The Azure Fortress is the central defensive citadel of Glastumville, an Archontean imperial work built during the consolidation of the valley of the Barrado Balacán. It is also called the Citadel of Azure, the Blue Citadel, or simply the Fortress.
| Type | Place (fortress) |
| Spanish entry | Fortaleza Azur |
Description
- Blue-gray stone from Mount Ennio, which looks blue in direct sun.
- Three concentric rings of walls.
- A central tower with an astrological observatory (from Mithraic oath doctrine), watched by the Custodes Oculis Solis.
- A parade ground with ceremonial liturgy; underground imperial archives.
Role
Military: an Archontean guard corps under the Mithraic oath watches the valley’s trade routes, visitors and the descent into the mega-dungeon, in concert with the Imperial Church.
Administrative: imperial register of inhabitants, taxation of the Factorial Merchants, surveillance of the Benevolent Brotherhood, and a provincial archive.
The guard’s oath is renewed on the parade ground each solstice. Decadian doctrine holds that if the guard broke it, the Fortress would fall even if its stones stood.
Personnel
- Eusebia Phokas, an imperial figure in Glastumville.
- A corps of Archontean captains (name not recorded).
- Administrative subprefects.
Relationships
- Factorial Merchants (house of Theron Glesteon) — official allies; the Fortress escorts their long routes.
- Benevolent Brotherhood (Wicktrimmer’s fraternity) — tactical tolerance; their routes are watched but not closed.
- Adventurers’ community / Council of Delvers (Kaitor the Red) — ad hoc contracts; the Fortress validates or rejects expeditions to the mega-dungeon as imperial interest dictates.
See also
- Drusus IX the Pale, emperor whose administration sustains it