Ember Cairn

Ember Cairn is the ancestral home of the dragonborn and headquarters of the Arcanist Inquisition. The Age of Expansion saw human armies raze the Ember Cairn, driving the dragonborn from the Shattered Peaks.   After uncountable years of wandering, the Dragonborn finally returned to their ancestral home of Ember Cairn when Valieda the Unifier returned their homeland to them. Thanks to the generosity of Sagrado Valieda, they were able to reconstruct their city. In return, the dragonborn abandoned their gods in favor of Empyreus’s teachings. Therpenan dragonborn are the most zealous inquisitors, functioning as the Cathedral of Embers’ protectors.   Some legends still tell how tall the original ancient city was, perched on a high mountain, made entirely of granite. The fact that they don’t agree on what exceptional cataclysm destroyed the mountain, and the city along with it, mattered not for Dragonborns, who had already turned their backs on the past. They settled in the center of the irregular and tortured mountain area known as the Shattered Peaks, and built their new city to the glory of the Arch Seraphs.   The highest honor was reserved for Empyreus, whose impressive three-hundred-foot-tall statue occupies the main square. Once again, the city is mainly built of granite quarried from the three nearest peaks, which were slowly consumed and incorporated into the structure of the city.