Serethwyn Tor
🔈 (seh-RETH-win tor)
- A ruin in Carlinshire, Addermarch, Greater Sembara
Serethwyn Tor is an old hill-fort in western Carlinshire, built on a rocky rise of the Westcliff overlooking the Highmoor. While its full history is obscure, it likely served as a major garrison and forward command post for the armies of Avatus during the Serpentine Wars. The site was deliberately dismantled and sealed after Addermarch’s victory by the Rangers, and commanded to be left undisturbed. In the early DR 1700s, it is occasionally patrolled by Rangers to ensure it remains abandoned and sealed.
Ruins and Mines
The ruined fort is reached by an old road climbing out of the Highmoor. A warning marker, written in Sembaran, Elvish, and Stoneborn, marks the site as dangerous and sealed by order of the Rangers. The surface ruins preserve signs of ancient fire damage, Avatus-era military gear, and the remains of fighting in and around the barracks and keep.
Beneath the fort is an old serpentine mine complex. The upper mine was blocked by a massive intentional cave-in, but ventilation shafts uncovered by severe storms in the spring of DR 1715 lead deeper into the hill.