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Var Torum – The Dwarven Gatehouse 🛡️🏔️ - 4 Levels - 16 Variants

Added 2025-09-04 17:00:16 +0000 UTC

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We’re kicking off this month’s theme — Dwarven Strongholds — with the first release: Var Torum, the Dwarven Gatehouse.

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For centuries, Var Torum has stood guard at the southwestern neck of the Valley of Spines, where sheer, impassable rock faces form a natural barrier on either side. This mighty gatehouse is the sole western approach to Khaz-Nara, the ancient hold of the proud Ironmantle Clan.

Though its towering gates and fortified walls are first and foremost a bulwark of defense — a fortress that has never fallen in war — Var Torum is also a bustling waypoint. Caravans of traders from the lowlands and from the nearby human realm of Mytos must pass through here, paying the Ironmantle dwarves their famously lucrative tolls.

This release is yet another piece of our Fallen Kingdom setting, and it will play a role in an upcoming dwarven-themed adventure we’re excited to share soon.

What’s Next?

⚓ Next week: The Dwarven port city of Hurak-Durm — keep an eye out!
🗺️ We’re also hard at work on a regional map of the Ironhelm Mountains, once the heart of an ancient dwarven kingdom.

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