Gathol

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Gathol is a hilly area of southern Sorrow Pass. Rolling hills, almost idyllic, if not for all the bones and aged war implements jutting out in protest. As far back as the God Era, these hills have seen numerous battles. The first fortifications came in the Demon Spawn War (8972 GE - 9493 GE). In that centuries long conflict, Gathol was part of a Covenant containment strategy, keeping Demogorgon's beast legions from pushing north into the resource-rich lands of Grashakh.

In the Second Epoch, old ruins were rebuilt and new fortifications built in the area on the eastern side of the Foronir River. Built by Kingdom of Gimhak (1306 HE - 1503), they protected the kingdom's far-flung southern holds, centered on Strumpktar. When work began on the Sorrow Road, these defenses helped protect workers, travelers and enforced the collection of tolls.

In the Gimhak War (1475 - 1503), Gathol and its dwarven forts and citadels saw the passage of undead legions and violent warfare. Prisoners of value, ransomed back to their loved ones, were the only spared.

The slain did not go to waste. They soon rose again with Thasmudyan's blessing, for a new cause, soldiers of the Kambar-Ghul.

- Kyriyes, in service to Katrana, from the Black Journal - "Strumpktar's End"

Today, Gathol's eastern tracts are untamed, frequented by raiders and slavers out of Agulbandal and Raefknar. By treaty, Celebriän, Surticon and Yastorogg, the three main powers of the area, have declared this area a demilitarized zone with no party allowed to build settlements or defenses here. As a result, it is a lawless area with nomadic-like settlements.