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THE PRESENTATION OF THE CITIES ON THE CANOE ROUTE BEGINS TODAY

Brynjar Renouf is the name of the ubar of this beautiful city nestled in a valley surrounded on three sides by mountains and boasting a large port on the sea.

I stopped to stock up on supplies and was amazed by the elegance of the buildings and the expertise of the Builder, who managed to revitalize the city after various vicissitudes. Many people crowded the streets and the port. Sir Brynjar personally took me to visit the beautiful sites, the various buildings and taverns, and the equally beautiful residential area, with truly noble rental homes built in the classic Romanesque style.

After the visit, he took

a scroll from the library with the history of the city, which I'll post below for anyone who wants to read. I'll also post the landmark to reach this wonderful place. They will welcome you with open arms.

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                                                         History & Lore of

                                                        

               Point Alfred

Point Alfred lies upon the northern bank of the Vosk River, between Sais and Jort’s Ferry, where the

current favors both anchorage and oversight. It is where the river widens enough to favor docks yet 

still narrowed sufficiently to command traffic. Its location is its strategic gift, and for generations its 

value far exceeded its modest skyline. Though never historically a great city by size, its position 

rendered it important beyond its scale, and for much of its history its influence exceeded its 

appearance.

                   The First Age

in its first age, Point Alfred was a working port. Its streets were unpaved, its buildings low and practical, 

but its docks were deep, orderly, and well defended. Warehouses and merchant exchanges crowded 

the waterfront, while beyond them lay fields, workshops, and modest homes bound together by old 

families and a shared Home Stone. It was a small world, sufficient unto itself, unless one belonged to 

the merchant caste or sailed the river. Then the Vosk brought the world to one’s door.

The city possessed no paved streets back then, not in the manner of Ar or Ven. Its roads were packed 

soil and river stone, often muddy in the rains and dusty in the high summer. Yet its port was among the 

best-kept on the Vosk: deep-water wharves, orderly pilings, and warehouses that crowded the 

riverfront in a dense, pragmatic sprawl. The merchant caste was strong here, disciplined by necessity, 

and bound closely to the Warrior Caste families who protected them.

Beyond the waterfront, Point Alfred was almost pastoral. Small dwellings, few rising above two stories, 

lay among fields and animal pens. This was not a city of spectacle but of continuity. Its Home Stone 

bound old families together in a tight social lattice, one in which everyone knew their place, their 

obligations, and their lineage. For most citizens, the world was small and sufficient. Only merchants and 

sailors carried tales of distant ports back into the taverns and counting houses.

               

The House of Arrius

For generations, Point Alfred was ruled by the House of Arrius, Warrior Caste, whose authority derived 

less from conquest and more from long stewardship and respect for tradition. They ruled as Uberates, 

guarding the port against river pirates and enforcing order with a firm but measured hand.

Antoninus Aurelius Arrius marked a turning point in this tradition. The first of his line to refuse the title of 

Ubar, he instead accepted election as Administrator to share power with a High Council and the Merchant

Caste.  He also placed faith in treaties and alliances rather than rely solely on the strength of an Uberate 

and the steel of the city's own Warrior Caste.  Antoninus was a man shaped by duty. He believed deeply 

in honor as a costly virtue and taught that responsibility extended to every life under one’s care.  He 

trusted in the honor of others.

This decision brought prosperity but also vulnerability.

His wife, Faustina, daughter of the city’s Commander, embodied the rigid expectations of their society. 

Their union was a civic arrangement more than a romance, intended to preserve Point Alfred’s internal 

balance of power. But their failure to produce a son weighed heavily on the household and shaped the 

destinies of their daughters.

Klara, the elder, was groomed for alliance and visibility, trained in music, hosting, and the arts of

companionship. Annike, born nearly a decade later, was marked early as surplus to these plans. She was 

instead drawn into her father’s administrative work, learning the machinery of governance from the inside. 

In time, she became indispensable—quiet, precise, and as informed about the port’s workings than most 

men twice her age.

    The Betrayal of the Vosk League

This order changed when Point Alfred joined the Vosk League.

The League was formed after a costly pirate war that threatened the commerce of the River of Gold. 

Nineteen towns—among them Sais, Victoria, and Point Alfred—bound themselves in mutual defense and 

free passage. The treaties were signed upon the wharves of Victoria, which was appointed capital, and a 

High Council was established to govern League affairs.

Antoninus Aurelius Arrius, then Ubar of Point Alfred, chose to trust in this compact. The League brought 

prosperity, predictability, and a shared river identity. The Vosk was, for a time, secure.

It was an act of faith, one widely praised at the time. Yet faith, as later generations would learn, is not 

armor.

As trade along the River of Gold intensified, rivalry followed. Sais and Point Alfred emerged as the 

League’s most influential ports, their interests increasingly opposed. Accusations of interference, sabotage,

and harassment circulated—some true, some exaggerated, many impossible to prove.

