Category | Ruins |
Continent | Brucrumus |
Region | Aerie of Dragons |
Founded | 12 Hollow 441 HE |
Map | Enkii Jusk |
Kathodrarg was once the seat of Mir'piamauza, a thousand year old empire. Of humble beginnings, Kathodrarg was founded by Asmodeus's Scion. These were 3,000 Gradorians, all said to be the seed of Asmodeus, or at least of Devil heritage, that were sent from their home world of Nessus to a faraway world named Bal-Kriav.
From Onk'ar Decath, they will settle the fjord, helped in finding our great stashes of gold and adamantine. If doled out properly, it will kick-start the empire, meeting your ends and mine.
- Mammon, letter to Asmodeus - "Operation Mir'piamauza"
Kathodrarg is at the northern end of the vale of Skein Tus where it meets the Platinum Tooth fjord. One of the leaders of Asmodeus's Scion was Gira'gah, a proselytizer of Asmodeus. Her first act was to build a fortified temple at the edge of this settlement. Over the centuries that followed, it became a towering edifice overlooking a great harbor, the heart of worship to Asmodeus for the entire continent. From its earliest beginnings, it was a place of plotting, intrigue and planning, all founded on the long-term machinations of a faraway master, helping Asmodeus on his path of Ascension.
After discovering gold and adamantine in the mountains of Hokzii Stov, the town opened trade with the peoples of Tulukhan and the eldritch giants of Gulfrek Hjard. Highly desired resources even today, Kathodrarg went on a path of rapid growth and great prosperity.
In 526 HE, the empire of Mir'piamauza was established with Kathodrarg its capital.
Today, thousands of years since the fall of Mir'piamauza, the grandeur, might and magic are still evident in this once great city. Its black ominous walls and towers, built of a stone shipped from across three seas, pitted and scarred from ancient war magic, are unchanged from the day they were built. At night, street lamps of tantulhor light with eerie glows. Many of the ruin's fountains, decorated with devilish depictions and statues, still work. The basins of some are cracked or broken; spilling their waters down streets or into drains leading beneath the city into nine levels of old living and work areas, labyrinths and tunnels.
Kathodrarg fell to ruin in the Mir'piamauza Civil War (1608 HE - 1612 HE). Suffering from severe pestilence and malevolent spirits, by 1617 HE, the city was entirely abandoned.