Thatchweed

Thatchweed is a dwarven village north of Copperforge. It is a bit run down and home to about 400 dwarves, including Gilbur Mudminer, Hurmed Leadmantle, Bamir Bonepike, and Gritt Flintjaw. Gilbur is the mayor of the village.

The village is the sight of a yearly lunar festival attended by tourists from around Sahl. The economy of the city is based on mooncatch ore, which absorbs the light of the moon. The city is powered by a giant mooncatch crystal that only charges on the night of the festival, when the moon makes its closest approach to Sahl.

After the fall of Copperforge, Thatchweed takes in many of the injured gnomes. When Ora, Bubo, Nitsuj, Starheart, and Andre visit the village, the festival is interrupted by the theft of the central crystal and an attack by cultists of Kloht. The cultists are quickly dealt with and the stone recovered and recharged. It had been stolen by Jerrot Valmir to remake limbs for many of the injured gnomes.

Hurmed Leadmantle, Bamir Bonepike, and Gritt Flintjaw agree to travel north to the Steamfang Mountains with the party.