Heinthold

Heinthold is one of the provinces making up the continent of Hammer's Head. Its capital city is Vit Fästning.

It is the final stronghold occupied by the barbarians who once controlled large portions of the continent.

It is snowy and largely inhospitable, save for a key few encampments and the famous Vit Fästning – meaning “White Fortress” – named for its lightly-hued limestone walls. Its citizens have mastered these brutal elements and take pride in calling it home.

In the years before the Traverse, the western continents were largely controlled by strongholds of barbarian tribes, with power stretching far across the land - barring the forests of Qes Ares, the mountains of Sun Crest, and the mountainous regions of Verdain.

But as elves, halflings, gnomes, dwarves, and other human tribes adventured beyond their ancestral lands the barbarians were pushed back. The ensuing centuries saw them losing virtually all of their land, consolidating in Heinthold.

There exists a significant dwarven population in Heinthold as well, though they largely avoid contact with other races, preferring to hide within their snow-covered mountains. They are thought to predate the human strongholds significantly.