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[Lore] Gaberott


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Gaberott - The Desert City of the Diamond Dogs

 

Famous for their skill in digging, the Diamond Dogs are responsible for the creation of some of modern-day Equestria’s most sprawling and deepest mines. Yet amongst everything they’ve ever bore and chiseled, nothing can compared to the subterranean masterpiece that is Gaberott. Lying partially underneath the western slopes of the central Brambe Ranges, this city is the closest thing there is to a center of Diamond Dog civilization.

 

The gates leading into the mountain interior of Gaberott are flanked on the outside by two towering statues of Diamond Dog warriors; each carved out from the sand-baked rock itself. Gaberott’s population resides underground past the gates, within a series of vast limestone caves formed by natural erosion. These bipedal canines may be infamous for their hard-nosed mining methods, but even they know better than to wildly demolish the sparkling stalactites and stalagmites the Gaberott caves are renowned for.

 

Instead, the natural caves are carefully modified as needed to transform them into scenic avenues. Various chambers like cozy living quarters, rambunctious feast halls, and tireless forges are then dug into the rock; each chamber mined out is grand enough for most outsiders to feel awed instead of claustrophobic. While there are a large number of minor Diamond Dog settlements that engage in petty banditry, the canines of Gaberott make special efforts to welcome above-ground visitors, encouraging ponies and others to purchase gemstones and the numerous products forged by the city’s smithies.

 

What the Diamond Dogs don’t permit others to see are the tombs and mines underneath the main part of Gaberott. As per Gaberott custom, great pack leaders who pass on are granted eternal rest in lavish tombs, filled to the brim with valuable treasures. Aside from dissuading would-be raiders though guard patrols, the Diamond Dogs also place great faith that their elaborate booby traps can catch trespassers. Far below the tombs are the mines themselves, only accessible from the upper levels via seemingly bottomless shafts. The air grows hot and dense this deep beneath the earth, and the tunnels become narrow and labyrinthine, but the continent’s largest supply of valuable ores like gold, iron, and diamonds can be found way down here... and the Diamond Dogs want to ensure that only they profit from these subterranean riches. The canine miners definitely don't want upstart pony miners based in Bareback Gulch to dig through their territory.....

~Canterlot Research Journal

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