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The Fortified city of Alstaad (North Gate Garrison)
Posted on August 11, 2025 in Steel-Realms
The Fortified city of Alstaad, also called “Garrison City”, is the Settlement behind the The Autumn Wall at North Gate Garrison. It is one of the many North Gate Garrison Locations and Areas and holds over 150,000 inhabitants, and the reinforced main keep holds some 40,000. It is a staging point, where new soldiers arrive and are posted from. Its outer walls can technically hold about 300,000 if it has to, and has been used as a rally point when the main defenses have failed several times over the ages. Its walls all have the Anvil of Mizras treatment. When the wall is overrun, the gate will shut and the battlement will be lit with the bright Light of Virtue, administered by the Lightbringer’s clergy. This can light up the entire area around it and in it.
Like Pacification Garrisons, the administration of the civilians is given over to the authority of the local Lord – the Duke of the The Grand Duchy of Rhyl. The administrative offices are located outside the keep, behind the main walls. There is a massive processing station and small town outside the southern gate, where the new arrivals are processed.
Institution & Group Representation
Autumn Armories: All along The Autumn Wall, armories are proficient at making the basics of the Redbrand Armory of Redmark‘s Redbrand Doublet = though the crafting mark and specific refinements the source armory makes are not handled by the Autumn Armories.
This locale has a Chapter House of the Narcosan Order of Necromancers in Saltmarch.
It has a major installation for the Bank of the Silver Stacks. There is also an Office for Reclamation of the Wyld projects here, mostly involving the Hoarblight.
Crime: Though this place may have a couple local gangs, the predominant Rhylian Criminal Presence is The Dead Hand. They ONLY deal with smuggle luxuries and civilian goods – NEVER interfering with military process or goods.
Briarwood Presence: This location has the presence of a typical Rhylian Briarwood.
Beastwood Presence: This location has the presence of a typical Rhylian Beastwood.
Hospitals
Recovery Process: The various faiths represented at The Autumn Wall and the Rhylander Green Conjurists organize most of the Recovery Operations at North Gate Garrison to ensure evil auras, curses, taints and corruptions don’t enter the ranks of those serving or the lands behind the wall.
Encounters & Dangers in the Area
See Encounters in the Grand Duchy of Rhyl for common potential scenarios of notable events and creatures.
- Normal Settlement Encounters > Patrols | Recruiting | Sellers | Begging | Crime
Chronicle/Facts of the Locale
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Pervasive Knowledge / Very Easy Difficulty
Information Sources: Mundane Reference | Associated Phenomenology Only | Specific Lore
For those native to or long-dwelling in the region, ALL Common Knowledge may be Pervasive.
Rhyl General Events
CY 2330’s Fall of East / Rise of the Dark Lands (Orrishai Abandoned); Refugees flee – some cross the Tolkisson Mountain Range into the ‘Lands of Rhylan’ that would become the Kingdoms of old Rhylan and finally The Grand Duchy of Rhyl.
CY 5580 Fall of Dundaria in the North – Frostfang spreads, the Lich Lord power rises. Horses of the undead, fortunately disorganized (at first), sweep south and west from the heart of old Dundaria.
CY 5980 The Kingdoms of old Rhylan united settled as a single Kingdom of Rhyl to fight the Lich Lords drive south. After centuries of warfare between territories and races, the common cause of the threat to the north secures a lasting peace.
CY 6514 The Grand Duchy of Rhyl is created by the High King. In exchange for the resources and organization that can be brought to bear against the now organized undead armies, the lands become part of the High King’s domain.
CY 7007 The area of North Gate Garrison freed & The Red March created; Money, supplies, and manpower flow into the north to fight the Lich Lords.
Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty
For those native to or long-dwelling in the region, ALL Common Knowledge may be Pervasive.
City of Redmark (start of ‘The Red March’)
Posted on July 26, 2025 in Steel-Realms
The City of Redmark is a large, bustling city Settlement and the starting point of “The Red March”, and the capital of the Barony of Redmark. Supplies and troops are constantly flowing through it and its port. It is the permanent home for two mercenary companies that have been established for over 200 years, and barracks just outside the port as part of the Castris Leonis. There is also an Office for Reclamation of the Wyld projects here, mostly involving the Hoarblight. This location bears the Frost-Melded mark an ancient encounter with the Dragon of Rhyl.
