Delagos Caverns

Delagos Caverns is a system of caves near Maure Castle

History

The main body of the Suloise migrants passed through the gates of the Abbor-Alz Mountains in -423 CY. Three minor noble houses broke off from this body, tired from a years-long trek, formed a new house, the Maure. Following clues found in ancient abandoned dwarven enclaves in the foot-hills of the Abbor-Alz Mountains these new settlers re-discovered the Delagos Caverns, a complex system of natural caves that seemed to promise a limitless supply of valuable gems. Soon after the Maure began constructing a grand castle near the mines and the foundations of civilizations took root. They called their new homeland "Urnst," after a founding Suel Imperium house of great import, both to hearken back to the old empire and to begin their lives anew.

Maure Castle was constructed near the Delagos Caverns, a network of natural tunnels once believed to hold a nearly limitless supply of gems. For a time, it served as the seat of power for the Duchy of Urnst, until that role passed to Seltaren. When the Delagos mines were finally exhausted, Maure Castle declined into disuse. The handful of nobles who remained in western Urnst thereafter acquired a well-earned reputation for eccentricity, poverty, and outright madness.

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Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Delagos Caverns	Place		Living Greyhawk Gazetteer	125