The Founding

The dwaves arrived & did not find what they expected. They hoisted their wage to the top of a small ridge & surveyed their new lands.

The Good Volcano wasn't a volcano!! At least not what they imaged a volcano to be. It was no more than a gurgling spring in the ground. Only instead of water, it was molten hot earth bubbling up. Though, that did make it good, that it wasn't likely to errupt and come spewing down the mountainside. There were 5 "mountains" in this area. Though only two were truly mountains. At least as far as the former residents of The Tall Spire were concerned. The Twin Daggers is what Minkot called them & the name stuck. The next largest one was simply called stubby as it looked small & squat next to the Twin Daggers. The rock the dwarves halled their wagon onto was named the Founding Rock. For it was there they founded the new fortress, Uristrith: Daggerbell. The last, was the same sad height as the Founding Stone and was the source of the small brook, The Untamed Lion, so they dubbed it the Lion's Source.

But for all the unexpected nature, the brook was full of fresh water, there were many ponds scattered around & much lush vegetation. Though... there was the occasional roar in the distance.

The Founding Stone:

The Untamed Lion:

The Good "Volcano":