Varnhalt Frontier

A rough feudal sprawl of plains, mesas, dry forests, and crossroad towns — the densest yet most decentralised civilisation in the Everloop. The Frontier has no central authority; the town of Varnhalt holds the name and a courthouse, but real power follows trade roads, market days, and the families that protect them. The region's defining structure is the Black Stone Tower in the eastern hills — a smooth obsidian spire that repels the Fray for a measurable distance around itself. Sera built her settlement around it. Rook, his bonded Servine Myx, and the events at the Tower belong to this region. Outside the Tower's small island of stability, the Loosening is constant: roads loop, mile markers contradict, and travellers learn early to trust their own pacing over any map drawn more than a Cycle ago.