Romulshazd

Romulshazd was the capital city of the Romluskdaz within Cleanhelm. The city was founded on an inlet of the Romuld Bay by Justinius, the first king of Men to arrive in Highvale. The city became the largest city of men on the continent, only rivaled by the later establishments of Heartshire and Greywater Rush.

During its height in the Second Era, the city was the capital of the incredibly strong Kingdom of Cleanhelm, and the home of leading institutions such as the College of Magic, the Sword Guild, and the Cleanhelm Banking Guild. Wars of succession split the region into three separate kingdoms, with Romulshazd the capital of the leading rump Kingdom of Cleanhelm. The discover of coal, along with the magick developments to turn it into fuel, caused a massive industrial boom within Cleanhelm. Much of it was centered around Argylshkzd, and soon the center of power within the region shifted to that city. Not to be out done, Romulshazd commissioned vast mines and tunnels to be build beneath the city to find more resources.

The neodemon invasion crippled Cleanhelm. Eventually, the Neodemon invasion was stopped, but the damage had been done. The Kingdom of Argylshkzd was reformed into the Empire of Man, and the city itself renamed to Imperium. The Empire of Man quickly absorbed the other kingdom and then marched on the rump Kingdom of Cleanhelm.

There is said to have been a fierce battle outside of the walls of Romulshazd. So many cannons and magic was thrown around that the ground itself shook; the once great city collapsed into the vast mines dug below, eventually spilling into the Bay of Romuld itself. The remaining Cleanhelm soldiers and nobles laid down there weapons, and the Empire of Man united all of Cleanhelm and renamed the region Blackhelm.

The seas of the Romuld Bay regularly wash over the ruins of Romulshazd. It is said that anything important in the city has been carted away by the Empire, and today the ruins are off limits to anyone not permitted by the Empire. Despite this, some adventurers do manage to sneak by, and say that if one were to go deep enough, there are still submerged layers of the city still traversable, and filled with treasure.