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At the center of the ruins on which the Outpost was constructed was a stone obelisk with words carved deep into its surface. The text told an ancient tale of Gellion's Cross. The land was once the domain of the kingdom of Thol Urdim, the city of two kings. The city was destroyed long ago by a creature named Arikora. After a great deal of exploration and research, several other obelisks were discovered, and each gave further clues as to the fate of this ancient civilization.
 
The Dwarves of the Outpost found the information tantalizing, but there was little that could be done until more information was discovered. They concerned themselves with building their new home, starting businesses, forming a government, and other great tasks.
 
After facing down the mighty Stone Troll Pebbil, the Outpost was besieged by a primitive human tribe that was native to Gellion's Cross. The group was known as The Spider Tribe due to their use of the creatures in their attacks, and after a ceasefire was achieved they became a great wealth of knowledge into Gellion's Cross and its ancient Dwarven hold. Apparently, the kingdom had fallen hundreds of years ago and was survived only by the many ruins that they left behind. [[File:Skyshrieker1.png|thumb|An ancient deeptunnel which held the first of the Skyshriekers capable of killing Arikora.|alt=|310x310px]] All of the death and destruction was due to a massive drake known as Arikora. The name was spoken with such fear and reverence by the Spider Tribe Humans that they would bow their heads upon merely hearing the name.
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The Dwarves of Kon Belben would recover four of the ancient Skyshriekers, and even fire one into Arikora, injuring the great beast and causing an ancient blade to fall from its hide. This blade was nothing less than one of three keys to the lost hold of Thol Urdim. After being led there by Ethoko, leader of the Spider Tribe, the Dwarves entered the hold which had lied dormant for thousands of years.
 
What theyThey found was a massive subterranean complex built into a deep cavity in the earth. When Arikora and the drakes arrived above, they decimated the city's crops on the surface and forced its residents into a slow descent into starvation. [[File:ArikoraFight.png|thumb|The final battle with Arikora among the ruins of Thol Urdim.|alt=|310x310px]] One of the city's kings, the Smith, led his army to face Arikora and found only death. Since his departure, the city had lied dormant, save for an ill-fated expedition by some of the Smith's surviving subordinates to reclaim the hold from the forces of the city's second king: the Priest. The Dwarves of Kon Belben learned that the Priest was once an ordinary Dwarf who discovered an otherworldly substance flowing below the city. This substance--known as muon--gave the Priest and his followers great power, but caused a great rift with the Smith. With the death of the Smith and the army of Thol Urdim, the Priest and his followers searched for a way to survive starvation and reduced themself intoto a state of
 
The Dwarves of Kon Belben struggled as they fought their way through the dangers of Thol Urdim. First, they slayed the Priest's undead followers, then Thikut, former commander of the Smith who used muon to transform her forces into monstrous, fire -spewing Iron Scribes. Eventually, the Dwarves descended to the lair of Arikora, who had made its nest among the hoard of riches of the city. After a great battle, and the death of Dubir Lout, the great drake was finally defeated once and for all.
 
== Timeline ==
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*'''3 Juntag''' - A meeting is held with the Spider Tribe, revealing the history of Gellion's Cross as well as the monstrous drake that prowls its skies: Arikora.
*'''11 Juntag''' - The human tribal Ethoko tells the Dwarves of three ancient "arrows" that can be used to kill the monstrous Arikora. The first expedition succeeds in recovering the first of the arrows, which is actually a ballista bolt.
*'''25 Juntag''' - The second expedition to find ana Skyshrieker arrow is held, leading the Dwarves into a deeptunnel filled with Stone Trolls. The arrow is recovered and brought back to the Outpost.
*'''7 Jultag''' - The third expedition to find an ancient Skyshrieker arrow is held, with the Dwarves repairing an ancient forge and forging their own Skyshrieker.
*'''5 Augtag''' - The fourth expedition to find an ancient Skyshrieker arrow is held, with the Dwarves searching an ancient battlefield and learning the grim fate of Thol Urdim's army at the fires of the drakes led by Arikora. A massive drake is slain and a Skyshrieker is recovered from its nest but it is used to injure Arikora which drops a lost key to Thol Urdim.
*'''12 Augtag''' - The Dwarves of Kon Belben enter Thol Urdim and attempt to reclaim it for All Bormar. Much is learned of the city, its people, and their fate, but great suffering is had at the hand of Commander Thikut, her Iron Scribes, and the undead forces of the Priest. The Dwarves attempt to fall back to Kon Belben to lick their wounds, but they are unwillingly sent to the lowest levels of the ancient Hold.
*'''19 Augtag''' - The lowest levels of Thol Urdim are cleared of many foul creatures as the Dwarves attempt to fight their way home. They stumble upon the nest of Arikora and usesuse the Skyshriekers arrows to wound it, before entering a protracted battle to bring the great beast down. After a great battle, Arikora plummets to the earth, its reign of terror over Gellion's Cross ended bywith Dwarven arrows and blades.
== Geography ==
The geography of Gellion's Cross is defined by its eponymous mountain range which divides the land into four roughly equal parts.
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