Tor Arlieth
From Warhammer - The Old World - Lexicanum
Tor Arlieth, the Grey City was a High Elf city in Elthin Arvan - what would become known as the Old World. [1a]
It was a colony of the kingdom of Caledor and was built in the foothills of a mountain above a huge expanse of forest. [1a]
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Defences
It had a outer wall that was ten times the height of an Elf and which had seventeen pale grey towers. [1a]
History
Around -2749 IC it was the base of Prince Imrik on his campaigns against the Greenskins with his brother Dorien and cousin Thyrinor. Following their victory at the Battle of the Laithenn River, a three day festival was called for by the council of elders. [1a]
Locations
- Citadel: It had been built to resemble a Dragon with walls spreading like walls into the mountainside, its roof golden. Above it fluttered the flags of a hundred noble families, below the banner of the city itself. Its gates were made of dark red wood and had a relief of the mountains of Caledor with dragons above carved on them. Surrounding the citadel was a wide plaza split by a immaculate lawn where Dragons would land. [1a]
- Dragon Caves: Above the city were caves where the Dragons roosted. [1a]
Notable
Sources
- 1: The Sundering (anthology) (Time of Legends edition): Caledor (Novel) by Gav Thorpe
- 1a: One: Pride of Caledor, pg. 720-721
