Blisterwell
The settlement of Blisterwell was once an extensive dwarven quarry and strip mine, called Jerengoff, that fell under orc control in -3709 AR with the coming of the warlord Belkzen. It has stayed in orc hands ever since, but is now a hotly contested urban battleground between two tribes: the Haskodars and the One Eyes.123
History
Jerengoff was founded in -4213 AR by dwarves who hailed from Koldukar seeking iron, copper, and lead for their Sky Citadel and it survived for over half a millennium before its demise. In the same year that Jerengoff fell to the orcs, -3709 AR, so too did another dwarven settlement at Ironhearth Foundry as part of Belkzen's first wave of attacks against the dwarves.123
Geography
Blisterwell is located in the central region of the Hold of Belkzen, called the Blood Plains, south-east of the Kodar Mountains and to the west of the Flood Road. The ancient battlefields of the Battle of Screaming Tree and the Battle of the Shadefields can be found nearby as evidence of the region's turbulent history.4
The settlement itself is built into a massive, ancient pit mine, the shape of an inverted cone. A vast network of dwellings have been carved into the walls of its deep shafts and trenches.1
Inhabitants
Blisterwell is the Hold of Belkzen's third most-populous settlement, favoured by the orcs for its dank pits and caverns. At night, the fires of its forges reflect off the stagnant lake that has collected in its bottom.15
Government
The Haskodar and One Eye tribes are the current residents of Blisterwell, and these tribes maintain an uneasy alliance in governing the settlement.6
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 . “Belkzen, Hold of” in The Inner Sea World Guide, 47. Paizo Inc., 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 . “Belkzen Gazetteer” in Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes, 5. Paizo Inc., 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 . “Belkzen Gazetteer” in Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes, 7–8. Paizo Inc., 2015
- ↑ . “The Hold of Belkzen” in Skeletons of Scarwall, 60. Paizo Inc., 2008
- ↑ . “Orcs of Golarion” in Orcs of Golarion, 15. Paizo Inc., 2010
- ↑ . “The Hold of Belkzen” in Skeletons of Scarwall, 58. Paizo Inc., 2008
