Balenthrone

Balenthrone is a large dwarven city that is most known for its large gold mine. Producing up to 70% of the gold supply within the Caesterion Kingdom, Balenthrone has been a prospering city for many generations.

However, just like any city, prosperity can be a misleading concept. Due to the actions and greed of the current King Yarnum Balen, there is a large population of impoverished dwarves living within the area designated as the "Commons".

Though many dwarves speak of moving away in the privacy of their homes, the strong loyalty of the dwarven culture tends to prevent these feelings from evolving into action.

History
Balenthrone, was founded under the rule of the Balen family in 2A 387. The city flourished finding one of the largest gold ore deposits in all of Orsandia, giving Balenthrone the alternate name of the "City of Gold".

At 2A 950, years leading up to the Tyranny of Dragons, Balenthrone suffered as their gold mine had finally run dry. With no funds to continue the maintenance of the city, poverty struck the population. Novrick Balen, the King of the time, was visited by a red Abishai, one of Tiamat's devil spokespeople.

The spokesperson promised the under Tiamat's contract the City of Gold would continue to mine gold ore even with their mines running dry. The only thing Balenthrone needed to do was keep 5% of their earning for Tiamat when she came to collect it. Novrick was sceptical but accepted the terms of the contact and signed. As this contract was signed, the back wall of the mine suffered a massive cave-in, which caused quite a few deaths of dwarves below. However, this cave in opened up a large deposit of gold ore and other sorts of ore types.

- They had to provide an offering to Tiamat by burning all sorts of valuables in the lava found within what became known as the ''Dragon's Den. ''If at any point these offerings stopped, Tiamat followers would take the city from the Balen family and rule it for themselves.

- The Balen family worked hard to keep this secret contract to themselves, only divulging to those that they fully trusted. Even then, trust wasn't enough for some. They made sure that these selected individuals never had a poor day in their lives, which created the noble families of Balenthrone.

- During the Rise of Tiamat events, the Dragon's Den mysteriously caved in, which made it impossible for Balenthrone to bring their offerings in for Tiamat. This lead to the Cult of the Dragon coming with Chyrnnrogg and taking over the city with help from devils of the Nine Hells.