Bleakmoore

Bleakmoore
The city of Bleakmoore lies to the north-east of the elven realm, and although it is technically in the region of West March it is considered a free city due to its general inaccessibility. Surrounded by hilly and rock covered terrain it restsat the shore of the Black Lake and the orcish mountains, on the borders of the Great Desolation. It’s only neighbour is the smaller harbour city of Rockhold that’s an essential supply route for the elven realms.

Blackmoore is loosely under the Empire’s protection and a human lord resides over it although it is considered to be the “black sheep” of human cities as over half of its population are orcs and goblins who come to trade, build new lives or seek shelter away from the conflict in the orc cities within the mountains.

The city also saw its total destruction during the great war and was rebuilt after the battle at Lake Eforat to serve as a bastion and first line of defense on the edges of the wasteland should the evil ever creep across the desolation once more.

Those who live in the city speak of the distant howling sound ringing constant from the Shrieking Maelstrom that lies in the ocean to the east, although none who venture there to seek answers ever return. Despite the troublesome nature of Bleakmoore and its surroundings it does have value to the Empire as the rare metal of obsidian is mined by the goblins deep inside the orcish mountains, and the only trade route that exist for this mineral goes through the markets of Bleakmoore. Some speculate this is the only reason why the city has not yet been purged of its growing orcish host.