Khaz Urdim

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Khaz Urdim is the nominal capital city of the Clans of Magnus, high in the Atlas Mountains, more or less due east from Whiterock. Known as the Sealed Capital, the city spends most of its time in a state of abandonment, patrolled by golem known as the Thirdborn, crude facimilies of those which attend Magnus Allfather in Khaz Urheim. The Sealed City is the Clanhold of the High King, on the rare occasion that one should exist, though it has been many centuries since a High King has unsealed the city, and the measure is viewed as one of last resort.

Geography

Khaz Urdim is an enormous subterranian settlement that can suit the population of a Large City, connected with the Rootways of the Deeps and with an exposed gate at the peak of Mount Ultarim. The city has a total of seventeen gatehouses, which comprise its only enterances, and all are protected with dwarven magic and by the aforementioned Thirdborn.

Economy

As an abandoned city, Khaz Urdim has no economy to speak of.

Politics

Khaz Urdhim is nominally the clanhold of whomever among the Clans holds the title of High King. However, its remoteness, rarely situated to facing whatever threat caused the clans to assemble and elect a High King in the first place, means that even in such a situation, the privilege is rarely exercised.