Caershire

Caershire is a port city in southern  Darincedonia. It is both the hub of the Royal Navy and the home of the  Hand of Seinac. Caershire sits along the Kessar Strait, which lies between Darincedonia and Grom'char, at the end of Kenvers Cape. It is a walled city, almost completely enclosed with only the docks outside the city walls. The walls are thick, high and strong, interspaced with watchtowers and lined with onagers and in later years, trebuchets and cannons. Caershire is as much a fortress as it is a city. Within the city, sitting upon a rise, is the Fortress of God, a brooding fortification with its own walls and defenses and a keep within. This is the headquarters of the Hand of Seinac, the training center for new paladins and the home of the Lord Commander of the Hand and his household. The Lord Commander and the Lord Mayor of Caershire often come in conflict with one another on local political and jurisdictional issues.

As well as being a military fortification, Caershire is a key hub for the shipping and fishing industry, second only to  Darincedon. Caershire's location near the mouth of the Gerot River gives transportation by river barge to Aberdent. The river itself flows along Caershire's western wall and serves as a natural moat along that approach as the river is deep with a strong current. A canal was built in BI 320 around the rest of the city walls and the city is now only accessible from the docks by ship to the south or the gate to the north. Though the city is easily defended, it has fallen to Grom'char three times.