Fortress Haven and the accompanying Haven Town[1] had been one of the first settlements of the Crimson Guard on Stratem.[2] It lay in a bay on the western coast of the inland Sea of Chimes. The gray stone fortress sat on a cliff, its towers rising well above the tree line overlooking an abandoned village of modest huts and a pair of rotting docks. An overgrown path led through the dense brush to the fortress. Inland beyond the settlement was virgin forest.[3]
To the north was the settlement of Thickton.[4]
Fortress Haven was one of a number of Guard fortresses built along their southern shores. Others included North Bastion, Thick, Exile, and the Iron Citadel.[5]
In Return of the Crimson Guard[]
Fortress Haven was where Lieutenant Skinner pledged to meet the rest of the Guard once the Diaspora ended. All Guard forces gathering there would then fall under his command.[6]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Assail (novel), Chapter 2, US HC p.69
- ↑ Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.148
- ↑ Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.146/148/149/163
- ↑ Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.166
- ↑ Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.149
- ↑ Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.148