Duskenvale

Duskenvale is the nearest town from the Old Mountain Pass on the eastern side of Tormundium, it earned its name due to the sun only rising at 09:00 in the morning due to the shadow Tormundium casts, which is a common occurrence on this side of the continent.

Layout
Duskenvale is a fairly small town, containing the Crow's Nest Inn, a leatherworker, a general goods store, a square with a few market stalls and the local lord's manor that houses the town's 5 guards. The rest of the buildings being common farmhouses and the like.

History
The town was founded in due to its positioning at the end of the Old Pass making it fairly profitable as most merchants sell their goods here and rest at the inn, the village then resells the surplus goods to nearby villages and local merchants.

But like many towns on the east, they have always struggled to simply keep up with the advancements and the production of food in the west of Keradon. But now with the recent crisis in the Mountain Passes that struggle has been increased tenfold, people are dying and unrest is rising in the region.

To combat this, the Empire has advised the Lightbringers to send their warriors to escort merchants through the passes free of charge, however, there is only so much a couple of hundred men can do.