Perched atop a rocky crag in the southeastern corner of Thrane, gray-walled Arythawn Keep remains isolated from most of the nation. The keep took a pounding from Cyran and Brelish troops, and repairs are just beginning to get underway. The soldiers assigned to this post have grown bored and lax in their duties. They are weary, lonely, and frustrated by the lack of news from Flamekeep.

This fort in southeast Thrane, heavily damaged in the Last War, has recently seen an influx of House Medani personnel, all members of the Thousand Yard Stare, which is charged with patrolling the borders of the Mournland. The house has entered into an arrangement with Thrane: The Medanis will repair the keep in exchange for the right to garrison the riders of the Thousand Yard Stare there. Columns of cavalry are always arriving and departing to the east—a quick ford of the river, and the riders are in the Mournland.