Strumpktar

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Strumpktar was founded by a mining clan of the Kingdom of Gimhak (1306 HE - 1479). They came to this area for its electrum, then the only source of this metal for hundreds of miles. Mostly used in coinage, mining electrum was a vanity project of the crown.

Built on Gathol's tallest hill, three centuries after its founding, Strumpktar grew beyond mining, becoming a trading center and safe area for caravans moving along the Sorrow Road.

Strumpktar was built five hundred miles from Gimhak's northern territory, past surface lands owned by others, but most lawless and wild areas. To maintain communication with the heart of the empire, a subterrrean route was established. It was so secure, that in the First Epoch it became a major trade route crossing two dark seas, first the Green Neulous past Hagurthand then across the Cthorgo Sea, then up the fiery river of Skera Hrolmir to the great lifts of Izanargam, Gimhak's capital city.

In 1473 of the Gimhak War (1470 - 1479), Strumpktar city fell to the Eye-Skull Pact.

Today, as part of the Treaty of Gathol, the ruins of Strumpktar are in a DMZ, forbidding permanent resettlement. This has not stopped the place from becoming a haven for bandits and monsters.