Riversmet

When the Khadorans poured across the borders of Llael, they met with stiff resistance. Anticipating the cost of a prolonged siege in places like Leryn, Khador unleashed one of its most terrifying weapons upon the small but prosperous city of Riversmet: maddened doom reavers wielding accursed Orgoth blades. Shackled to their terrible weapons, these frenzied swordsmen showed no mercy and no discernment, slaughtering anyone they found, including children, the sick, and the elderly. The city of Riversmet was destroyed almost overnight, all of its buildings either bombed or burned to the ground. The butchery had its intended effect, at least in the short term; it helped force the surrender of Leryn without Khadoran forces firing a shot. But the atrocity also incited the Resistance, and it remains an unforgivable crime in the minds of most Llaelese citizens.

Although the occupying Khadorans attempted to rebuild Riversmet during their years in Llael, their plans were underfunded and only partially complete at the time of their withdrawal from the region. The Cygnaran Army’s decision to deploy devil’s gasp—a powerful alchemical weapon—as part of its assault on the Khadoran forces at Riversmet during the liberation of Llael also contributed to the rapid evacuation of the city, leaving many newly built structures undamaged.

Today, the ruins of Riversmet are a chilling mixture of blackened stonework left behind from the Khadoran bombardments and new construction left half completed. This includes the fortress on the nearby hill, which is built in the Khadoran style and considered by many as both an eyesore and a reminder of the crimes of the Khadoran invaders.

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Llael