Dawnfire was the ancient capital of the kingdom ruled by the gold dragon King Orchtrien by the end of the Time of Dragons.[1]
Description[]
The city was built as a single large castle. A wonder to the eye, the city seemed to be hewn from the top of its mountaintop resting place rather than being built there; the entire place was ornamented tastefully, and caught the eye in an especially fetching way at dawnbreak.[1]
Geography[]
There was a single road from the base of the mountain all the way up to the castle.[1] The nation contested lands east of a river with a force of green dragons, presumably the green cabal, almost certainly on its west.[2] To the southeast were other lands that Orchtrien contested with other dragons.[3]
Orchtrien's palace had at least one archway of precious metals, inlaid with gems, and marble stairs.[4]
Geographical Features[]
There was an Elf Quarter in Dawnfire, a grove of oak and shadowtop trees transplanted from old forests.[1] Many of those shadowtop trees held canopy houses, with open platforms.[5] One of them had a spiral staircase along its trunk.[6]
Orchtrien's personal palace was a hive-like structure with a great door, that had a smaller door on the right doorblade for human-sized guests. The southern towers had a surrounding garden, that smelled of brunfelsia.[7] Another tower, where he watched over things, was surrounded by greenery, which included pine trees, mutated by magical experiments so that their needles clinked with a metallic sound in the wind, and some of the flowers were pale, fleshy, with lidless eyes in their centers. The tower had illusory ceilings in the center of its one-room floors, to allow for a wyrm's ease of movement.[8]
Defenses[]
There were a number of half-dragon soldiers in the city, comprising Orchtrien's personal guard.[1] Much of Orchtrien's force was quartered in a nearby fortress.[9]
Government[]
King Orchtrien had deputies, two of which were Maldur Breakstone and Rhespen Ash.[1]
History[]
In −25,000 DR, Orchtrien destroyed large portions of the city, including the royal keep and fortress,[10] during the first Rage of Dragons.[11][9]
Inhabitants[]
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Appearances[]
Novels & Short Stories
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 5–8. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), p. 18. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 1–2. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), p. 15. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), p. 24. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 40–42. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 69–70. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2006). “Traitors”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 69–70. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 8, 10. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.