Prosperity: Moderate
Population: Steady
Defenses: Guard
Other Tags: Dwarven, Personage (Rafnar, the Blackened Warlord - notorious for terrorizing elven steadings in the Aelfrick Forest) Trade (Solacebury, Friarsbridge).
Notes: The Black Fortress is listed as trade by Solacebury, therefore I've chosen the option "the town is build around a military post". It's in the name really. As Problem I picked "notorious outlaw lives in town". Since I picture the Black Fortess to be a dwarven steading, I added the tag "Dwarven".
Impressions:
- Huge granite walls
- Narrow streets
- A big fortress in the middle of town
- Bustling with dwarves
- Dwarven stone galleys moored in the harbor
- Busy docks
- Dwarven guards in black armor marching through the streets
- Elven prisoners displayed in iron cages hanging from the wall
- A small shrine devoted to the secretive cult of Gurun, the dwarven god of medicine (Gurun is worshipped by Durgar the Cleric).
When you are accosted by the guards, roll +STR. On a 10+ they respect your strength and leave you alone, on a 7-9 chose one:
- They let you go after you pay them Charisma coins
- They confiscate your most valuable item
- They arrest one of your hirelings
Rafnar, the Blackened Warlord (Solitary, Organized, Intelligent, Hoarder, Terrifying)
Attack: d10+2*b damage (two-handed axe)
HP: 12
Armor: 3 (plate armor)
Special Qualities: Close, Messy, +1 Piercing, half-melted face and radiates vengeance and cruelty)
Rafnar, the warlord of Svarturvigi, is a grizzled dwarf with a salt-and-pepper beard, his face half-burned by an elven arcanist. He wears an eye-patch over his left eye. A huge two-handed axe is always within easy reach. Rafner is renown for his hatred of elves. He uses every opportunity to harrass and hassle them.
Instinct: To pillage and plunder elven steadings
- Mutilate and torment elves
- Call for dwarven reinforcements
Attack: d8 damage (axe)
HP: 6
Armor: 3
Special Qualities: Close,
Rafnar employs vicious dwarven guards that strut around town like they own the place. They are ruffians spoiling for a fight. They are armed with axes, shields and chain mail.
Instinct: Pick a fight
- Arrest anyone who disturbs the peace
- Call for dwarven reinforcements