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| - Beginning during the Time of Woes and continuing throughout the Time of the Goblin Wars and ever since, there have been ten holds that have fallen to the Goblins, Skaven and forces of Chaos:
* Karak Ungor - Known as the 'Delving Hold'. This hold is located to the north-east of Karak Kadrin, built upon a great natural fault line in the earth. Vast seams and veins of minerals, gems and precious metals reside in the earth beneath the hold, and as such the dwarves built the deepest and most expansive network of mines and workings throughout the whole of the World's Edge Mountains. However, such was the extent that they dug that eventually even they lost track of the entire layout and numbers of their mines. In the immediate aftermath of the Time of Woes, in the Imperial Year -1500, after suf
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| - Beginning during the Time of Woes and continuing throughout the Time of the Goblin Wars and ever since, there have been ten holds that have fallen to the Goblins, Skaven and forces of Chaos:
* Karak Ungor - Known as the 'Delving Hold'. This hold is located to the north-east of Karak Kadrin, built upon a great natural fault line in the earth. Vast seams and veins of minerals, gems and precious metals reside in the earth beneath the hold, and as such the dwarves built the deepest and most expansive network of mines and workings throughout the whole of the World's Edge Mountains. However, such was the extent that they dug that eventually even they lost track of the entire layout and numbers of their mines. In the immediate aftermath of the Time of Woes, in the Imperial Year -1500, after suffering extensive damage in the huge earthquakes, the Night Goblins invaded the lower workings and abandoned mines, eventually driving upwards and overwhelming the Dwarfs before they could organise their defence. After the Dwarves were forced to abandon the hold, it was fully taken over and renamed Red Eye Mountain. At the current moment, it is the home of the Black Orc warlord Grimgor Ironhide.
* Karak Varn - Known as the 'Stronghold of Lake enclosed by Mountains'.
* Ekrund - Located on the Dragonback Mountains specifically on Mount Bloodhorn. The Hold was lost to a tide of Orcs from the darklands during the Time of Woes.
* Mount Gunbad - Once owned by the dwarves, it is now the home of the great clans of Night Goblins horde of the Dark Lands.
* Mount Silverspear
* Karak Eight Peaks - Known as the 'Queen of the Silver Peaks'.Karak Eight Peaks is known for the eight immense mountains surrounding it: Karag Zilfin, Karag Yar, Karag Mhonar, Karagril (also called Silverhorn) in the east, and Karag Lhune, Karag Rhyn, Karag Nar, and Kvinn-Wyr - the White Lady - in the west. In the past, it was known as the Queen of the Silver Depths, and it was a great city of the Dwarfs. They spent many generations carving architectural wonders into the solid mountain rock from which the city was constructed. The Dwarfs tunneled deep into the roots of the surrounding mountains, excavating countless halls, galleries, plazas, mines and tunnels, shrines and temples, and tombs where mighty kings were laid to rest, and designed a great staircase called the Silverway that included approximately one thousand steps. However, all things must come to an end, and eventually tunnels began opening that were not made by the Dwarfs. Endless hordes of Goblins and many worse creatures stormed the depths of its mines by the thousand, overwhelming the unsuspecting stronghold. The Dwarfs had created massive walls to keep out enemies at ground level, creating a fortress mightier than any other, but had never expected an attack from below. All of the underground excavations were lost to the invading Goblins and Skaven, and the Dwarven inhabitants were forced back to the highly fortified citadel at the heart of Karak Eight Peaks.
* Karak Azgal/Karak Izril - Now known as the 'Hoard Peak'; formally known as the 'City of Jewels'.
* Karak Drazh - Known to both Dwarves and other races as 'Black Crag'.
* Karak Vlag
* Karak Dum - A dwarf hold that lies in the depths of the Chaos Wastes. Once a mighty hold, it is now hold by all manners of daemons and Chaos worshippers, for this is the base of operation from which ores can be hauled in to make armor for the thousands of Chaos warriors in the waste. It is such that it is being contested by all four powers for total control that has raged for centuries.
* Kraka Drak - Meaning "Dragon's Hold" in the Khazalid of the Norscan Dwarfs, this great city lay in the northern reaches of Norsca, hidden amidst the mountains of the Aesling tribal lands. Kraka Drak was the capital of the Norse Dwarfs, in spite of being highly isolated from the rest of Dwarfen society like its people. The Norse Dwarfs are highly distinct from the rest of the Dwarf nation, and possess strange customs, and a dialect of Khazalid highly distinct from most southerly Dwarfs. They are noticeably even more warlike than their cousins to the south, and their veneration of the Ancestor Gods emphasizes the warrior aspects of each god. Kraka Drak was destroyed by the armies of the Norse Chaos Lord and then Norscan High-King, Valmir Aesling, in 2390 after a war of almost 88 years. (Note: The destruction is not 100% verified as there is a mix of contradictory information, so Kraka Drak may still be held.) There is also the lost hold of Karak Zorn, considered to be the very first Dwarf settlement. Located in the mountains of the Southlands, it is fabled as a highly wealthy settlement, with towering ziggurats made of gold. However, all contact with the hold was lost around the Imperial Year -2000, with the last messages being of large armies of Lizardmen attacking the city. Any expedition that has set out to find the city has never returned.
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