Thorne Reach

The largest permanent settlement on the Deyune Steps, built around a natural spring that never dries. Thorne Reach governs loosely — more through trade leverage than decree — and its stone granaries feed half the camps on the northern plains. Caravans from Valen Spur arrive monthly, and Nerin Post operates as its forward outpost. On the Deyune Steppe, this site is one of the points where the Long Wind, the clan-roads, and the old Karak geometries meet. Time Instability runs heavy here — distances and seasons rarely agree between settlements. The Veykar's old reach passed through or near sites like this; some bear the Wheel's scars in the soil, others have been letting the grass grow back over them for generations.