Berdusk

Berdusk is known as the Jewel of the Vale as it sits on both the Uldoon Trail and the river Chionthar in Sunset Vale. Twilight Hall is located here, making the city the many base of operations for Harpers in the west and the north. A person from Berdusk is known as a Berduskan.
This is not a term that pleases residents of the rival neighboring city of Iriaebor, though the two cities are firm allies in matters of trade and defense. The Uldoon Trail crosses the upper Chionthar at Berdusk. Three bridges actually span the river here, two making use of a fortified island to shorten their leaping spans. This spot’s usefulness as a landmark and parley place plus the rising of a spring (the River Sulduskoon) to join the Chionthar here and the presence of rapids (the Breaking Steps) in the Chionthar just upstream of this spot have combined to ensure that there’s been some sort of settlement at this site since the dawn days: first the elven moot of Clearspring; then a human fishing village, Sulduskoon; and finally the city known today The current city is named for Berdusk Orcslayer, a local human warrior whose energetic patrols drove orcs from the area, making it safe to farm and opening the Vale for human settlement.

Alternative Name(s)

The Jewel of the Vale

Population

20,000

Inhabitant Demonym

Berduskan