Sarrak Turūnd

Sarrak Turūnd (meaning Sarrak's Great Hold-Beneath-the-Stone) is a dwarfhold based in the south-central highlands of Caledon. The dwarfhold is unusual for its power structure, where a single dwarf rules the hold unilaterally (as opposed to the kadak system all other holds use).

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Government
Sarrak Turūnd currently operates under a monarchy, with King Halfdan I as the head of state. King Halfdan is not officially a king, rather the 'Prime Kadak', a role unique to the hold. Through various political dealing and manoeuvring, Halfdan managed to force the other kadaks to nominate him for the new position and step down, leaving him the only person in the hold with power. In the intervening decades, he has begun to style himself as King rather than Prime Kadak, emulating the surface kingdoms of the humans and introducing the concept of the Mandate of Divinity to the dwarfhold.

Most of the other dwarfholds consider him a tyrant and a despot for assuming absolute power and dismantling the just rule of the kadaks. However the hold has had a great boost in relations with the nearby human kingdoms of [blank] and [blank], owing in part to the more familiar leadership structure being easier to deal and negotiate with. This has, in turn, fostered a greater amount of trading with the nearby nations, and Sarrak Turūnd is currently one of the richest of the dwarfholds.