| Category | Hills |
| Continent | Karterus |
| Region | Azrik |
| Map | Vetoubahr |
The Pugad hills stretch from the Runners Leap cliffs across the breadth of Vetoubahr and into the Moredhel valley. In the Lith-Crillion Era, a few years after the founding of Merorarg, gold was discovered here. This led to a gold rush that within a few decades revived Tragaran economy and culture, not seen since the Varelay Upheaval (2608 LE - 16 HE). Iron and zinc were also found in the hills, but they were already plentiful and much easier to extract from where the Mern meets the foothills of the Kimaris mountains. Over the centuries, the Pugad's upper deposits were depleted, so the miners delved deeper. At 3000 feet, they entered the Underdark reaches of Fangath, where they eventually encountered Galir-Khizad and Hlothrabatta. The goblins and Mîmêk of what were then city-states often fought with the Tragarans over these mines, which are collectively known as the Pugad Dig.
Late in the First Epoch, Pugad served as the territorial boundary between the minotaurs of southern Azrik and the Niratar Theocracy. When these minotaurs united to form the Ba'lith Empire, they set the national objective of seizing Pugad and its rich gold mines. During the Pugad War (812 - 817), the minotaurs captured the hills, the Niratar city of Merorarg, and lands as far as the Ezdynn River.
Today, Pugad is peppered with hundreds of mines. Some of these are no longer active, serving as the lairs of beasts and monsters or even as domiciles for those too impoverished to reside in Merorarg.