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Dağ Altı

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Dağ Altı is a great city of the dwarves beneath a mountain, in the Sürgün Günlükleri ("Exile Chronicles") campaign. Kemp Corvus, Sarah and Ephorus travelled there from Gazad in search of the mines of black amethyst, and there they were received by the High King.12

Reports in Gazad

In Gazad the companions were told that the mines they sought lay in Dağ Altı. With no dwarf among them, the tangled lower roads would be dangerous, so they were advised to go by the surface, where dwarves also live in settlements of farming, herding and trade. Dağ Altı was said to be larger than White City in area, though not in people, and to hold the finest alchemists of the realm, for humans had learned mining, smithing and alchemy from the dwarves.134

Runes and barriers against magic, common throughout the dwarven lands, block sending messages, scrying, teleportation and telepathy. The companions were told not to rely on such magic in Gazad Fortress or in Dağ Altı; the barriers were explained as a defence against the telepathy of enemies from below.3

The city

After passing through two settlements, the companions reached the great gate of Dağ Altı in a giant, bare mountain that shone like metal. At the entrance women and children practised with weapons and shields under a sergeant's eye, and Ephorus was let in without hindrance.56

Within lies a great city under a high ceiling, its stone buildings spreading over many levels joined by bridges. Many buildings stood closed or empty, while those who had come for the war swelled the crowds. The inns were full, and the many styles of beard, ornament and dress showed the variety of the city's dwarves.78

The companions took a room at a wealthy inn with wooden floors, cushioned seats, paintings and ornamented furnishings, which offered meals, hot baths and laundry.9

The eastern command

The companions were sent to an official building in the east of the city, where the general himself received bands of mercenaries, who might wait hours or days for their turn. The general, a dwarf in a green tunic with a long grey beard, told them their old work had been paid in full, and they offered their help in the war out of friendship.1011

The intelligence of times and dates they had sent ahead had proved valuable in war, and someone would meet them about the records of those killed at an old outpost. The general wished to use small elite bands on special tasks rather than at the front, and promised a contract, including weapons, within a few days.1213

In Dağ Altı the companions were also taken to the rune master who was to craft for them. At night soldiers came to their inn to bring them to the High King Durun Altınsakal; as friends of the dwarves they were allowed to keep their weapons.142

Notes

  1. ↑At the tableGazad Kalesi | DnD 5E Oynanış #38 (Sürgün Günlükleri #38), 2:05:37
  2. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 2:39:25
  3. ↑At the tableGazad Kalesi | DnD 5E Oynanış #38 (Sürgün Günlükleri #38), 2:19:00
  4. ↑At the tableGazad Kalesi | DnD 5E Oynanış #38 (Sürgün Günlükleri #38), 2:24:42
  5. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 1:10:53
  6. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 1:14:53
  7. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 1:21:41
  8. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 1:27:33
  9. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 1:49:38
  10. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 1:47:27
  11. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 2:02:25
  12. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 2:07:14
  13. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 2:10:27
  14. ↑At the tableMuhafızların Zamanı | DnD 5E Oynanış #42 (Sürgün Günlükleri #42), 2:17:43

Sources

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    ▶ Actual play

    In Dağ Altı

    CharacterDurun AltınsakalThe High King of the dwarves in the Sürgün Günlükleri campaign, of the house of Altınsakal, who received Kemp Corvus, Sarah and Ephorus in his throne hall at Dağ Altı and entrusted them with a dangerous secret task during the war against the drow.CharacterRune master of Dağ AltıAn aged dwarf rune master of Dağ Altı in the Sürgün Günlükleri campaign, one of six masters who craft what they see in dreams, to whom Thane Balgur Demirkapı promised to bring Kemp Corvus, Sarah and Ephorus, and who agreed to work for them once rare materials were found.

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