Cowardhold

Cowardhold is a community comprised mostly of foreign Dwarves who immigrated during the reign of the empire.

History
During the occupation of Ardfarjord by the Kingsreach Empire, Dwarves served in highly skilled professional roles such as engineers and smiths vital to any long term military operation. For their service the Empire bequeathed land and materials for the construction of the a settlement on the island.

Although the Dwarves are called a variety of pejoratives by both servants of the Empire and the native denizens of Ardfarjord, the name of "Cowardhold" was bestowed upon the city by the Dwarves themselves as they saw their displacement from their homelands as a shame upon them and their ancestors for not fighting to the death to protect their ancestral cities in the Underdark.