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The Old World

Dwarf hold

Karak Kadrin

The Slayer Keep, a mighty dwarf hold of the Worlds Edge Mountains and the spiritual home of the doomed Slayer cult of the mountain folk.

Astrography

Altdorf, Capital of the EmpireAthel Loren, the Enchanted ForestAverheimBarak VarrBechafen, City of the MarshesCouronne, City of the GrailErengradHag Graef, the Dark CragHexoatl, City of the SunItzaKarak Azul, the Hold of IronKarak Eight PeaksKarak KadrinKaraz-a-Karak, the EverpeakKislev, the City of the Ice QueenLothernLustria, the Jungle ContinentMarienburgMiddenheim, the City of the White WolfMousillonNaggarondNaggaroth, the Land of ChillNehekhara, the Land of the DeadNuln, City of Iron and PowderParravon, City of the PeaksPraag, the Scarred CitySkavenblightSylvania, the Cursed ProvinceTalabheimTor Elyr, City of the LagoonsUlthuan, Isle of the High ElvesWolfenburgWurtbad, City of StirlandYvresse, the Misty IsleZhufbar, the Torrent GateZlatlan, the Fallen Temple-City

Karak Kadrin is one of the mightiest of the surviving Dwarfen Mountain Holds, a great fastness guarding a vital pass through the Worlds Edge Mountains. It is best known as the Slayer Keep, for it is the spiritual home of the Slayer cult, ruled by a line of Slayer Kings who have taken the doom-oath and yet still bear the weight of their crown.

To Karak Kadrin come the Slayers of dwarfkind, those who have suffered shame or loss so grievous that they have sworn to seek an honourable death in battle against the mightiest of foes. The hold has grown accustomed to these grim wanderers, and its halls have become a gathering point and waystation for the doomed as they set out to meet their ends. Few places in the world hold so concentrated a fatalism, nor so fierce a courage.

Strategically vital and stoutly defended, Karak Kadrin has held its pass against countless assaults by greenskins, Chaos, and the ratmen who infest the deeps. Its gates have not fallen where lesser holds have crumbled. In the long twilight of the dwarf realms, Karak Kadrin endures as a bastion of grim resolve, its Slayers a river of defiance flowing ever toward glorious death.