Gracklestugh

Gracklestugh is a large city in the Underdark. Its inhabitants are some 10.000 Duergar or grey dwarves, thousands upon thousands of Derro, one red dragon, some stone giants and small minorities of various other races.

Map of Gracklstugh

The most striking feature of Gracklestugh (though one few outsiders ever get to see) is a large rift that bisects the city. The rift is called Laduguer's Furrow or "The Cleft". Both the easternmost and westernmost portions of the Furrow are home to sprawling Derro slums. The two slums are called the East Cleft District and the West Cleft District. Droki, a flighty Derro with an amazing hat and dubious connections, was once followed by Jimjar and Kais to the edge of the West Cleft District, before they had to halt their pursuit.

The northernmost portion of the city is the main trade hub This walled-in area is accessible to outsiders and is called the Darklake District. It is home to the docks, a large market, the only inn accessible to non-Duergar (called Gholbrorn's Lair), and a tavern called the Shattered Spire. Near a pier of the docks, the adventurers met with the merchant Werz Saltbaron who entrusted them with spell gems to be transported to the city of the deep gnomes. During the gem-handoff he was very nearly was assassinated by the Empty Scabbards. There is a secret underwater entrance (to the Derro slum?) near the docks which the assassins must have used.

Connected to the walls surrounding the trade district is the guard castle Overlake Hold where Errde Blackskull deputized Stool's Irregulars to look for proof of corruption within the ranks of the Stone Guard. Perhaps Gorglak is worth looking at more closely.

The forges of the city are kept alight by the great flames of Themberchaud the Wyrmsmith, who has his own expansive abode in a cavern in the south-eastern corner of the city. There, he resides, accompanied by the Keepers of the Flame. The Keepers have appointed Stool's Irregulars to try to recover a lost dragon egg. The Keepers blame the local thieves' guild for the theft and tell the adventurers to pursue the Grey Ghosts

In a cavern complex on the south-western edge of the city lives a small community of stone giants. One of the giants went screaming through a part of the city driven mad, and Kais noticed that the giant had six fingers which showed new evidence of chaotic corruption. The giant leader called Hgraam asked the group to look for the source of the curse, he sensed it within the city walls.