Moriguard

Overview
Moriguard, the City of Forges, is Spauria's unbreakable stronghold of the north, built at the feet of Mt. Morinmont upon on a mountain of iron and adamantine. The city is a utopia for miners and smiths, who's fiery spirits have never let the forges of the city grow cold.

History
The place where Moriguard now rests was originally an expansive Spaurian mine, first discovered during the construction of Dislar during the War of Kings. The mine helped provide weapons and armor for Spaurian troops patrolling the border, and when the war was finished, the spot exploded into an expansive network of stonecut dwarven mineshafts. As the stream of minerals continued to pour up from the mines, the colossal city of Moriguard erupted from the earth over time, becoming Spauria's "iron grip of the North."

The Ragnarok
In the year IA 90, shortly after the Age of Illiteracy had come to a close, Spaurian's remember the day that Lord Chyziss the Magnificent made himself known by all, in a harrowing display of power that would plunge Spauria into centuries of fear and submission.

When the dragon emperor revealed himself and declared his supreme authority over Spauria, High King Quentin inspired a short lived rebellion, with thousands of soldiers and adventurers amassing in Moriguard and Dislar, daring Chyziss to come and claim his authority. This resulted in the largest lost of military and civilian life in Spaurian history, as the dragon rolled over Moriguard like a great cloud of thunder and lightning, and incinerated vast portions of the city from above using elemental lightning breath. There was nothing the Spaurian's could do from the ground below, as arrows and glowing spells whistled upward in a futile attempt to reach the winged terror raining hellfire upon them. When the dust settled and the sky cleared, nearly three quarters of the city had been destroyed, and the death toll was too great to count.

This dark event in Spauria's history became known as the Ragnarok, and it sent Moriguard and Spauria reeling into a new dark age under the insurmountable rule of Lord Chyziss.