The scope of the land traffic and port traffic at the city that begins The Red March is impressive by any measure. The city is made for war. It runs day and night, non-stop, every day of the year. There is a constant flow of goods and bodies going north, and a smaller flow returning to leave for their homes after years of service – many wounded, and all with a haunted look in their eyes.
It is where the road AND the Red Rail line of The Red March begins.
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- This location as a Autumnleaf Ale Houses.
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+ Hartwood Presence: This location leans heavily to the Wyld Faith, and has the presence of both Rhylian Briarwood and Rhylian Beastwood.
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Encounters & Dangers in the Area
See Encounters in the Grand Duchy of Rhyl for common potential scenarios of notable events and creatures.
- Normal Settlement Encounters > Patrols | Recruiting | Sellers | Begging | Crime
The south side beacon in the Barony of Astret on Sentinel Hill can be seen by the territories that border the Caolite Basin/Lake Caolite; There is an accompanying beacon in City of Redmark atop Illisain’s Tower (but lacks the visibility range).
Occult/Magi Services: General Occult Services is provided here mostly by Quizmans Magusterum in Rhyl. The other Orders of Magi generally focus their efforts on supplying and defending The Red March and North Gate Garrison against the forces of The Lich Lords.
Locations of Quizmans Within Rhyl
The Monument of Broken Queens (ruins, Rhyl)
Posted on July 25, 2025 in Steel-Realms
The ancient city of Telaya – now called The Monument of Broken Queens – lies upon the Red March to the north, about half way to North Gate Garrison. It is a ruins now, its outer walls stripped to be used in fortifications and buildings elsewhere. Spurs were built around the city, reconnecting the main road of The Red March that used to run directly through the city. It was once the largest city (Population 40,000) of those settlements along the march, supplying the fortress of North Gate Garrison. Like many, it was a dangerous place with many attempts to infiltrate it and destroy it made by the Lich Lords. Inhabitants were paid the ‘Red Stipend’ to offset the danger. The limits and stipulations for Historical Designation and Exploration in the Steel Realms are well documented.
The Rhylan East High Road starts at the Eastern Gate of the capital city of Rhylan and goes east to connect up with The Red March at The Monument of Broken Queens.
Queensarc
The town of Queensarc is the arching road that goes around the west side of the ruins. It is a supply depot for the road itself and a resting point.
Chronicle of the Locale
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Pervasive Knowledge / Very Easy Difficulty
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Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty
It is abandoned now, and the north-south road that once lead through it was diverted around it. Its remnants of the stone has been picked over and taken over the centuries for other settlements in the area. The crumbling remains of the Queens Tower (barracks and watch tower) yet survives, on the east side of the city amidst the crumbling ruins. On the west side is still the ruins of the Cathedral of Tenya – the broken massive stained glass window that once looked East just a gaping maw now. No one goes there but locals have been stealing stones from it for a thousand years.
The stones of the wall were actually torn down to prevent the creatures the Lich Lords summoned inside of it through the Hoarwind from using them for cover.
Dwarves built the spur roads around the ruined city that re-connected the main road of The Red March. They were built using the wall stones, pulled down and used as flagstones to support new supports for the Red Rail of The Red March.
Uncommon Knowledge / Average Difficulty
There is also an Office for Reclamation of the Wyld projects outside the environs, mostly involving the Hoarblight that constantly strikes the ruins. There is still enough residual magic that the effect can be held at bay with powerful divine magic, but no reclamation has been able to be done within the boundary of the old outer wall of the city.
Scarce Knowledge / Hard Difficulty
It was notable that it was maned by a battalion of the Queensguard of the High Kings army. It ultimately shared the same fate as many of the settlements along the way, and was eventually assaulted, sacked and repeatedly undermined by hordes of undead sent by the Lich Lords. When it finally fell, The Queensguard of The High King’s army sacrificed themselves to allow the inhabitants to get away.
