Drarrol Isle

The Geography of Drarrol Isle is a mix between black sand beaches, windy plateaus raised far above the ocean, and steep towering cliffs, making it a harsh and unyielding environment to the unprepared.   The eastern most part of the island, is the on average tallest area of the island. Rising gradually from the outskirts of Bosta all the way to the steep drop of the cliff end the peninsula, the large plateau is known for high winds and low foliage. The entire eastern side of the island is one large cliffside most of which has large jagged rocks in the ocean below.   The central part of the island is mostly dominated by the large dormant shield volcano and the town of Bosta that lies from it's feet and all the way to the ocean, to the south. The area north of the volcano is inhabitable by most people and creatures, as it is a swamp land of near boiling temperatures, and geisers, at the center of which there is an ancient petrified forest.   The western side of the island is part cliffs, forest and beaches. The terrain rises into two smaller plateaus southwest- and northeast of Bosta. The western plateau is one of the few agricultural areas of Drarrol Isle, as it lies in somewhat cover from the otherwise unforgiving winds of the island. The areas are maintained by a few farming collectives. The northeastern plateau is dominated by the only true forest of Drarrol Isle. The forest is ancient, and dominated by old gnarly trees and has a throny and unwelcoming underbush. At the end of the forest is the town of Hurgargen, which lies at the foot of a sudden near vertical rise of the deep grey cliff the plateau lies on, and into which the mines of Hurgargen is.
The two plateaus create a lowland functioning as a passage way leading to the fishing town Ehlahlid. This area is dominated by black sand beaches, and tidal pools in the rugged basalts that lies nearest the cliffs of the plateaus.

The climate of Drarrol Isle is cold and stormy, with strong gales sweeping across the island. Rain is frequent, but unlike the mainland, snow rarely lingers for long due to the island’s unnatural heat. The volcanic activity provides warmth to the land, keeping it just above freezing even in the heart of winter, though the air is thick with an ever-present scent of sulfur and salt. The volcanic heating combined with the cold and damp weather means that the island and surrounding sea is often covered ina thick fog. One of the few areas that are somewhat sheltered from the wind are the plateau southeast of Bosta.

Drarrol Isle, while officially within the governance of the Kingdom of Dinemire, has notoriously functioned as a self-governing state within the Kingdom. Ruled by a Laird like all other Chiefdoms of the Kingdom, its governance remains unremarkable, however diggin deeper into the history of the Lairds, it becomes unusual. Most Chiefdoms have been governed by the same clan for hundreds of years, but due to the competition between clans and dying family lines by a lack of sons, only few have lines further back than 1000 years. Drarrol Isle has never known a time when they weren't ruled by the firstborn sons of the Bosta Clan.
For the thousands of years that Dwarves has existed, the island has been ruled by the Bosta Clan. Once Kings, they bend their knees during the unification, but under the condition that they choose their own governance.   The reign of the Bosta's ended in 3143, when Bathilda Byben and her Redeemed, entered the island and killed the Kerr Bosta. The killing of the Laird broke an until then unknown bond between the people of Drarrol Isle and the Bosta Clan, as they found themselves aware of their knew Lairdess. Within days petitioner arrived to proclaim their fealty to their new leader, and news arrived that the first born son of Kerr Bosta had killed himself, rather than go proclaim his fealty.