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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 576122" data-attributes="member: 8530">History of RavensgateHistory of RavensgateAncient writings and magical research in Ravensgate have shown that the original city was named Mountaingate, and populated by a Dwarven King who surrounded himself with magically-inclined humans.   Both the human and dwarven populations of the city grew over the course of several millennia, finally reaching a peak of approximately 3,000 from each race. Records show that the city was attacked approximately 5,600 years ago, during the reign of King Drundarr, by a massive army of giants.  This invading army was comprised of over a thousand giants, assembled by a Stone giant named Bregathalark who convinced the leaders of other giant races to join him.   As a result of this attack only two structures from the original city still stand, both massive mountainside castles situated on opposite ends of the city.   The population of Mountaingate was forced to retreat to the two castles to mount a defense.   King Drundarr, the city’s dwarves, and Drundarr’s 400-strong army (comprised of both races) went to defended the eastern castle while the human mages and the city’s other humans went to defend the western castle.   They giants spent several months leveling every other building in Mountaingate, then using the stones as weapons, which they then catapulted at the castles.  The western castle used powerful magic to deflect these stones back at their attackers, while the dwarves of the eastern castle collected and used the stones as building materials to reinforce the walls with a second wall.   The siege went on for several years.   The siege was finally broken when a group of human mages and clerics in the western castle appealed to a deity, a powerful demigod in the form of a raven, to come and aid them.   A swarm comprised of 200,000 ravens then descended upon the city.  The magical birds were able to attack the giants, but were able turned ethereal when the giants struck back at.  After about a month of incessant bird attacks over half of the giant army had fled, and the dwarves of the eastern castle were then able to mount an attack which defeated the remaining giants.   The mages explained to King Drundarr that the Raven God now required that the land of Mountaingate be dedicated to him, as reward for his assistance.   The Dwarven King understood the necessity of honoring and remunerating the god that had saved his people, but was also unwilling to dedicate himself and his dwarven followers to a non-dwarven deity.   King Drundarr went into seclusion in a deep mountain cave for ten days to contemplate this.   When he returned he said that he had used an artifact to communicate with both the dwarven and raven deities, and was given assistance by them in deciding the fate of his land and its people.  He declared that Mountaingate was no more, and that the dwarves would find themselves a new home.   He declared that this land was now to be called Ravensgate, in honor of the Raven God.   To the leader of the human mages he gave the western castle, saying the raven god would be worshipped there by him and his spellcaster followers.   He named this mage the Raven King, and told him that “You will be the spiritual leader, but not the political leader, of this new community.”  Drundarr then chose the highest ranking human fighter from his army, a Colonel named Grandknight, and declared that he would be the King of Ravensgate, giving this man the eastern castle to rule from.   The dwarves then packed up their possessions, and headed west, where they founded the community of Highforge.  They then established Fort Burin and Fort Drundarr as military outposts to establish the borders of their new dwarven kingdom.</blockquote>

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