Grumbelholt – Capital of the Trolls

(The Mountain That Glows From Within)

Population:

90 % Troll, 10 % mixed traders and scholars

Dominant Faiths:

Cleftwright Covenant and Pulsewright Order (rough parity)

Minor Presence:

Tranquilist emissaries, a few Rational-Coin observers

Character:

Carved directly into a cliff of living Heartroot, Grumbelholt is half cathedral, half mine. The air hums faintly from the vibration of tools and chants. Two processional districts mirror its split faiths—one wreathed in scaffolds and open fissures, the other smoothed into spirals and echo chambers.

Politics & Faith:

• The Council of Hands keeps an uneasy truce between the two sects; every decision must be signed by one Cleftwright and one Pulsewright seal.

• Public arguments are ritualized: shouting duels held in the Great Hollow where acoustics exaggerate every word, turning theology into performance.

• Tranquilist monks maintain a neutral hospice called The Breath Between, mediating disputes and tending injured miners.

Atmosphere:

Hot dust, chanted rhythm, hammer-light on glowing stone. Outsiders call it the city that argues with itself but never stops working.