Kergedhast

Situated in the far eastern wing of the Ringing Mountains, Kergehdhast is one of the two hill dwarven cities that exist to bridge the riches of the Underdark with the surface world. This city, in particular, has benefited from a rich supply of gold and mithril in mines farther south in the mountains.

Headed by a council of nobles which elects a chief regent, Kergedhast is currently overseen by Hengast Veindelver, who runs the day-to-day operations, but the main power breaker in council is his brother, Horst Veindelver, a master at political subterfuge who maintains surface trade routes. Their chief rivals are the Glimmerdeeps, headed by the matron Birgreda, who controls the largest mithril mine.

Depending on the number of miners who are in the city at any given time, Kergedhast ranges from 20-25,000 inhabitants, primarily composed of hill dwarves and rock gnomes, with a few mountain dwarves and deep gnomes thrown in for good measure. Humans, halflings and half-orcs are also common enough as representatives of the land-based caravan merchants that haul the processed goods to Elbebende fortransport through the rest of Märchenland.