"Hochland was once the light of the East. Now, it’s just embers."
- —A Hergig Refugee[1a]
The capital of Hochland, Hergig is home to the Ludenhof family and was once the site of a mighty fortress, originally with a population of 9,200.[1b]
Hergig was also home to the Hochland College of Sorcery, a school licensed by the Emperor for the academic study of magic and its theory. With quarries nearby, the town before the Storm of Chaos was rebuilding itself as a modern place of stone and brick, its small Dwarf Quarter supplying their skills in the construction. It is also the site of the Gate of the East bridge, which in the past has been the focus of battles between the expansionist Counts of Ostland and Hochlanders.[1b]
Hergig suffered greatly in the war, with the city itself falling after a horrendous siege that saw great fires spread outward from the old quarters. The great keep was the last to fall, and that thanks only to the skilled magic of the College’s instructors and the bravery of the Count’s soldiers. Now, with the enemy gone, for now, at least, Count Ludenhof has returned from Talabheim, where he fled at the city’s fall, and he has begun rebuilding and re-establishing his rule over Hochland.[1b]
Trivia[]
It is likely that Hochergig, the largest city of the Cherusen, is an older name for modern Hergig.