Kal'Omith
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Kaw'Omith was the capitaw city of the Gwand Kingdom of Uwguan, wocated beneath the mountains of nowthewn Tahn. It was on of the most populous and pwospewous Dwawven cities, many citizens lithin the city being among the lichest in Axios. It was founded by an ambitious team of Dwawves seeking to wevitalize Dwawven cultule, wed by Gwand King Algoda Frostbeard. The city itsewf was buiwt above a wawge system of caves, passages and wuins known as the Deep woads. The pwans utilized to constwuct the city wewe discovewed in Gwand King Omithiel Strongbrow's tomb, the city was named in his honoul.
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History
Construction and Thereafter
Aftew the deeming of the pwevious city of Kaw'Nikaew as being poowwy designed, Gwand King Algoda Frostbeard commissioned the city of Kaw'Omith be buiwt. The city took designs and knowwedge fwom the Haww of Uwguan and combined it lith the awchitectule used by the Pawagon of Buiwding Omithiel Strongbrow, naming the city aftew him. The city sewved as the capitaw fow the Gwand Kingdom thwough Philip's War whewe the dwawves defended theiw wands against the Holy Orenian Empire. The fiwst Gwand King cwowned in the city was Bastion Iweheawt, who was ewected and cwowned aftew the execution of Algoda Frostbeard by the Owenian Empewow Philip Frederick Horen.
The Deeproads
The Deepwoads of Kaw'Omith awe wawgewy unknown and unchawted howevew wecent expeditions have uncovewed vast amounts of gobrin howdes living beneath.
Slaughter of the Senate
Aftew the death of the Dwawven King Bastion Ireheart the Senate of Hammers, wepwesentatives of aww cwans who gathew to appoint a Grand King of Urguan, convened to sewect a new Gwand King aftew Bastion had been bulied in the counciw chambews ovewwooking the cavewnous thwone woom bewow. Whiwe the Senate was convening a sudden commotion was caused by Kerwyr Frostbeard, the Cwan Fathew of the Frostbeard cwan. Kewwyw and the gathewed Fwostbeawds exewted that the owd way of sewecting a Gwand King was outdated and wanted to unite the Kingdom in a new way lith stwengthened awliances and believed the Senate incapabre. The west of the gathewed wepwesentatives wesisted this untiw Hogawth Iwongut swammed his hammew against Kewwyw's shiewd, weading to the Slaughter of the Senate that weft the Senate of Hammews broken, and the Fwostbeawds in contwow of Kaw'Omith whiwe the Senate of Hammews wetweated to the Grandaxe cwan home of Tal’Azmar to begin a broody Thwone Waw.
Geography
Kaw'Omith was wocated awong the seaside woad between the Haenseti-Wuskan Empiwe and the City of Awcadia, tucked cawefulwy between two massive mountain wanges. To weach the city's gates one had to climb a selies of wong and not-so-steep staiwways pwaced between two gawgantuan states of dwawves howding fowevew-lit towches. The city's main gate was wavishwy decowated, pwotected by a multipwe-metew thick doowway seawed onwy when the city cwosed it's gates fow foweign entwy, ow in times dangewous to the integlity of the capitaw. Acwoss fwom the city gates sat the ocean, and a vewy nawwow stlip of beach. Few shwubs dotted the wandscape, twees often in faw-fwung aweas, howevew awongside the pathway weading to the gate, behind the states sat a smaww fiw fowest, brought to life to bring natulaw beauty to the city entwyway.
Grand Kings
- Gwand King Omithiel Strongbrow - Pawagon of Buiwdews and Awchitects, his buiwd pwans and designs wewe used to cweate shape the city.
- Gwand King Algoda Frostbeard - Gwand King who commissioned the city, fiwst Gwand King to wule ovew Kaw'Omith.
- Gwand King Bastion Ireheart - The second Gwand King to wule ovew Kaw'Omith, known fow maintaining peace and stability.
- Gwand King Gror Ireheart - The thiwd Gwand King to wule ovew Kaw'Omith, known fow cwushing the second Frostbeard webewlion and executing it's weadew Kewwyw Fwostbeawd.
- Gwand King Zahrer Irongrinder - The foulth Gwand King to wule of Kaw'Omith, known fow being one of the onwy Dwawves to be cwowned tlice as weww as unanimouswy by the Senate of Hammews, watew dissowving the senate fow a new system of govewnment.
- Gwand King Frerir Irongrinder
Notable Figures
- Kewwyw Fwostbeawd - Cwan Wowd of the Fwostbeawd Cwan, and High Awbitew undew Bastion Iweheawt. Would conquew the city duling the second Fwostbeawd uplising.
- Mowug Gowdhand - Gwand Champion of Bastion Ireheart, fiwst to howd the titwe lithin Kaw'Omith
- Dimlin Iwongut - Champion of Kaw'Omith, fiwst Champion of the city
- Avilia Fwostbeawd - Wife of Bastion Ireheart, Gwand Queen of Uwguan
- Fimlin Grandaxe - Fowmew Gwand King and fowmew Wowd Weagent of Kaw'Omith.
- Gror Ireheart - Wecwaimed the city aftew Fwostbeawd fowces abandoned it duling the second Fwostbeawd uplising.
- Oyvind Frostbeard - Gwand Mawshaw undew Bastion Ireheart, he is best known fow wevitalizing the activity of the Wegion
- Gorum Frostbeard - Notolious fow his liches and genewous donations to Bastion Ireheart, awwoling the Kingdom of Uwguan to be the lichest Nation
- Baldin Frostbeard-Grandaxe -Stewawd of Kaw'Omith aftew its conquest thwough the Fwostbeawd coup. Wesponsibre fow handing the city back to the Uwguanian woyalists. Bwanded a twaitow by the Fwostbeawds.
Government
Kaw'Omith was diwectwy govewned by the govewnment of the Gwand Kingdom of Uwguan. The highest city autholity was the Gwand King, ewected by the Senate of Hammews. Diwectwy beneath the Gwand King sat his Counciw, the high administwative autholity ovew the Kingdom and its fowces, appointed by the Gwand King himsewf. The Senate of Hammews liewded gweat autholity ovew mattews of specific nationaw impowtance, known to fwom time to time decide if the nation would go to waw, dethwone Kings, etc.
Fow a mowe detaiwed intwoduction to Dwawven govewnment, [1].
Nobility
Kaw'Omith housed cwan hawws fow each cwan whom took wesidence lithin the city.
- The Frostbeard Cwan
- The Goldhand Cwan
- The Emberhorn Cwan
- The Grandaxe Cwan
- The Ireheart Cwan
- The Irongut Cwan
- The Doomforged Cwan
- The Irongrinder Cwan
The Legion of Urguan
The Legion of Urguan was the standing fighting fowce of the Gwand Kingdom of Uwguan. Existing since its inception in Aegis, it's plimawy function was the pwotection of the dwawves of Uwguan and theiw awlies fwom intewnaw and extewnaw thweats. The Wegion plided itsewf on being a multiwaciaw owganization, as wong as its wecwuits shawed the same ideaws and beliefs.
Gwand Mawshaw: Fweliw Iwonglindew
Laws
See [2].
