When the glorious Fey city of Cynosure is approached from the south, it is sheltered by a low, short mountain range. There is a number of narrow gorges that lead into the settlement, and one of them is overseen and protected by Rooster's Rest, a small keep that appears Dwarven in origin.
During Unknown, having access the damaged database of an Elven gwyddfa in Cynosure, Reiko Amiri learned that this place used to be called ᚲᛟᚷ-ᚻᛖᛟᛚ (Kog-heol, "???" in Dwarven), or Faug-Negyth Outpost in Elven, with the following meaning:
Faug is a fissure or a gap, one that simultaneously separates something while connecting something else. Negyth is one of the collective nouns used for Dwarves by the Elves. So... a mountain pass, controlled by those tunneling people, and this close to the city? Clearly some kind of cooperation between the nations, if a gwyddfa was erected there. This one is operable, but malfunctioning, and it seems that the link cannot be established until something is done on that side. - Viktor |
The keep itself is situated around the halfway mark, where the pass reaches its highest point. It is mostly carved into the mountain, but its front side sticks out, and features a geometric statue of a Dwarf torso. During winter, the interior is kept warm and cosy.
Numerous ancillary structures – walls, towers, gatehouses, stables, barracks, and kitchens – prevent easy passage through this gorge, and they look like they were built at a later date, since their aesthetics do not match the keep.
Variously intact stone statues – the product of domesticated Cockatrices that prowl this area, which seem to have given this place its name – flank the road in an orderly manner, or otherwise litter the surroundings in a haphazard fashion instead, often piled together in small heaps.
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