Steelrun

Role: Train Hub and Industrial Corridor

Description: Steelrun is the central hub of Khador’s rail network, where most of the kingdom’s train lines converge. The city is dominated by colossal rail stations, mechanical workshops, and factories dedicated to the maintenance and improvement of Khador’s trains. Steam engines of every size and shape are built and tested here, and the city is also home to Khador’s train engineers’ guild, which holds great influence. Steelrun is where the kingdom’s industrial heart beats strongest, connecting every corner of Khador through its network of iron rails.

Features: The rail stations are vast, with trains constantly arriving and departing. Workshops are filled with mechanics and engineers tinkering with engines, and it’s said that Steelrun’s engineers are among the most talented in all of Tekhan. 

Upper Steelrun

Mayor: Caelric Damar Voss

GOVERNING BODY: The Brass Senate of Charter Houses - A council of aristocratic industrial families:

• House Damar (administration / rail law)
• House Veltrin (cybernetics licensing)
• House Orren (magical engineering patents)
• House Kess (transport monopolies)
• House Sablemarch (security + internal intelligence)

Noteworthy Locations in Upper Steelrun

• The Prism Spire of Records
• The Grand Rail Concourse of Steelrun
• The Aurora Operahouse of Mechanized Choirs
• The Damar Civic Palace

Major Guilds

The Iron Concord of Foundrywrights

Metal shaping, industrial fabrication
Controls 60% of Steelrun output
Leader: Master Forgebinder Halric Stenn

The Coilwright Syndicate

Cybernetics, prosthetics, augmentation
Leader: Doctor Seraphine Coil

The Rune-Engineers of Brynvek Circle

Magical coding, runic infrastructure
Leader: Brynja Ironvein

The Railway Dominion Compact

Rail logistics, intercity transport control
Leader: Executor Tamsin Krail

The Guild of Silent Maintenance

Sewer systems, hidden infrastructure, forgotten tunnels
Leader: Unknown (rumored collective intelligence)

Lower Steelrun

Mayor: The Ash-King of Cinder Docks

Noteworthy Locations in Lower Steelrun

The Cinder Docks

Massive river shipping yards
Where rail meets water industry

The Seven Foundry Rings

Layered industrial megaforges
Each ring hotter and more automated than the last

The Prosthetic Graveyards

Dumping grounds for failed augmentation systems
Machines sometimes reassemble themselves at night

The Sub-Rail Labyrinth

Abandoned rail tunnels beneath Steelrun

The First Engine Chamber

Deepest point beneath both city halves

Major Guilds

The Rivetblood Unions

Labor collectives controlling dock/foundry labor
Violent but protective of workers
Leader: Mara “Red Rivet” Korr

The Scrap-Saints of the Undercause

Cybernetic scavenger monks
Believe machine parts contain “ancestral echoes”
Leader: No Current Official Leader

The Black Rail Cartels

Smuggling, illegal augmentations, rogue rail routing
Leader: “Switch” Elvar Dune

The Furnace Choir

Workers in core industrial heat zones
Begin chanting in synchronized industrial rhythms
Leader: No Official Leader