Deeprock (The Lost City)

Overview

Deeprock was a dwarven city built in the late imperial era — an ambitious attempt to clean up and integrate the Latan Swamp region, pushing the frontier of dwarven civilization into the Mother of Monsters' territory. It was one of the boldest and most hubristic projects of the Age of Hubris.

The Mother of Monsters' answer was swift and total. The city was obliterated. There were no terms, no retreat, no survivors worth counting. Deeprock became the clearest possible lesson about the limits of mortal ambition against divine territory.

What It Is Now

The ruins are now known simply as The Lost City — a sprawling wreck swallowed by jungle and swamp growth, its former streets unrecognizable beneath decades of overgrowth. The trade routes that once connected Deeprock to Hodoronk and the southern roads have been abandoned and are now controlled by bandits and creatures spilling out of the Latan Swamp.

Adventurers occasionally seek out the Lost City for the dwarven artifacts, wealth, and archives that were never recovered. The difficulty is that the ruins sit at the edge of the Mother of Monsters' active territory.

Historical Significance

The fall of Deeprock in the late 3900s AR is widely regarded as the event that broke the back of the crusading era — the final proof that the Mother of Monsters could not be eliminated by force of arms, and that her territory carried a price that civilized lands could not keep paying.

Connections

• Latan Swamp — the threat that destroyed it
• Hodoronk — nearest major city; former trade partner
• The Interior