Ironspine is the great orc city, carved into the face of the Southern Crags. It is a city of fire and stone, built on industry and war. The upper levels hold the entrance to Gloomreach, the last goblin city, while the lower furnaces belch smoke and ash into the Great Swamp below. The orcs despise magic, considering it weakness, and instead rely on muscle, iron, and blood to fuel their dominion.
- Tiered City – An upper city of warriors and smiths, and a lower city of endless forges.
- The Great Furnaces – Immense forges fueled by goblin-mined ore and tended by slaves.
- The Black Gates – Colossal doors of steel, sealing Ironspine from the wilds beyond.
- The Spillways – Channels dumping refuse and ash into the swamp below.
- Orc Clans – Brutal, warlike, ever in conflict with one another when not united.
- Slave Revolts – Goblin laborers push back against their masters when desperation peaks.
- Troll Raids – Swamp trolls climb the spillways to attack the city’s fringes.
- The industrial heart of orc-kind, producing endless weapons of war.
- A place of uneasy alliance, as goblin labor sustains the forges in exchange for plague-fire burials.
- A bastion of anti-magic ideology, its leaders sneering at humans, elves, and their sorcery.