarven people all across Terazan, known commonly to the mining-race as the *Home of Stone and Glory*.

## Appearance

Bhuul Ghnesh is a beautiful city, constructed out of Grathstone - a durable exotic grey stone which has a blue ionised shine to it in the moonlight - and thick golden walls made from the fruits of the mines beneath the stronghold. At first glance, it is hard to miss the incredible structure of Azuríl Hall - home of the Dwarven monarchy and defensive keep that has stood since a time before the Great Dragon Wars. Within the heart of the city are various homes and buildings forged from various metals including iron, steel, bronze, brass, and occasionally gold. Though they don’t appear large at first glance, it can be seen that Dwarves will enter buildings and descend down a flight of stairs, revealing that there is an underground hovel-like purpose to these buildings. The streets of Bhuul Ghnesh are well-lit with incredible brass torches which seem to be a long tube-like piece of metal with a flat disc on top, with a flame burning the coals placed atop each one. Being so high up in the mountain-side, a lot of the Orc and Gnome cities can be seen from the Citadel.

The citadel is based atop an incredible forge named **Dúrdáín**, meaning that - even though the climate can be harsh around the mountains of Oro Duug - it is rarely cold inside the walls of the city. Many Dwarves, in fact, believe that it is one of the warmest places on the continent, and believe that anywhere “down south” is freezing..

## Places and Locations

### Azuríl Hall

The Azuríl Halls of Bhuul Ghnesh is an incredible keep crafted by the first Dwarves to venture up the mountain pass. Similarly to the other buildings in the area it is made of Grathstone and gold, except that this particular structure also features a beautiful ebony ore and dragonstone crown fashioned atop a stone Dwarven face. Inside of the Dwarven Keep there is a throne room, a war room and armory, a training arena, personal quarters for the monarch - the advisors - and potential guests of the monarch, an incredible dining area, and the guards barracks.

### Baramon's Warshop

Baramon’s Warshop is a Smithshop specialising in the creation of martial and magical weaponry. Standing tall upon one of the upper crests of the citadel, the Warshop shares the common visual theme of Grathstone and gold and features a practice area out front, presumably for newly smithed or purchased weapons. The inside of the Warshop is quite peculiar, and within the L-shaped building is a cluster of advanced weapons and pieces of armour, some of which sit behind glass cabinets to preserve their quality. The walls are draped with great banners, foretelling great Dwarven battles in their images and pictures of weaponry featured within them. The main desk, which sits along the back wall, is heavily clustered in modular sword components, ores and gemstones of some kind, and coin.

### Doors to Dúrdáín

The Doors to Dúrdáín are two incredible doorways carved in to the north-western and north-eastern walls of the citadel, straight into the mountain face. They stand taller than most of the buildings in the city of Bhuul Ghnesh, scaling in size even compared to the great Azuríl Halls. The pillars either side of the grand archways, which are forged from Grathstone and obsidian, are carved as perfectly and beautifully as anything you may find in even the elven cities of Ethhuilmen. They are truly a testament to the artisans of Bhuul Ghnesh and their incredible eye for detail. The stairs on the inside descend for what looks to be hundreds of feet, burrowing down deep beneath the surface of the land and tapping in to an area known as the Dúrdáín Mines, a mineral-rich sect of caves and home to the shrine of Kartok himself.

### Graniteface Inn

A brown sign which has been engraved with a fine silver metal is mounted on the left-most window closest to the entrance, which reads “The Graniteface Inn - Put Yer’ Feet Up Laddy!”. The inn itself is quite a reserved building that sits well within the square of the citadel. It’s evident that, like most living quarters, it feeds directly to the un