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The "Stone of Udon" has stood in the Silver Pass of the Wintercrown Mountains since the flight of the Baal from the "Battle Plain of Sepulchre". The stone is carved with Dwur runes issuing a challenge: "Death flows forth from these mountains without cunning or number. Whosoever can protect this place will rule the Dwur."
When the Dwur marched home from their wars with the Baal against the Wyrms, they found allies with a tribe of Alorns who were called the Alglonds, who were hard-pressed to defend their homes against the undead hordes streaming forth from Sepulchre. In a savage war that lasted ten years, the Dwur reclaimed the mountain peak, pass, and upper halls of their Dwurdelf of Zirakzigil. After retaking their sacred halls, the Dwur gave thanks to the Alorns and swore an eternal alliance upon the "Stone of Udon". The Karrocks were given their freedom, no longer bound to serve the Dwur, but able to pursue whatever lives they chose, or to stay and build a new nation.
To forestall future invasions, a vast wall was built to entirely block the "Silver Pass". A fortress was built around the mountain peak to defend the Shieldwall, which grew into the "White City" of Aegis, the Shield of the North. The lower halls, called the Underdeeps, contained passages to Sepulchre and the greatest concentration of undead. The Dwur sealed these dark, lower levels with stone and silver, forcing the undead to attack the Shieldwall where they could be weakened by the light of the searing sun. The stalwart warriors of Alglondor maintain a constant vigil upon these walls, seeing themselves as protectors of mankind from the undead horrors of Sepulchre.
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