Grim Batol

Grim Batol is an ancient, ruined dwarven mountain fortress looming over the eastern edge of the Wetlands. Built by the Wildhammer clan, abandoned after a dark curse during the War of the Three Hammers, and later occupied by the Dragonmaw orcs as a dragon breeding lair, its sealed gates remain an ominous blight upon the highlands.

Following the ancient civil war of the three clans, Thane Khardros Wildhammer carved Grim Batol out of the jagged mountains east of the marsh. During the subsequent War of the Three Hammers, the Dark Iron sorceress Modgud laid siege to the fortress. Although Khardros struck her down, Modgud cast a foul shadow across the stones before her death. The lingering taint rendered the halls uninhabitable, forcing the surviving Wildhammer dwarves to abandon their magnificent kingdom and migrate north into the Hinterlands.