With their new rifthounds on leash, the Riftguard set up a base of operations in the abandoned Fort Endié. The remote location of the fort makes it ideal as it does not intrude upon the local space or hunting grounds of the Nurbotu Scarfolk, and the deafening howling of the rifthound pups in the night does not disturb the locals from this far away. The training yards have been refitted with obstacle courses and straw mannequins for both trainers and their hounds alike to learn commands, behaviours, and manoeuvres ready for their nightly patrols and new-found life as ultra guard dogs.