Thornhold

A once proud city, Thornhold has slowly fallen into decay despite the efforts of good men such as the honorable Knight Captain Thresh Axerage . The mission of such men: Return Thornhold to its former glory.

-It is a common port of entry for those coming from the lands out west.

## History

### The War of the Crown

#### Beginning of the war

Thornhold supplied more troops and supplies per capita than the rest of Peschen. Unfortunately it was all for naught... The mighty troops of Thornhold were mercilessly ambushed and later overrun in the extremely one-sided Slaughtering of Ranaduke.

#### The Razing of Thornhold

   When King Jast, leader of the opposing armies, arrived Thornhold attempted to fight back to the bitter end. Alas, the siege weapons tore through the walls with swift vigor which allowing formidable forces of Jast to pour into the walls like water through a broken damn. Seeking vengeance against Thornhold for not surrendering right away, Jast's blood-lusted troops were ordered to burn the city to ash and dust and take everything as it were their own.

### Aftermath

The Razing of Thornhold caused much of Thornhold to be abandoned. Under the leadership of Dale Fleetfoot (a well known paladin of Pelor) the remaining citizens of Thornhold were united as a hopeful people. Even though much of the city was rubble, under Fleetfoot's guidance Thornhold was able to begin rebuilding the once great city.

### Death of Dale

Dale's death came suddenly at the age of 39. While traveling to Mistandael to report to the king Dale and his party was ruthlessly attack and struck down by a band of orcs. Some felt the situation was quite "curious" as the orcs were better equipped than your run-of-the-mill unkempt band of Orcs. Dale's death threw the city plans of restoration into a tailspin. It caused a revolving door of inept and incompetent leaders to pass through the leadership council. The leaders were so unexceptional, none of their full names were even listed on the leadership charters. That is until Thresh Axerage took over in the year 136 CE.

### Arrival of Thresh Axerage

It was In the year 9 CE that Thresh Axerage returned to his homeland. The nature of his return was both happy and sad: Happy because Thresh was eager to return after having left some 20 years earlier and sad because the knight was unable to serve in the field due to his injury suffered earlier in the year. Thresh was abhorrently disappointed to discover that the incompetent leadership of Thornhold had lead the city to near ruin. Thresh burst through the doors of the town hall with the sun shining on his back and requested to be given control over the city. The cowardly counsil quickly granted all rights of leadership to Thresh the Knight.

The people of Thornhold were skeptical of Thresh after his self declared appointment as head of the city, due to the carousel of poor leaders preceding him. However, that quickly changed when the people saw that Thresh had noble intentions for the people and Thornhold itself, notably fixing the rampant crime issues. Thresh's first decree was to crack down on the corrupt guards and bureaucrats of Thornhold. He quickly ousted them from their appointments and offices, with not even a minor forethought about the consequences. No leader of Thornhold had ever made enemies of fellow counsilmen so quickly but this was largely inconsequential as the people began to increasingly approve of and support Thresh The Noble Knight and leader of Thornhold.

### Rule under Thresh

Thresh's rule was first met with with an air of hesitance by peers because he insisted on equality and integrity when it came to serving his swift brand of justice. Before the rule of Thresh, the rich were able to get away with and manner of crime while the poor were charged and summarily executed for any action that remotely resembled a "crime".

## Surrounding Environment

East of Thornhold there are the Great Sea Wall Mountains which rise towering above the Sunstar Ocean largely protecting Peschen from sea raids. The mountains themselves however are dangerous and full of monsters. The lands immediately surround Thornhold are lush and fertile for farming. These lands however are commonly raided by goblins and other monsters.

## Culture

The culture of the city is largely one of honor and pride. After Thresh put a halt to much of the crime that occurred in the city the populace began to grow warm and trusting toward each other which was also extended to foreigners and travelers as well. Many of the people who live there feel that honor and doing the right thing should come first always. While there are some that disagree with this notion they usually do not voice their opinion since they know this is a very unpopular belief. There is a strong faith and belief in Pelor, Balthazar, Bahamut, and Moradin.