Hi welcome to the COE community. i invite you to read our duchy post https://chroniclesofelyria.com/forum/topic/13170/duchy-of-lyonaspire-create we have many town and county that are devoted to the blacksmithing and metallurgy .
If you have any question feel free to join our discord: https://discord.gg/mPtPg5r
welcome to the community. If your looking to be a blacksmith in CoE and to raise through the ranks, contact me to join my county as i can set you to work in my arena, which will be going through lots of weapons and armour. I do not have a blacksmith yet so you'll be the first point of call for that type of thing, should you want to be.
If you want to be in an area that has lots of blacksmiths, then my county won't be for you, however if you go somewhere with lots of blacksmiths, it will be harder to sell your gear because everyone will be selling weapons and armour.
I only just now noticed your message. The town of Brash might interest you. We are one of the few dedicated Hrothi towns. If you want to check us out, I made a post on the forums here: Brash
The Duchy of Anor within the Demalion Empire is planning to settle in the Grasslands/Alpine Forest/Mountain Steppe biomes with access to the Neran, Brudvir and Hrothi tribes.
Feel free to check out their website and join their Discord for a chat. Discord link is on the website.
Cheers.