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Ovdal Asra was a Dwarven hold in West Dwarovar which had been buried under rubble in 5850 BA by the order of King Murnir IX the Vengeful, in order to kill as many orcs as possible with him while blocking the way to Khugdihr so that the orcs could not reach it. Little is known about the hold's history, as well as its expertise in creating golems. Its supposed location is Asra Depths.

In 1410 an expedition led by the last heir of Clan Asra successfuly located found a way into the lost hold in order to retrieve the Gem of Asra - but in turn they found an orcish host, a vanguard of the Greentide, had hidden itself in the ruins in order to do a surprise attack on Khugdihr. They instead retrieved the gem and caved in the hold for good, preventing the Greentide from occuring for another 14 years, when Khugdihr finally fell.

History[]

The Fall[]

The Counterattack of the Western Holds[]

In 5895 BA, the combined forces of Ovdal Asra, Khugdihr, and Haraz Orldhûm launched a counter attack against the orcs occupying Verkal Vazkron and along with the Dwarves of Amldihr, Orlazam-az-dihr and the Grim legion of Krakdhûmvror, slew every last orc that sieged the hold. However, this victory was short as an even larger host of orcs arrived in Verkal Vazkron which caused the western holds to suffer considerable losses, with the remainder of the troops escaping through the Southern Entrance.

The Sacrifice of Ovdal Asra[]

In 5850 BA, King Murnir IX of Ovdal Asra sent his heir and as many dwarves as possible to flee the Serpentspine through nearby caves, leaving only the most defiant dwarves along with their Golems to fight against the horde of orcs. After many heated battles, King Murnir IX ordered a mad but self proclaimed valorous decision to collapse the surrounding caverns and Dwarovrod 3, burying every dwarf and orc in the rubble while saving the hold of Khugdihr from the orcish tides for many years. For this noble sacrifice, King Murnir IX was forever remembered as "The Vengeful".

Escape to Khugdihr[]

Many of the evacuated dwarves managed to flee into Cannor, with most making their way to Khugdihr. The Pink Agate Dwarves of Ovdal Asra and the Moss Agate Dwarves of Khugdihr intermingled with each other when coexisting in the secure Hold which eventually caused both cultures to meld into the modern Agate Dwarf.

First Asra Expedition[]

In 1410 AA, a group of adventurers led by the last son of Clan Asra, Fognir Asra ventured into Asra Depths in order to recover the Gem of Asra, one of the gems of the Dwarovkron. The expedition members consisted of Orbar the Loyal, Mintbrick Puddlebonk, Ebbo "Lightfingers" Goodloot, Jaerel the Mistwalker and Gerin Orcrend.

The expedition was successful in finding the hold but in turn found an early Greentide host led by Dugorik Dragonbreaker, who was amassing his troops in order to launch a surprise attack on Khugdihr through tunnels they had excavated from the burial 6000 years in the past. The expedition successfully stopped and slew Dugorik and recovered the gem with the aid of a golem army that Mintbrick awakened. This, unfortunately, caused a cave collapse that buried Ovdal Asra completely, with Gerin and Mintbrick with it. Miraculously, Gerin managed to escape the cave collapse afterwards, venturing further into the Dwarovar.

Using the gem, Fognir became known as Fognir "the Resurgent" and united many dwarven families and cartels under the Asra Bank.

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