Kheledzund

Kheledzund is a dwarven city of the Ridgeway, built in three tiers down a great pit, with a mechanical lift that takes exactly twelve minutes to descend. Its first tier holds the Abbey of Helm (House Invincible), where Bralmur was consecrated into Helm's clergy, and whose shrine honours Helmite heroes such as Gimnumir Marblehand, inventor of the Everbright enchantment. The second tier houses the eminent clans, including the Leadbelts; the third holds the Great Forge, the Slaghouse and the Undercity.

Campaign 1. In October and November 2019 (real time) the city was under attack from abyssal things out of the Underdark, with hints of "the Dark Mind". Deep beneath it the Fatemakers killed a "murder brain", freed Jokit from a seal column of the Everbright, solved a prismatic owl puzzle, and found the interdimensional cell of Zarok the Thrice Scarred, where Morgaine left Last Rites.

After The Skyfire. Kheledzund fared worst of the dwarven cities: its great bridge collapsed into the Underdark during the Ruination and took several years to rebuild. Jokit spent his retirement helping to run the city.

Notes

3 tiers down the tiers of stone top the pit

exactly 12 minutes

its all mechanical and automatic

the first tier :

**The Abbey of Helm: House Invincible**

• heavily integrated into the underguard.

• This is where Bral undertook his Consecration of a Postulant: One of the holiest of the Helmite rituals, this consecration was performed upon the confirmation of a person's dedication as they entered into the ranks of the Helmite clergy.

• A font of water, this is the "Tears of Helm"

• A small altar with the small stone statuettes to represent the helmite heroes of old

• Bhatdrami Bronzehood

• Defended an unknown city on an unknown continent from a goblin horde for 7 days and seven nights before the siege was broken.

• Yolout Strongchin

• Led the first 12 ships across the sea in the age of Arcanum and is believed to have fought against the calamity itself.

• Hebrum Twilightdelver

• Destroyed the elder brain below Kheledzund after the calamity and returned.

• Mondaes Sapphirepike

• A mythical hero who allegedly defended a god in battle before the calamity.

• Weranmurim Bonebranch

• Discovered the underway, and connected the Dwarven cities so that reinforcements could move rapidly between cities.

• Gimnumir Marblehand

• Developed the everbright enchantment that makes Palladins and clerics of Helm so formidable

**The Stone Den**

Where the masons and geomancers have long been positioned

**Armour Top**

Seige supplies and war machines prepared for defence both up and down

The Second Tier

Clan houses for the more eminent families in the kingdom including leadbelts.

• Leadbelt

• Windshoulder

• Runebraid

• Bonebranch

• Snowforged

• Rocktome

The Third Tier

**The Slaghouse**

where waste is channeled into the lava

**The Great Forge**

where great forging is done

**The Mine Stop**

a series of fortifications surrounding an entrance under the city to the mining spaces and deep caverns

**The Undercity**

a second smaller city that is a series of ratways and warrens. with small enclaves of the cities poorer denizens.