“After what the Dwarves have done, it is a scar where we cannot grow. If you seek sanctuary, go there and do no more harm.” —Tree Spirits of Isonhound
Jadenhill is a town located in southern Isonhound. Originally founded as a mining colony for precious minerals, the project became abandoned and was resettled many years later as a temple devoted to Bahamut during the PR era. It is home to the Court of Quartz, which utilized illusionary magic to hide the temple's Dragonborn residents during the Second Draconic Crusades.
Population
The residents of Jadenhill are almost entirely Dragonborn, mostly of metallic ancestry. Shortly before the Second Draconic Crusades, a handful of emerald Dragonborn were born in the town. Unfamiliar with the concept of gem Dragons, these emerald children were dubbed Patinas and praised for their psionic abilities and natural prowess in sorcery. They were presumed at the time to be a blessing from Bahamut, but the actual origin of their gem ancestry remains unknown. All gem Dragonborn hatched within Jadenhill have been emerald in color, but there exists at least one resident of another gem ancestry who was adopted by the town.
Religion
The Temple on Jadenhill was settled by Bahamut worshippers and continues to be the primary religion practiced by residents of the town. For a brief period between the Razing of Isonhound and the Second Draconic Crusades, the temple also added Kragnux the Dragon Slayer to their pantheon of deities. This move made sense to the temple's elders during a moment in history when Bahamut had been banished from the realm and the only two traceable Dragons in Quelmar were spawns of Tiamat who had just laid waste to the continent of Isonhound. They soon retired Kragnux from their pantheon after his church had become radicalized against all draconic races and the temple's elders took precautions to protect the residents of Jadenhill from the impending heedless genocide.
Court of Quartz
The Court of Quartz is not so much a regal court as it is a visitors center for active and potential trade partners. The presumed high sorcerer still receives the same training as any formal courtier, but their primary duty is to wield the Selene Splinter and cast an illusionary spell over the temple in order to conceal its residents from hostile outsiders. The court once displayed a number of its gem artifacts in order to flaunt the town's trade potential, such as a Dragon egg-sized gem, but the court was ransacked during a Dragon attack in 825 PR and robbed of its collection. What remains of the court has been left shuffling to find a new means of protecting their community.
