Citadel Umbra
Hidden deep within the darkest and coldest area of Winterglen, Citadel Umbra rests upon a large burial mound, its shadowy towers reaching up to the very tops of the tall pines
that guard the castle. Those who witness the façade of the citadel at one of those rare times when sunlight ekes through the pines and strikes it, swear that the building shimmers and disappears. Only to return when the sunlight gives way to shadow. Of course, very few are able to navigate through the Winterglen to find the place.
Those who do must contend with the countless shadow and fey creatures that guard its location.
Citadel Umbra rests on a spot that contains a rare conjunction: crossings to both the Feywild and the Shadowfell permeate the area. This terrible coincidence makes the spot a perfect breeding ground and habitat for Unseelie fey: creatures that revel in the most dark and disturbing aspects of nature, shadow, and death. The mistress of the
creatures here, and the leader of Citadel Umbra, is Urphania, a powerful mist hag. Her vile machinations and dread deeds in the Feywild forced the fey Court of Stars to banish her, but she was able to gain a foothold on Gwynneth.
High Lady Ordalf was one of the fey who assisted in Urphania’s banishment from the Feywild, and now the hag seeks revenge with Ordalf out of the picture. From her seat in Citadel Umbra, Urphania draws upon the power of both nature and shadow to command a large force: shadow creatures, fey, and undead all tremble and obey under her mighty gaze.
The hag wants nothing less than to wrench the realm of Sarifal from her enemy’s grasp and rule it as a new dark demesne.
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Fortress
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