~ Folk beneath the mountain ~
Deep beneath the mountains of Dol’Barr, the Grokon shaped their home from stone, sweat and blood. Caverns glittered with crystal veins carved over generations, and Memory Walls bore the chiselled histories of countless ancestors. To the Grokon, stone was not merely a shelter, it was identity and legacy

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The Fading did not strike Dol’Barr with violence. Instead, it seeped inward like a slow poison. Crystals lost their colour. Dust thickened. The deep resonance chants, once perfectly aligned with the earth began to echo incorrectly, as though the stone itself had forgotten its own song. Some refused to leave their ancestral halls. Gathering in great conclaves, they sealed massive stone doors behind them, determined to wait out The Fading deep within the earth. But others understood a harsher truth: even stone can corrupt.
Practical, resolute, and unwilling to let their craft die with Dol’Barr, these Grokon gathered their tools, records, and supplies, making the long ascent to the surface, a place many had never seen in quite some time. When they reached Alphos, its cliffs and Hills brought an unexpected comfort. The land felt stable. Strong. Waiting. They founded Gúldir, carving halls and supports with the same disciplined precision that shaped Dol’Barr.

 ~ Gúldir marked not an end, but the forging of a new chapter ~

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~ Lore Summary ~
The Grokon originate from Dol’Barr, an ancient subterranean civilisation renowned for its craftsmanship and vast cavern cities. The Fading weakened the land itself, causing crystals to dull and natural stone structures to destabilise, leading to a cultural divide.
  • Traditionalists remained underground, sealing themselves inside in hopes of enduring whatever came.
  • Pragmatists and explorers accepted that survival required abandoning Dol’Barr and seeking new stone to carve elsewhere.
These Grokon joined the seafaring exodus to Umbria. Upon reaching Alphos, they established Gúldir, a partially subterranean settlement designed to echo Dol’Barr. Built carefully and deliberately, Gúldir stands as a testament to Grokon resolve.

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