The Iron Dale

The Iron Dale


The center of the Iron Dale is marked by a great valley. It was from this valley that the land of the Iron Dale got its name. The western mountain that lines the  valley is now littered with the ruins of the great fortresses built by the Argorian empire. Now in this valley where that great empire once stood, there is only now the constant conflict and war of the Ebyrron city states.

Several days by horse to the east of the valley are the Yrgar mountains where the city of Veranyl and Westcaster keep are located.

The Yrgar mountains form the east and south border of this of the geographical nation. In the southern portion of the region there is only one break in the treacherous Yrgar mountains safe enough to travel through to the south. It is in this break where Fort Enderon was constructed as a defensive bastion to guard against invading marauders.

There is no current unified leadership in the region, so the cities of the Iron Dale are truly only bound together by geography and history. The land was once ruled by and unified under a great king. In his name an enormous ornate fortress was constructed in the valley that lies within the center of the Iron Dale. This citadel was meant to stand as a beacon of hope and justice.

No one knows how the empire ultimately fell as any record of it's destruction was lost with it's members. All that is known is that only the ruins of the once great kingdom remain. In these ruins clues have been found and pieced to together to attempt to detail the history of the empire. Even today it is still the highest goal of many to figure out what demise befell the land so that it never happens again.

Other than at the center of the Iron Dale, where the Ebyrron city states are in a constant shifting state of war, the land is for the most part currently a land of peace and prosperity. This is not always the case. Just as the rest of the world suffers so too does the Iron Dale. For countless generations the two things that have defined the Iron Dale are it's wars and it's trade. And from the wars some of the finest warriors this world has seen have been produced. For the most part, whether it be due to the well trained knights guarding it or a vested interest amongst all parties, all conflict has stayed well away from the main trade routes of the region and allowed trade to flourish. Trade in arms and armor has become enormously profitable in the Iron Dale.

