U is for Untergard

Untergard. Home of “tax cheats!" Former home of “tax cheats."

Untergard, as the Graf Sternhauer knew the settlement on the River Taub, was founded by villagers running from the Graf's “unjust taxation." The settlement grew quickly and soon expanded across the river, building a robust hub of commerce with “fair tolls" to cross the river.

Unfortunately, Untergard was besieged in the Storm of Chaos in 2522-23 IC. The bridge made it a strategic prize for the forces of Chaos marching toward Middenheim. Imperial forces were victorious, but it left one half of the town destroyed and the other have in ruins. The surviving residents attempted to rebuild, but soon abandoned what remained to the forest and the roving Beastmen hordes of the Drakwald.

Today, Untergard's western ruins on the Taub are home to river pirates, Beastmen, and mutant “communes." The pirates, Beastmen, and mutants have taken to worshiping a “god" in the form of an idol made of wyrdstone. Travelers on the river and nearby roads are said to be kidnapped and set before the idol. If mutation manifests they are welcomed into the commune. If not, they are enslaved by the Beastmen or impressed into a life of piracy on the river.