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The Mercenary Keep is a very old building that even predates the founding of the Regalian Empire. It was an old armory for the Regalian Kingdom and was also the scene of a battle to take the city between the Five Family Rebellion forces and their Solvaan and Breizh allies, and the Regalian Kingdom's army. Since then, it was renamed the Mercenary Keep, and has interchangeably been owned by various Mercenary Charters, and saw some very intense fighting over ownership rights in the latter few years. Finally, the building was owned by the Alms Ministry before its dissolution, being used as a safe keep in case of an invasion of Regalia proper, from the which the Alms Ministry could dispense services and help to nearby citizens. Recently, the Isldar District has been erected around the building, but the building itself was not demolished because the Palace declared it a historical property, though nobody has claimed it, nor has it been granted by anyone, so the state has turned a blind eye to groups squatting in it, as it is in a part of the city where the Metropolitan rarely goes. The Mercenary Keep can be found in the Isldar District, a direct left when walking down the main street ~~from the Regalian Prison to~~ Crookback, turning left before reaching the Crookback Checkpoint, and following that road.

The Mercenary Keep is a very old building that even predates the founding of the Regalian Empire. It was an old armory for the Regalian Kingdom and was also the scene of a battle to take the city between the Five Family Rebellion forces and their Solvaan and Breizh allies, and the Regalian Kingdom's army. Since then, it was renamed the Mercenary Keep, and has interchangeably been owned by various Mercenary Charters, and saw some very intense fighting over ownership rights in the latter few years. Finally, the building was owned by the Alms Ministry before its dissolution, being used as a safe keep in case of an invasion of Regalia proper, from the which the Alms Ministry could dispense services and help to nearby citizens. Recently, the Isldar District has been erected around the building, but the building itself was not demolished because the Palace declared it a historical property, though nobody has claimed it, nor has it been granted by anyone, so the state has turned a blind eye to groups squatting in it, as it is in a part of the city where the Metropolitan rarely goes. The Mercenary Keep can be found in the Isldar District, a direct left when walking down the main street toowards Crookback, turning left before reaching the Crookback Checkpoint, and following that road.

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'''The Watchman's Tower'''

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The Watchman's Tower, originally known as the Gloombright Holdfast, is an older construction that dates from the early third century AC that can be found just north of the isolated Finalond District of Regalia. Constructed for oversight in the Gloomrot region of the Crown Isle, the Tower was manned by a small but skilled garrison of Regalian commandos who upheld order in and around the Lion's Repose and Morgenwend Village, combating the many groups of criminals in the swamp, Occult or otherwise. Despite their effectiveness, Morgenwend and its surrounding area were considered to be of low priority to Regalian lawmakers due to its relative lack of output compared to other more embattled regions with greater potential than the Gloomrot peat bogs. The garrison was gradually whittled down over time by Regalian administrators until roughly 220AC, when the Tower was finally only inhabited by a single watchman-- hence its name in 311AC. By 230AC, the Tower was in a state of major disrepair due to age and local conditions, prompting local administrators to withdraw any kind of military presence at all from it. Although the State did not formally relinquish control over the Tower at all, the cost of its repair was deemed too expensive for its worth and all documentation was soon buried in a bureaucratic quagmire from which it has never surfaced. In the current day, the Watchman's Tower is a ruin, some say haunted, overlooked by its original owners and open to any hands that might seek to control it-- bloodily or not.

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-The Mercenary Keep is a very old building that even predates the founding of the Regalian Empire. It was an old armory for the Regalian Kingdom and was also the scene of a battle to take the city between the Five Family Rebellion forces and their Solvaan and Breizh allies, and the Regalian Kingdom's army. Since then, it was renamed the Mercenary Keep, and has interchangeably been owned by various Mercenary Charters, and saw some very intense fighting over ownership rights in the latter few years. Finally, the building was owned by the Alms Ministry before its dissolution, being used as a safe keep in case of an invasion of Regalia proper, from the which the Alms Ministry could dispense services and help to nearby citizens. Recently, the Isldar District has been erected around the building, but the building itself was not demolished because the Palace declared it a historical property, though nobody has claimed it, nor has it been granted by anyone, so the state has turned a blind eye to groups squatting in it, as it is in a part of the city where the Metropolitan rarely goes. The Mercenary Keep can be found in the Isldar District, a direct left when walking down the main street from the Regalian Prison to Crookback, turning left before reaching the Crookback Checkpoint, and following that road.
+The Mercenary Keep is a very old building that even predates the founding of the Regalian Empire. It was an old armory for the Regalian Kingdom and was also the scene of a battle to take the city between the Five Family Rebellion forces and their Solvaan and Breizh allies, and the Regalian Kingdom's army. Since then, it was renamed the Mercenary Keep, and has interchangeably been owned by various Mercenary Charters, and saw some very intense fighting over ownership rights in the latter few years. Finally, the building was owned by the Alms Ministry before its dissolution, being used as a safe keep in case of an invasion of Regalia proper, from the which the Alms Ministry could dispense services and help to nearby citizens. Recently, the Isldar District has been erected around the building, but the building itself was not demolished because the Palace declared it a historical property, though nobody has claimed it, nor has it been granted by anyone, so the state has turned a blind eye to groups squatting in it, as it is in a part of the city where the Metropolitan rarely goes. The Mercenary Keep can be found in the Isldar District, a direct left when walking down the main street toowards Crookback, turning left before reaching the Crookback Checkpoint, and following that road.
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+'''The Watchman's Tower'''
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+The Watchman's Tower, originally known as the Gloombright Holdfast, is an older construction that dates from the early third century AC that can be found just north of the isolated Finalond District of Regalia. Constructed for oversight in the Gloomrot region of the Crown Isle, the Tower was manned by a small but skilled garrison of Regalian commandos who upheld order in and around the Lion's Repose and Morgenwend Village, combating the many groups of criminals in the swamp, Occult or otherwise. Despite their effectiveness, Morgenwend and its surrounding area were considered to be of low priority to Regalian lawmakers due to its relative lack of output compared to other more embattled regions with greater potential than the Gloomrot peat bogs. The garrison was gradually whittled down over time by Regalian administrators until roughly 220AC, when the Tower was finally only inhabited by a single watchman-- hence its name in 311AC. By 230AC, the Tower was in a state of major disrepair due to age and local conditions, prompting local administrators to withdraw any kind of military presence at all from it. Although the State did not formally relinquish control over the Tower at all, the cost of its repair was deemed too expensive for its worth and all documentation was soon buried in a bureaucratic quagmire from which it has never surfaced. In the current day, the Watchman's Tower is a ruin, some say haunted, overlooked by its original owners and open to any hands that might seek to control it-- bloodily or not.
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