Gor Dûrgheled was a dwarf hold in the West Dwarovar known as the Mountain of Dark Glass, the home of the Rune-Smiths of the Serpentspine. With Obsidian known for enhancing all rune magic, the Obsidian Dwarves imported much obsidian from Gor Bûrad, making them an important trade partner which facilitated friendly relations between both holds.
Gor Dûrgheled betrayed the High King Magni IX of Aul-Dwarov by combining rune crafting together with magical Precursor Blood. The Obsidian Dwarves used this blood rune magic to fight the attacking precursors, which was unstable and caused the death of both precursors and dwarves. This made the other dwarves disapprove, causing the Obsidian Dwarves to have contact cut off to them and eventually disappear from the Dwarovar.
History[]
Treachery with Blood[]
The dwarves of Gor Dûrgheled were among the greatest Rune-Smiths of the Dwarovar. The coming of the precursors gave them an opportunity like no other and in 6174 BA, they had the chance to combine magic blood with rune magic. Their results were both great and terrible, the blood rune magic was unstable and caused the deaths of many, both dwarf and precursor. While it did allow the dwarves to push back the precursors with ease, the costs were too great.
The other holds of the Dwarovar, including Amldihr and High King Magni IX demanded the Obsidian Dwarves to stop their madness. The Obsidian Dwarves replied with explaining that it was a necessary sacrifice to ensure the war was won, and thus defied the High King. Occupied with the precursor war, the other dwarves were unable to handle the Obsidian’s treachery and so cut off contact with them until they could be dealt with.
The Obsidian Banishment[]
By 6068 BA, the precursors had retreated from the Dwarovar with the death of Arethon which allowed the Dwarves to take action against Gor Dûrgheled. An army composed of the many holds of the Dwarovar marched onto the hold, causing the Nameless King, who was known for his mastery of rune magic and whose name has been lost to the ages to act to save his Obsidian compatriots. The hold was surrounded and the attackers outnumbered them, yet the Nameless King and the others prepared the largest runic circle possible, for one final spell.
The entire hold gathered within the circle, and with the King and his Rune-Smiths casting the spell, the Obsidian Dwarves had vanished. The entire population of the hold was teleported deep down into the Primeval Serpentdepths, where no dwarf had ever set foot. The dwarf known as the Nameless King was no more, and in his place stood the Runefather, the husk of the dwarf that brought the Obsidian Dwarves' supposed salvation. He had become their object of worship as he was kept alive through faith and magic and this belief fueled them to carve out a new home from themselves in a period known as "The Harrowing Times".
When the armies of the Dwarovar had broke down the gates, all they saw was the devastation caused by the runic spell, and with the place abandoned and considered unsafe, the hold had crumbled overtime and was forever lost.