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in 281 AR during the reign of Woldred the Diligent
to protect Cygnar’s growing river trade from brigands.
Over the years, Fort Falk has grown several times over
and become the largest instruction facility of the
Cygnaran army serving as the primary training ground
for trenchers and elite Stormblades. At any given
time, thousands of veteran troops are stationed at
Fort Falk in addition to hundreds of trainees. The fort
has become so large that it is practically a city itself,
though not entirely self-contained. A population of a
couple thousand civilians has grown outside over the
generations.
This town, also named Fort Falk, is the home of
Duke Kielon Ebonhart IV (male Midlunder Ftr9/
Stb5), ruler of the Northern Midlunds. A proud man,
the duke has recently been humbled by setbacks
in his region that include attacks by Khadoran and
Protectorate forces and the invasion of Corvis by
Vinter the Elder’s Skorne army. He holds himself
personally accountable for the latter despite being two
hundred miles away at the time. He has stepped up
scouting patrols deep into the Bloodstone Marches in
the last two years, but they have been largely fruitless.
Before recent events this post was considered relatively
sedate, responsible primarily for keeping the King’s
Highway and Black River trade safe and ensuring no
savages from the Marches pillaged nearby farming
villages. Now the soldiers here are obsessed with the
skorne and are convinced they will find more of that
peculiar race out among the sands.
The duke has been recently appointed to Corvis
where he is attempting to atone for his self-perceived
failure by organizing Cygnar’s northern defenses for
the war. With the duke away, Commander Garrett
Lord Talbot (male Midlunder Ari3/Ftr10) has been
appointed to run the fort in his stead. Garrett is a
minor noble from Fharin who insists upon being
addressed as an officer in most situations. He has often
remarked, “Every brave soldier of Cygnar is noble. The
blood he spills is more important than what blood he
owns.” The troops all love Garrett, and his frequent
inspections boost morale.
Fort Whiterock: Sometimes called “Castle
Forgotten,” Fort Whiterock is an old, crumbling
mountain fortress that appears in worse repair than
it actually is. The ancient edifice has been regularly
rebuilt and fortified, but the centuries have not been
kind and it shows evidence of long years of weathering.
Whiterock is the home of Duke Mordrin Sunbright II
(male Midlunder Rgr12) and his family who watch over
the expanse of the Western Midlunds. A small village
has grown at the base of Whiterock Hill below the
fortress along the banks of the Banwick River. There
is some river trade from Lake Rimmocksdale, but the
current here is swift and the rapids dissuade all but the
most courageous boatmen. No major roads come into
this region although a number of old cart tracks and
mountain trails connect some of the nearby villages.
Even the “reliable” old trading road to Point Bourne is
frequently washed away during flood season.
The Royal Assembly considers Duke Sunbright
an eccentric. He is an aging ranger with a devoted
following of scouts and woodsmen, called the
Sunbright Yeomen, who patrol the scattered villages of
the Gnarls and the northern Wyrmwall. Their numbers
are barely sufficient to provide assistance in this region,
and King Leto has made no recent demands on them.
The Sunbright family has a storied past of service to
Cygnar including among their ancestors King Bolton
Grey V the Blessed, one of the more beloved kings in
Cygnaran history.
Winds of War
the Western midlunds haVe been terrorized by Cryxian
raiders belieVed to be operating from hidden mainland bases.
Cryxian elements haVe saCked and burned many farms and
small Villages in the northern region, retreating before
reinforCements arriVe. the sunbright yeomen are attempting
to find these Culprits and proteCt Communities but haVe had
diffiCulty traCking doWn the enemy. this region is Very large
and only sparsely inhabited leaVing endless aCres of Wilderness
to CoVer. duke sunbright may be forCed to resort to hiring
merCenaries to help proteCt this region While his men look
for the sourCe of the problem. the raiders haVe hit farms
almost all the Way to bainsmarket and haVe also been seen
near fisherbrook, thus beComing a ConCern of stonebridge
Castle as Well. duke sunbright suspeCts Collaboration With
the Cryxians and belieVes they must originally haVe Crossed
the northern border from the dragon’s tongue Via fiVe
fingers.
Northguard: Northguard is a massive fortified
castle, built at great expense at the northernmost
tip of Cygnar on stone imported from both the
Wyrmwall and the southern mountains of Rhul. It
dominates the hillock upon which it sits and seems
to stare across the nine miles of watery fen to its
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