The Sealing of Mawhold

The Sealing of Mawhold is Kharod's necessary wound. Inner gates were closed against invasion while hundreds of allied fighters remained outside, and the fortress survived by making a decision descendants still spit over. Those inside remember starvation, screaming hinges, smoke, and the relief of doors holding. Those descended from the abandoned remember names, not strategy. The event shaped the law of the Maw Key because Kharod learned that survival can poison every later command. It is old now, but not past; every gate order still hears its echo.