Arakraic

One of the capital cities that escaped the Downfall to a demiplane.

History
Arakraic is one of the oldest surviving nations in the world with history going back for maybe over 20 000 years, rivaled currently only by Edhenon. Said to be founded soon after dwarves and elves departed from the garden of Jidhr and settled on the western continent. Most of their history is recorded on great tapestries with each clan and family having their own though much has also been lost to the ages.

Geography
The city itself is within the Mornaldur mountains, fraction of which were plane shifted with the city. Outside of the mountain is the Valley of the Vigilant, where a great stone road lined with massive stone statues once led to the outside world. Now the valley functions as a square for the non-dwarven population of the city. Going up the mountainsides are large farms and houses carved right into the stone which spread to cover most of the terrain. Past the massive main gates is the entrance to the city proper, which goes deep down inside the earth. Both natural caverns and halls carved by hand fill the mountain providing space enough for an entire civilization. Notable places in the inner city include the hall of Spires which is a natural cave with thousands of stalactites and other formations that acts as a marketplace and a place for meeting for most of the populace, and the great hall of legends which has large stone pillars upon which the tapestries are draped on and which are said to be enchanted to be protected from fire and physical harm.