Cities

Brightwater A river town with a ducal castellan and too few soldiers. Grimsgate A smelter city that eats the rim's scrap and makes the Duchy's steel. Hallowmere Capital of the Duchy of Insmother, a city of palaces, canals and slow politics. Kessit Picket A windblown picket settlement in the shadow of the listening spire. Lysse Aubrenne's trade city, where the licensed Vesk trade comes in. Ruhn Deep An ice-mining outpost dug beneath the glacier. Slagport Monthax's sprawling scrap city of breaker yards, smelters and back rooms. Talon Citadel Capital of the Vesk Empire: a fortress-city of terraces, barracks and throne halls.