Hilt

Hilt is a fortress located in Nightshade Pass in the Blackblade Range. Hilt guards the only known mountain pass between western Midmaer and south Paladis.

Hilt was built by the military branch of the Obsidians in the era of the Blade of the Avatar novella. The purpose was twofold: to serve as a heavily defensive structure to guard the only known pass through the Blackblade Range, and as an extravagant symbol of vanity to the Obsidian Army; the stone likeness of the four generals of the army was carved into the cliffs themselves.

There is a labyrinth of caverns beneath Hilt that had, perhaps foolishly, not been completely explored during Hilt's construction. It is down here that the Obsidians built the Tombs of Eternity. 