Trial Forge

The Trial Forge is a large temple to Kord in the Braving Grounds District of Vasselheim, led by Earthbreaker Groon. The Trial Forge also serves as a meditation and physical training center.

Exterior
An impressive sight from the exterior, the Trial Forge, colored in dark, red rusted iron. It features steps leading up to giant (25 to 30-foot-tall), reddish doors that block the entrance and flanked by the Bastions keeping guard. Atop the temple, a gargantuan statue of Kord looms over the entire district. The statue depicts a musclebound titan of a figure standing heroically with a giant beard, bracers on his arms, and one knee raised.

Interior
Inside the temple, sage and other herbs are burned to ceremonially cleanse the area of evil spirits and create an atmosphere conducive to meditation. The building itself consists of two long hallways that intersect into a central chamber with a raised dais, upon which shine multicolored beams of light. The halls are each essentially one long arch, about eighty-five to one hundred feet tall, forming into a giant cross-like shape, as both sides of the temple meet in the center. They built from a thick, sturdy, reddish stone, the floor are a polished black marble with gold streaks through it. In the center, there is a circular dip in the ground, about four feet down, filled with a coarse sand. On the opposite end, there is a tarnished silver bell.

Individuals in gold and red robes often walk throughout the temple, though their regalia is simpler than that of the Earthbreaker, and when Vox Machina spoke to them, they did not respond.

Notable people

 * Earthbreaker Groon: The Dawn Marshal of the Braving Grounds and the highest-ranking religious leader of Kord's worship in Vasselheim.