Gurn Keep
| Gurn Keep | |
|---|---|
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| Information | |
| Plane | Dominaria |
| Colors |
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| Status | Destroyed |
| Part of | Crimson Peaks, Sarpadia |
Gurn Keep was a dwarf stronghold in the Crimson Peaks of Sarpadia, on the world of Dominaria.
History
Gurn Keep was located to the east of Teedmar, between two tall sheer cliffs, its square stone walls darker than the surrounding stone. After the fall of the dwarven empire in the Sarpadian Mountains, as well as the towns of Kalitas and Teedmar, Gurn Keep received hundreds of refugees fleeing the crumbling dwarven fortifications. After the siege had begun, Reod Dai passed through the goblin army and entered the keep, looking for Tamun. He assisted the dwarves in organizing their defenses, but their mistrust of the human who had slipped through the goblin siege unmolested was quickly mounting, and he ended up being imprisoned in a room with a view of the keep's yard. Reod witnessed the steadily collapsing dwarven defense, and he was eventually let out of his cell and reunited with Tamun and her mother Melelki. The three of them were saved from the swarming goblins by Tamun's sister Sekena mounted on her bonded dragon. The keep's Elder Hamon and First Watcher Kam were likely killed in the fall of the keep.[1]
Gurn Keep was one of the last bastions of the dwarves to be overtaken. With the dwarven leader General Danhelm slain, the surviving dwarves took refuge in a nearby abandoned mine under the leadership of Captain Sarya Haasendel. Sarya sent numerous pleas for help but was only aided by the Order of the Ebon Hand, who surprisingly sent the mercenary Ivra Jursdotter to the south. However, Sarya Haasendel's last correspondence to the elves would ask them only to chronicle the dwarven history in memoriam, as Jursdotter's forces were spotted amongst the orcs and goblins, presumably joining them and ending all hope of the dwarves' salvation.[2]
Gallery
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The Dwarven Hold was used as a holding area for the hundreds of refugees who came to Gurn Keep before its fall.
References
- ↑ Sonia Orin Lyris (1996) And Peace Shall Sleep. Harper Prism
- ↑ (Fall 1994) Fallen Empires. The Duelist, 8-11