Duchy of Eadfast

The City of Eadfast is an ancient Alteraci city on the northern edge of the Alterac Mountains. Older than a unified Alterac under the Perenolde Dynasty, Eadfast even before the fall was and is a mere echo of its former glory.

History
Although no one single legend is considered to be the true tale of Eadfast's creation, the most commonly accepted goes as follows. Long ago there was a mighty but aged warrior who's valor in battles was renowned throughout Alterac. The old warrior decided to settle down somewhere and have somewhere to live out the rest of his days in luxury. The man charged his eldest son, a growing warrior who had promise to be an even greater warrior than his father to gather one hundred men willing to build his holding in exchange for a fraction of his immense hoard of riches that he had earned in battle.

The boy traveled throughout Alterac and gathered some of the most skilled masons at the time to come and build his fathers holding, all eager to receive a piece of the promised riches. The men labored for a nearly a decade, carving a mighty keep from the mountainside. At the time of its completion, many of the stonemasons were rewarded fairly and decided to settle down around their impressive creation. The old man did not live too long after the keep was finally finished but his son inherited his holding and his son and so on.

Overtime, more and more came to the keep commonly called Eadfast (Ead meaning wealth) due to the legendary gold hoard in the keep and the known wealth of the keep's owner from the beginning. Due to the growing settlement growing against the back of the Alterac Mountains many mines were opened near the region attracting more settlers.

At the peak of Eadfast, shortly after the creation of the Perenolde Dynasty, descendants of the aged warrior commonly known as House Arnwake ruled over a large city, gold ran through Eadfast like water. The Vault of Eadfast was legendary, attracting bankers and locksmiths alike. Miners, blacksmiths jewel crafters came to work in or with the several mines nearby. Eadfast was among the few cities in the far north and its proximity to Lordamere Lake and the Magocracy of Dalaran caused Eadfast to be flocked with traders. The rulers of Eadfast had built ramparts and a gate around the road leading to Eadfast requiring a small toll but still amassing even more wealth.

As time passed, the people and wealth of Eadfast began to seemingly fade away. People had moved to the capital or great family's had died out. Abandoned buildings fell into despair and began to crumble. House Arnwake had died out and the population of Eadfast not much more than a small time, living in the crumbling shell of a larger city.

At the time of treachery of Aiden Perenolde, the city was a ruin enough and as Alterac ensued into chaos it was latter taken by the Syndicate and transformed into a Syndicate Outpost.

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