Rising from the fertile Jaw Plains, Jawguard stands as the holy fortress of Torm and the spiritual heart of the Three Castles Confederation. Founded during the Age of Hope, it is a city built on duty rather than ambition—ensuring peace across Shadowstar.

Standing in stark opposition to the Three Castles Confederation, Cyrest is the stronghold of Cyric—a city where strife is doctrine and betrayal is virtue. Ruled through fear, ambition, and factional rivalry, it exists not to govern, but to destabilize, serving as a constant threat to the Jaw Plains and the fragile balance of Shadowstar.

Sprawling across the Gundarr Plains, Gundarakk is Shadowstar’s largest settlement and an orc-built war engine sustained by herds, harvests, and conquest. Founded to unite rival clans beneath Gruumsh’s banner, it thrives on conflict rather than peace—projecting strength through numbers, warbands, and unrelenting ambition. Where other cities endure war, Gundarakk is built to feed from it.

Nestled along Shadowstar’s quiet coast, Eagleneck endures as a halfling village of memory and belonging rather than power. Rebuilt after the Cataclysm, it is a place where fishing nets, hearth fires, and shared stories hold a scattered people together. Small in size but rich in tradition, Eagleneck stands as a symbolic homeland—a reminder that survival is not only measured in strength, but in the will to return home.

Rising beneath the Daikkah Hills, Reikerpass stands as one of Shadowstar’s most vital strongholds—a fortress of endurance and unity among humans, elves, and dwarves. Founded in honor of the ranger Reiker and his final stand, it guards the crossroads between realms, ensuring that trade flows, borders hold, and Shadowstar does not fracture again. Where others were built to thrive, Reikerpass was built to endure.