Sandspire is one of the major cities of Aurumhold.
- Geography: A desert city in Aurumhold's northern dunes, with topaz-encrusted sandstone towers. The Topaz Crucible, an Aurath-blessed Aetheric font, glows with golden light, fed by underground rivers, accessible via dune trails.
- Culture: Dwarves, humans, and dragonborn honor Aurath and Solara during the First Umbral and Fourth Astral Moons, forging relics while studying Greedorb's Aether. Sandspire trades gems and war machines, balancing profit with font defense.
Key Features
- Topaz Crucible
- Dune Markets: Crowded stalls trading crystals, rare gems, and desert artifacts.
- Aether Hall: A gem-carved guild hall where Tivri Sparkwhisper (gnome wizard) coordinates trade route defenses. (Tivri is the Aetherkin guildmaster; see Aether Halls.) It is one of the Aether Halls of the Aetherkin Guilds. Travel requires caravans or airships.
Notable Figure
Drenvar Goldvein (dwarf), a guildmaster studying Greedorb's Aether, clashing with Korrak Tinkerforge's caution via courier messages.
Role in Conflicts
Sandspire guards trade routes from cult raids and Ravus' resource theft. It supplies Gemcradle via caravans, risking Primal corruption.
Aesthetic
Topaz towers, golden forges, and scorching sunlight.
Travel
Parties use dune caravans to Gemcradle, airships to Ironcrag, or sky-skiffs to Tidegate, navigating desert ambushes.
Details to come
More lore is still being written.