Haldrim Gate

Haldrim Gate stands not just as a city, but as a monumental living fortress. Etched into the resource-rich mountains separating Karnatel from The Red Waste, it is most easily recognizable by its enormous reinforced gate made of pistons, rotating wards, and gear-lock mechanisms.
  The Red Waste and the mountains bordering it are seen as an untapped resource of the land. Any land stained by so much blood and dark magic is bound to have great, but terrible resources. Bands of The Forged and automatons will venture into the mountains, or the Red Waste itself, searching for resources and beasts to harvest. The looming threat of The Scourge is ever constant here, and although He is rarely spotted so close to the edge of the territory, massive cannons and auto-ballistae line the perimeter, trained on the Red Waste. The Ashen Maw are considered a threat to resourcThe Ashen Mawwell, and are considered demons beyond repair and rationale. All resources, automata, and people are inspected before being allowed re-entry into the city upon returning.
  A permanent forensic division of The Ascendants is stationed here to examine corrupted forms and tainted resources for value. While resources pass freely from Haldrim Gate to other cities, personnel are only able to leave following deep testing and observation. The people here don't mind this though, they are proud to guard Veltraxis' domain and provide such invaluable reVeltraxis