When Point Alfred was censured and suspended by the High Council for alleged violations, the decision was 

presented as lawful restraint. Whether it was also convenient politics remains a matter of debate. Records 

from Sais, Victoria, and other League towns contradict one another in subtle but telling ways. What is certain 

is only this: Point Alfred was isolated, and its protections withdrawn. 

      The Destruction of Point Alfred

Not long after the suspension, river pirates struck Point Alfred.

They came ashore at dusk, setting fire to the docks and warehouse district. Whether they were hired by 

Sais, encouraged by other League interests, or simply emboldened by the city’s sudden vulnerability has 

never been conclusively proven. Some later scholars suggest multiple sponsors; others argue that the

truth was deliberately obscured to cover more powerful interests.

What was intended as a limited blow became a catastrophe. Old grudges surfaced, and the attack swelled 

beyond its planners’ control. Fires swept the waterfront and leapt into the residential quarters. Those who 

resisted were slain. Those who fled were hunted.

Point Alfred was destroyed in a single night.

Antoninus sent his daughters away to safety but remained behind, bound by oath to his people. He died

defending them and committing his bones to lay with theirs beneath the ash.

      Exile and the Survival of a Line

Of the House of Arrius, only Annike survived with certainty.

Klara's ship was sent east toward Antoninus' allies in the city of Olni, but her ship was never confirmed to 

have arrived and later expeditionary forces identified what they believed to be the ship wrecked on the 

shores of the Vosk near White Waters

Carried west to Genesian Port, she came under the protection of Ubar Collin Daines. Genesian Port had 

long been an ally to Point Alfred, but its response after the city’s destruction went beyond obligation. 

Under Daines’ authority, expeditions were mounted to recover remains, records, and, most importantly, 

the Home Stone of Point Alfred.

Without its Home Stone, Point Alfred could not truly exist again. Its recovery required years of effort, 

sacrifice, and secrecy.  Jerric Daines, Collin’s eldest son, was captured and tortured in pursuit of it and 

did not betray Annike or her lineage. When the Stone was finally secured, it was placed under Genesian 

protection, not exploited nor ransomed. This act alone reshaped history.

Under Daines patronage, Point Alfred was declared a protectorate. Rebuilding began slowly, beginning 

with the port; commerce first, then people, then memory. Genesian steel guarded the river; Genesian 

coin rebuilt the docks. The city’s rebirth was cautious and deliberate, and slowly trade and prosperity 

returned.  Annike's children born of the House of Daines would be raised on the shores of the Vosk.

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___________The Second Age of Point Alfred________________________________________________________________

As Genesian influence expanded along the River of Gold, the Vosk League strained and fractured. Its 

High Council proved unable or unwilling to confront the contradictions of its own governance. Some 

towns prospered; others resented. Sais resisted. Victoria maneuvered. The truth of the past became 

a weight that would break the old alliances.

Weakened by the passing of the Daines Ubarate to its short-lived successor, Genesian Port itself fell to 

disaster, and its people were scattered.  Annike survived and took only her most dear possessions on

a ship hired to help collect her assets and take her home.  The burden of Point Alfred’s future returned 

fully to its own people.

It was on this journey that she should come upon an old friend and Warrior from Genesian Port on the 

shores of Turmus.  Brynjar Renouf was a born a Warrior of Ar, seasoned in northern campaigns, and 

wizened with time.  He would intervene selflessly in the corruption of the ship's captain, and by the 

time they arrived on the shores of Talis, they would be companioned.  After two children born to the 

House of Renouf, the third child would be born at Point Alfred, and the circle closed.

By then, the shared vision for the future had coalesced and hardened.  Point Alfred would not be 

governed again as it once was. The old trust in distant councils and shared oaths had proven 

insufficient. While alliances would be pursued, the city would stand first upon its own strength. Rule 

would be clear, centralized, and capable of decisive action. The Uberate, once set aside, was 

restored by the House of Renouf.

In the Second Age of Point Alfred, the city was rebuilt not as a river town of earth and timber, but as a 

city of stone. Great buildings were set into the land itself, fireproof and enduring. Public halls and a vast 

library rose where ash had lain, preserving law, history, and warning alike. Art and statuary reclaimed 

the city’s narrative from rumor and accusation, fixing memory where politics had once blurred it.

Point Alfred did more than endure, it flourished.

The Next Age of Point Alfred

Thus, Point Alfred stands again, stronger than before. Its rule is firm, its alliances carefully chosen, its 

people mindful of the past that shaped them.

Travelers who walk its stone streets should not mistake its order for rigidity, nor its caution for fear. This 

is a city rebuilt by those who remember what it cost to lose it, and who understand that history does not 

end—it waits.

The next age of Point Alfred will be forged by those willing to bear the lessons of the past and take up the

standard of strength, honor, and dedication to continue building a legacy of prosperity and glory.

Welcome.

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