Emberfall Village

Nestled in a valley where volcanic ash settles like grey snow, Emberfall is home to farmers who cultivate heat-loving crops in the geothermally warmed soil. The village glows faintly at night from the magma vents that run beneath its foundations. Korrin Hold on the ridge above provides its only military protection. Within the Ashen Spine, this site is part of the long chain of forge-towns, quarries, and iron-vein settlements that work the world's oldest forges from Ironmark down to Old Varr. The smoke is the climate. The Fray here is physical — cracks open in the rock, tunnels appear that were not there the day before — and the Cleaved is the regional consequence. Forge guilds keep their own records, and they keep them close.