Old Varnhalt

The largest settlement of the Varnhalt Frontier and the regional seat in everything but constitutional fact — a four-road town built around a courthouse, a permanent magistrate, and the only working bank between the Bellroot Vale and the Glass Expanse. Old Varnhalt's authority over the Frontier is more historical than practical; the surrounding mesa camps, market towns, and protected trade routes answer to it only when the answer suits them. Its older name, Varnhalt, still appears on Luminous Fold maps. The town's real influence is the magistrate's docket, the bank's ledger, and the fact that on market day every road within three days' ride converges on its central square. The Black Stone Tower's field of stability is two days east.