Ironguard Motte is one of the three settlements of the barrow zone, with Helix and Bogtown, on the southern edge of the valley of Valakhan of the Mist.
| Type | Place (settlement) |
| World phase | Medieval Vala |
| Spanish entry | Ironguard Motte — el asentamiento del norte de los túmulos |
Barrow zone
The three settlements are named together as the area of the ancient barrows, warrior tombs tied to the chthonic or to something worse. Its fame is that of the barrow field: in recent seasons, even in winter, adventurers have been looting there and running from giant scorpions. This news circulates on the Blackwater barge, weeks away (Blackwater frontier, year 724).
Trade
The Silver Standard Caravan, which opened a trade path through the forest among Helix, Ironguard Motte and Bogtown, is based here. Its representative in the southern markets runs the emporiums; the company also works rumor as a tool.
The path had a price: the company razed a forest sanctuary, killed the bees and took what honey remained. The tribe went to war for its sacred ground and died in it. The road is laid over that.
The Ironguard house
The name is also that of a house. In the valley’s present cycle, Crotos Ironguard, son of the region’s baron, is the settlement’s feudal authority. He governs with a seneschal as second, placed by his father to set him straight, and frequents the town’s gambling house, where he lends and collects services.
Open questions
- Whether the motte is the seat of the Ironguard house or only shares its name is not fixed; the coincidence is recorded, the relationship is not.
See also
- Sapphire Company: quartered in a fort of the same zone