Keldagrim Palace



Keldagrim Palace, also known as The Consortium Palace, is a massive central structure found in the dwarven capital city of Keldagrim. The Palace plays key role in the city's governing, housing the eight companies that make up the Consortium. It is also an important center of trade, both amongst the companies and the city's residents.

The palace is amongst the oldest structures in Gielinor, having been built during the city's early days approximately 6,000 years ago. Today it continues to stand, serving as a constant reminder of the the Consortium's power and the ingenuity of the dwarves.

Amongst players, the palace is noted for its large marketplace, where players can train their thieving skill. It is also important as a means of transportation, being one of only two ways to cross the River Kelda without leaving the city.

Background
More than 6,000 years ago, following the defeat of Zaros and the banishment of the Mahjarrat Zamorak, the Third Age began. The gods and racial factions of the world, now able to act without incurring Zaros's retaliation, began to seek land and power. The gods' attempts to increase their followers' borders soon began to conflict, resulting in that would soon escalate to a 4,000-year long war that nearly destroyed the world.

The Age of Kings
A small clan of dwarves living in what is now the frigid Fremennik Province realized that the war, showing no sign of slowing, would soon force their race to extinction. Deciding they could not defend themselves against their many enemies, they secretly fled further east, to a massive mountain range on the border of the Province.

Here, beneath what is now known as Trollweiss Mountain, the dwarves established Keldagrim, a small underground city that would serve to keep them safe as they waited out the wars that raged on the surface.

As they hid, Keldagrim began to grow and flourish. Forsaking the surface, the dwarves lost all contact with anyone outside the city, a time that would be known as the Age of Kings. Using magic for the last time, the dwarves began construction on a massive palace spanning the River Kelda that divided the city. Here the dwarven monarchy would make its home for almost 5,500 years.

The Rise of the Consortium
Some 500 years ago, King Alvis of Keldagrim established the Consortium, a collection of eight powerful dwarven companies that would help to serve the monarchy in its management of Keldagrim's growing economy.

By the time of King Alvis's death, however, the Consortium had grown more powerful than the monarchy. It was decided that, with the monarchy now lacking any significant power, the city's kingship would be abolished and replaced with a company government. To facilitate this, the dwarves renovated much of the palace, creating a large meeting area on the palace's top floor and establishing the Trade Octagon and office area on the first.

Under the Consortium, Keldagrim would flourish, entering the Golden Age of the Dwarves. Today, with Keldagrim now in contact with human, the Palace continues to be an incredibly important part of Keldagrim.