Feldfurt

Feldfurt is a town in the Grand Duchy of Senheim. It serves as a coastal fortress, the northern bastion of the realm and a major fortress in the growing tension between Senheim and its northern neighbour Oethen. It lies on roads leading to Oostergein, Genville and Zaltmeer.
== History ==
Feldfurt was founded in around 145CE by Robrecht Tornier, the King of Dornrod, as a fortress to mark the northern border of his realm. It was partially a concession to his men - his soldiers were flagging after the battles at Genville and the surrounding hamlets, and sought peace. The foundation of a castle symbolised the end of King Robrecht's northern expansions.
Feldfurt stood as a fortress of Dornrod until the late 3rd Century, when it was taken by the Kingdom of Yaradale during the War of the Zaltersee. After the war is was still officially Dornish, but Yaradale maintained a garrison until Dornrod predictably collapsed in 297.
Yaradale had no way to ensure its own control over the fortress and the growing town around it, so Feldfurt was ceded to the new Duchy of Zaltersee - this realm was essentially a satellite state of Yaradale anyway. The town stayed under the control of Zaltersee until the Great Gap.
After the Gap, Feldfurt's fortifications were crumbling and it was part of the first Duchy of Vastergein. Here the town was in the centre of the realm and not in any immediate danger - Feldfurt grew fat and its citizens lazy as it established itself as a port town roughly halfway between the Prye River and Spurnian River.
The first Duchy of Vastergein lasted until around 470, when it was conquered by the Marcher Kingdom of Flennlandr, a satellite state of Varhold. Here the fortifications were reworked to suit the town's new status as a southern bastion. Feldfurt had relative peace until the death of the Flenn King Lukas in 635; it was ceded to his third son Torwen as part of the second Duchy of Vastergein. Again it was the centre of the realm.
Vastergein was partitioned between Senheim and Oethen in 652 and Feldfurt gained its current position as the northern extremity of the Grand Duchy of Senheim.
== Geography ==
Feldfurt has a rich history of conquest and counter-conquest, and the central keep has been stormed no less than three times. As such, the castle at Feldfurt is a mishmash of fortifications in both Flennish and Varlish styles. Drystone walls are common, but so is treated timber. 
The settlement proper lies between the port town and the castle - a road connecting the latter two runs through the town and merges into the road to Oostergein. Crossing this is the road from Genville to Zaltmeer.
Category:Settlements
Category:Senheim
Category:Zaltersee
Category:Yaradale
Category:Vastergein
Category:Dornrod