Prysteen

This castle supports a strange complex of rocks, riverside wharfs, watchtowers and obelisks planted around the Zumker as it descends from the Griffs. In the past, while little was known of the lake which formed the origin of the great river, one thing which was known for certain is that aquatic monsters appeared at the head of the river with distressing regularity. The threat of a rogue water elemental was rare, but huge snapping eels which would venture onto land with their vestigial legs, freshwater lampreys, huge mottled leeches, even large bands of lacedon ghouls on rare occasions, all threatened the river and the settlements along it to the south. For this reason, Prysteen was the anchor for a variety of magical defenses against aquatic creatures. Its secrets have largely been lost with the disappearance of the mages who lived in the castle. The soldiers took on the more prosaic duties of fending off other monsters headed down from the Griffs. Neither the Fists, nor investigating mages or priests of Iuz, have been able to work out just what the various defenses do or how to activate them. As a result, more monsters have begun to swim downriver and threaten the lands around Nevond Nevnend, and this is the major problem for the Fists seeking to secure the lands north of the Zumkend.