Place
Fort Drake’s End
Fort Drake’s End, or The Drake's End, is the fort and headquarters of the Grimbolt Cripplers. The company's dwarven soldiers, cast out of the Dwarven Gates after a lost battle under the mountain, founded the Cripplers at the city of Westreach and built their fort there.1
The company's leader Hemlock Twinhammers and Prince Kardakar can both be found at the fort.2 When Arti Boulderhead arrived at the doorstep of Fort Drake’s End, he was met with both scepticism and curiosity.3
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Sources
This article draws on:
- MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 26, 74, 119, 161
In Fort Drake’s End
CharacterHemlock TwinhammersThe captain of the Grimbolt Cripplers, a son of the weaponsmith House Twinhammers who took up the company's leadership after Duffrein Grimbolt fell against the red dragon Coralax.
CharacterPrince Kardakar ThunderfistA dwarf warrior cast out of the Dwarven Halls after the Gauntlets of the Red Storm corrupted him, who now fights as the right hand of Hemlock Twinhammers in the Grimbolt Cripplers.Related articles
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