Dagnor's Cauldron

To the east of the Butcherblock Mountains resides the great Dagnor's Cauldron. This salt lake is warmed by the natural geyser beneath it. Most dwarves are fearful of the lake, as there is rumored to be a great monster waiting within to drag to their watery deaths all those who would venture too close to the lake's shores. It is also said that in this very location, the famed Dagnor Butcherblock finally fell to his fate and that the Hammer of Butcherblock was thrust into its murky depths. In the recent past, the Hammer of Butcherblock was recovered from the hands of the Teir`Dal that sought its powers against the dwarves and other denizens of Faydwer. The legendary hammer now resides in the hands of a new dwarven hero who had aided the people of Faydwer in their struggle against the darkness that had threaten to eternally shroud them.

At the bottom of Dagnor's Cauldron lies the entrance to the ancient underwater city of the near-extinct Kedge. Only one of this once-prosperous, ancient race remains – Phinigel Autropos, who is a cunning and malevolent creature, driven mad by the unspeakable horrors that befell his people. Upon the mossy granite shores of the salt lake is the accursed Estate of Unrest, which had once been built by a dwarven noble that sought the peaceful beauty of the treacherous Cauldron's demeanor.

Undead who have escaped the Estate of Unrest lurk both within the murky, cold depths of the lake and upon its stone shores. The Cauldron is also home to a vicious aquatic race of goblins who attack adventurers without bias.