Teryk

Teryk is a border fort and attached village in the north of Sair, ruled by Count Roland Varnel. Since the borderlands legions were called south two years ago, the garrison has run thin — desertion has become a real problem, and the Count has little strength to spare beyond his walls.

The Black Puddings came here to deliver the deserter Peleos (Session 16) and have used the town as a base for expeditions toward the Hole in the Oak.

The fort and village

• The villa — the Count’s seat, where he hears petitioners; its dinner table is presided over by Contessa Selenia Varnel, a classically educated woman of Metrol who delights in the Empire’s great writers and philosophers.
• Headquarters and parade ground — where Captain Axios Ilarion, a grizzled and devout soldier, drills what troops remain.
• The hospital — run by Attendant Garalen, an aging, white-mantled healer of Talavosh who tends soldier and civilian alike (the party owes him for curing their enervation — Session 17).
• The Historical archives — offered freely to the party by Count Roland; the Imperial annalist Hometri Socolo can identify items, decipher scrolls, and interpret old carvings.
• The commissary and stables — overseen by Quartermaster Koinos Thales, a sharp mind behind an oafish face, and a formidable player of Kyrpeges, the Sairan wargame.
• The forum — where Merchant Guildmaster Aeropos Karanos offers storage, loans, and money-changing.
• The bathhouse and the Traveler’s Inn — where everyone, from soldiers to spies, eventually turns up.

Other notables

• Arven the Amazing — the Count’s court magist, a broad-shouldered astrologer and enchanter who dislikes being interrupted (he identified the Sword of Beguiling).
• Casino — a retired construct adventurer, good with maps, whose speech sometimes slips into garbled noise. He runs the local (nonlethal) fighting ring, where Vezhka earned the name “One-Punch” (Session 16).
• Lieutenant Nerra Valek — a formidable young officer.
• Corvin Hale — a watchman who owes Fenmyra a good turn.

See also

• Bastion · Roland Varnel · Ravenholt Monastery (on the road south)