City of Sheffet (capital of Kopriane; Rhyl)
Posted on May 28, 2025 in Steel-Realms
Sheffet is the Settlement capital of the Barony of Kopriane in the County of Dunaine. Sheffet is a compact city that is constantly bustling, located on primary roads and trade routes with several goods coming from mines and camps and goods being brought to its central “Colban Market” – known locally for its ‘frost pickles’, winter rye, yellow wool wide sashes, and the outfitter camp, ‘Camp Topaz’ which handles some mining supplies and tourism for hikes. The people of Sheffet are hardy and accept outsides more than most nearby – because of their position as a trade hub. Sometimes, rarely, elves or dwarves are seen in town, though it is mostly human and a large extended family of halflings that moved from the Barony of Elik-Sa a couple hundred years ago.
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- This locale has a Chapter House of the Narcosan Order of Necromancers in Saltmarch.
This locale trains characters in the practice of the Rhylian Undead Hunters.
- This location as a Autumnleaf Ale Houses.
- {inst-name} > Primary Services Secondary Services
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This Locale has a Office of the Herald representing the local Lord/Lady; Rhylan heralds all follow the Heraldic Boreal Tradition.
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Encounters & Dangers in the Area
See Encounters in the Grand Duchy of Rhyl for common potential scenarios of notable events and creatures.
- Normal Settlement Encounters > Patrols | Recruiting | Sellers | Begging | Crime
Known For: It supplies The Hornguard of Rhyl. There is also an Office for Reclamation of the Wyld projects here, mostly involving the Hoarblight.
Rulership: Mayor Sira honorable Claude Tovil (family granted mayoral control for 100 years in CY 9130 for heroic deeds).
- It is the seat of the Baronial Family power – Morglayne Baronial Family
Faith Services: The following faiths are represented by at least a Shrine and some clergy offering succor to followers in this location:
- Cults, Orders and Sects of Gaia (The Green Mother)
- Cults, Orders and Sects of Germaena (Lady of Earth)
Occult/Magi Services: General Occult Services is provided here mostly by Quizmans Magusterum in Rhyl. The other Orders of Magi generally focus their efforts on supplying and defending The Red March and North Gate Garrison against the forces of The Lich Lords.
Locations of Quizmans Within Rhyl
Chronicle/Facts of the Locale
Knowledge is broken down by ease of discovery/availability & Meticulous Record Keeping may improve usability; Any attempt to know more than what's Pervasive will require a reference, source, knowledge, check, or access to someone who can get or provide either of these. Specific Lores may increase the chance of knowing specific elements.
Pervasive Knowledge / Very Easy Difficulty
Information Sources: Mundane Reference | Associated Phenomenology Only | Specific Lore
For those native to or long-dwelling in the region, ALL Common Knowledge may be Pervasive.
Rhyl General Events
CY 2330’s Fall of East / Rise of the Dark Lands (Orrishai Abandoned); Refugees flee – some cross the Tolkisson Mountain Range into the ‘Lands of Rhylan’ that would become the Kingdoms of old Rhylan and finally The Grand Duchy of Rhyl.
CY 5580 Fall of Dundaria in the North – Frostfang spreads, the Lich Lord power rises. Horses of the undead, fortunately disorganized (at first), sweep south and west from the heart of old Dundaria.
CY 5980 The Kingdoms of old Rhylan united settled as a single Kingdom of Rhyl to fight the Lich Lords drive south. After centuries of warfare between territories and races, the common cause of the threat to the north secures a lasting peace.
CY 6514 The Grand Duchy of Rhyl is created by the High King. In exchange for the resources and organization that can be brought to bear against the now organized undead armies, the lands become part of the High King’s domain.
CY 7007 The area of North Gate Garrison freed & The Red March created; Money, supplies, and manpower flow into the north to fight the Lich Lords.
Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty
For those native to or long-dwelling in the region, ALL Common Knowledge may be Pervasive.
High Temple of Ikribu (“The Dawn Forge”)
Posted on August 1, 2024 in Steel-Realms
The city of Oerdney in The Kingdom of Gladnor is home to the High Temple of Ikribu, chief reliquary and home of the clergy to Ikribu of the Lightbringers. There is also an Office for Reclamation of the Wyld projects here.
It is here that one of the components of the renowned vials of Hearthlight come from.