Great Fortresses of Vireth

Some fortresses of Vireth stand out among the rest, built by great architects or emperors, and often famous for shrugging off the attempts of would-be conquerors.

## Drashe

### Casta Camilia

Also named Camilia's Gate, the gate stands astride the Allarian Pass between Drashe and Irida. A massive structure with a white-washed facade showcasing intricate carvings of Virethi history, standing 10 stories tall with a gate wide enough for three cohorts abreast. Casta Camilia was built by Tarekles III following his ascension to the throne and named for his mother. Tarekles III would charge the Order of the Shieldwall, a dwarven knightly order, with the gate's protection.

### Casta Elrikar

Palace of the Grand Duke of Das Reich and citadel of Elrit. Built following the final annexation of Das Reich by Camilia Teluna, Casta Elrikar defends the capital of Normarc, with its thick, low walls surrounding the Old Districts and standing tall above the new. The red stone of the citadel is a popular material in the region and stands out among the surrounding forests and reflects across lake Bauch.

### Portus Lieb

Port of Lieb. With its position atop the high, steep cliffs of the Allarian Pass the city of Lieb holds a commanding view of the Godwave and an immense advantage over any naval attacks. The cliff face has been repeatedly fortified over the centuries, and its port is the most defensible port in the known world, its battlements strung out for miles across the clifftops and arrow slits dotted along the cliff face seemingly at random.

### Marchart

Sat astride the Marcline, acting as the main heart of the Marcline wall and built of the same black stone. Sitting just north of the city of Marct, the Marchart and Marcline was built by Tarekles III following Normarc's repeated attempts to raid and reconquer the Plodnan Valley, and the Plodnans' acts of vengeance in response. The entire system is a 100 foot tall wall chained along the existing ridge crossing the heart of Drashe, with twin-faced battlements capable of defending against attacks from north and south. The Marchart itself is a much larger construction designed in tandem with the restoration of the ancient fortresses along the ridge, each given a Teluna architectural flair atop their original architects' visions.

### Casta Palgrad

Built atop the ruins of Medusa's ancient palace in modern Gredeste by Das Reich and rebuilt by the Telunas. Casta Palgrad is a wide, immense fortress standing upon the only solid ground for miles, above the surrounding stilt-city. The structure is a mixture of constant stone and inconstant wooden palisades, acquiesced to the entropy of the swampland.

## Irida

### Glass Gate

Famously the wall that broke the Naranese nomad conqueror Tyraig, the Glass Gate is the break in the Orientis Mountains along the Godwave coast just before they descend beneath the sea. The Glass Gate sits between two massive spires of volcanic glass, perhaps blown clear of the Quizon Caldera during its formation. The fortress itself is studded with obsidion shards sharper than any blade, their roots drenched in the blood of countless assailants.

### Casta Uslukh

Now known as the Shadow of Uslukh, a massive black tower in the shadow of the Uslukhras Dwarven Hold. The tower holds a commanding view of the entire Grithe Sea, Glacia Desertum, and the Frozen Road, protecting all three for centuries after its construction by Aoric the White under Emperor Verinas I. With the fall of the Teluna Empire the tower was abandoned and overtaken by a dark, unknown entity that remains there still.

## Naran

### Casta Tyraigis

Now Turris Finis. An immense spire carved into an ancient Menhir, bleached white by the sun over millenia and charged by a confluence of ley-lines. Once the heart of the colony of Quizon Dwarves, Tyraigis was recolonized by the Teluna Empire and the Casta Tyraigis was formed under its former rulers' oversight and designs.