DuskHaven

It’s time to introduce our site name today. DuskHaven is the last human city in the West of Arquel. Beyond it lays more than a two thousand wheels of desert and Mountains. These seemingly lifeless areas are home to countless Demons and Creatures of the Underworld. Where they came from originally is unknown though ancient legends speak of a war that split the Earth open and from that crack they came. What is known is that they were well on their way to conquering all of Arquel when the Twilight Lantern was lite in DuskHaven. The Lantern contained the power to drive the demons back and so DuskHaven stood as the Sentinel on the Western border of life and civilization. DuskHaven was a large city with nearly ten thousand inhabitants within the boundaries of the city proper and more then twice that living in the surrounding fields. Besides its obvious military pursuits DuskHaven was also home to the Western most Speaking Hole known and several smaller colleges of magic. The Pool of Light at the cities center glowed with the light of the Lantern day and night and architects from as far away as the Inner Kingdoms would come to study the Government and Religious buildings surrounding the pool.

Built over the span of two thousand years DuskHaven shows influences from both Eastern and Western religions and architectural styles that culminated with the Temple of Light. The building housing the Lantern itself is quite plain by contrast as nothing has been touched on it since it was lite. It stands at the Western edge of the Pool with the Temple dedicated to it rising above the Eastern end. To the North are the barracks and training facilities for the Silver Knights and city guard and to the South lay the seat of Government for DuskHaven and the surrounding lands. The city government was divided into two branches with the head of Silver Knights in command of the military forces and an elected Prime Minister commanding the civilian branch. The Knight General of the Silver Knights acted as a defacto King over the lands but usually constrained his rulings to military matters. But the final decision of the Prime Minister could be overruled by the Knight General. The Knight General was also the head of the Church of the Light though again he left most day to day decision making in the Church to the secular branch of the order. Two Silver Knights who had access to the Light always stood on guard over the Lantern along with half a dozen of the secular lay members of the church. They were also connected to the Light and acted as the caretakers of the Lantern ensuring its constant vigilance over the surrounding lands.

We’ll go into more details on the Church and Silver Knights soon.