Fortress Haven

Fortress Haven and the accompanying Haven TownAssail (novel), Chapter 2, US HC p.69 had been one of the first settlements of the Crimson Guard on Stratem.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.148 It lay in a bay on the western coast of the inland Sea of Chimes. The gray stone fortress sat on a cliff, its towers rising well above the tree line overlooking an abandoned village of modest huts and a pair of rotting docks. An overgrown path led through the dense brush to the fortress. Inland beyond the settlement was virgin forest.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.146/148/149/163
To the north was the settlement of Thickton.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.166
Fortress Haven was one of a number of Guard fortresses built along their southern shores. Others included North Bastion, Thick, Exile, and the Iron Citadel.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.149
==In Return of the Crimson Guard==
Fortress Haven was where Lieutenant Skinner pledged to meet the rest of the Guard once the Diaspora ended. All Guard forces gathering there would then fall under his command.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.148
==Notes and references==
Category:Fortresses
Category:Settlements
Category:Stratem