Nidzahar

(NID-zah-har)

• A dwarven realm in Labkhan
  Located in the Central Highlands

Nidzahar, loosely ‘east-land’, is one of the five Dwarven Kingdoms of Labkhan. It is located predominately on the eastern side of the mountains, loosely bordered by Fahnukan to the north, Am’khazar to the west, Zimkova to the east, and Khatridun to the south. Nidzahar is the largest in area of the Dwarven Kingdoms, but is primarily settled along its eastern border.

History

Although Nidzahar’s history, like all the kingdoms of Labkhan, stretches far back to the very beginnings of time, long before the Downfall, for much of its existence it was something of a backwater, a minor kingdom, neither populous or prosperous. Lacking the mineral wealth of Am’khazar to the southwest, and the trade connections of Ardith or Khatridun to the south, Nidzahar was historically known primarily as a place of iconoclasts, thinkers, and artisans. 

After the Great War, the center of dwarven wealth and civilization in Khatridun and Ardith fell, and Nidzahar attracted most of the trade with Sembara and Zimkova that remained, turning the raw mineral wealth of Am’khazar to the west into armor, weapons, and stranger innovations. Now, Nidzahar is the largest and most technologically advanced of the five kingdoms.

Culture and Economy

Nidzahar has long been a place that attracted tinkerers, technologists, artificers, and others seeking to push the foundations of dwarven skill and knowledge. Although not a place of fabulous mineral wealth, like Am’khazar, in recent years Nidzahar has become something of the workshop of the Dwarven Kingdoms, and has rapidly filled the economic vacuum left by the collapse of Ardith and destruction of parts of Khatridun at the end of the Great War.