Firehammer Hold

Firehammer Hold was a temple-fortress dedicated to Haela Brightaxe, a dwarf hero-goddess purported to grant luck in battle, located in the Forlorn Hills.

History
Although reduced in number over the years, Haela's faithful maintained control of the hold up until Thayan wizards planned to capture the region in the late 15 century DR.

Through Baazka, the Red Wizards of Thay made a pact with a fiendish duergar (or durzagon) named Nalifarn, asking him to lead his clan to invade Firehammer Hold, taking over its forges to manufacture armaments for Thayan forces. With the help of elemental creatures the Red Wizards summoned, the gray dwarves opened a passage to the hold from the Underdark and attacked.

Haela's followers, surprised and outnumbered, perished quickly but bravely. Since then, humanoid allies of the duergar, especially hobgoblins, supplied the gray dwarves with prisoners captured in the surrounding lands. Duergar ruthlessly forced these slaves to work in the hold's mines.

Notable Locations

 * Shrine to Haela Brightaxe: A large room supported by two square pillars. At a recess in the northern wall stood a 10-foot-tall statue of Haela wreathed in two spirals of flame.
 * Hallway of Dragons
 * Shrine to Dumathoin
 * Cenotaph
 * Chapel of the Watcher

Appearances

 * Scourge of the Sword Coast