Tour de la Torche

Tour de la Torche is a small Brelon fort near the Dagger Wood in western Brelande. It provides lighthouse services for ships navigting the Hilt. While geographically close to Sharn, duty at the fort is ill-considered and those stationed there often must endure their stay like a sentence, spending their days in boredom, despite the occasional dangelr of brigands or trouble from the nearby jungle in the form of wild animals or monsters.

Fort, Population 80 Little more than a heavy stockade around a collection of homes, barracks, and a single fortified tower, Tour de la Torche began as a simple lighthouse to aid sailors in navigating the Hilt. The isolated location required the addition of homes and some services to maintain the lighthouse. Attacks by wild creatures forced the construction of more elaborate defenses and the addition of a garrison. The garrison’s small magical arsenal prompted raids by brigands, forcing the keep to enlarge yet again until the site has become something between a lighthouse and a true fortress. Assignment to the keep is viewed as a six-month sentence by most posted there. The location is not far from Sharn, but leaves to visit the city are granted only rarely. The keep is reputedly haunted, and the glare from the powerful beacon atop the keep’s only tower ensures that no night’s sleep is entirely restful. The proximity of the Tilorn Jungle provides dangelr and sometimes welcome relief from boredom, with garrison members occasionally mounting expeditions to capture rare and valuable birds to supplement their military pay. Officially, visitors are unwelcome, but in practice a few small bribes can quickly convert the keep into an excellent base camp for expeditions into the jungles of the Tilorn Reach from its eastern edge.