Fort Fallwater

A drab-looking wooden palisade gray with age surrounds a town covered in a low, smoky haze. On a nearby hill, another palisade encircles a moss-covered wood fort that overlooks the town. It's topped with catapults, and old battle scars in the landscape attest to their use. Around the town, farms are squashed against treelines and fit into the nooks between streams. Wide swaths of grass leading from the town's gates are kept conspicuously clear. Tired-looking locals give stern soldiers a wide berth.
Fort Fallwater was the first Imperial settlement in the valley. Today, it's the home of The Capitol Legion and their extensive support network.
The people here feel the authoritarian hand of the krakens in every part of their daily lives. For their suffering, though, they have the benefit of living in the only place in the province that hasn't ever been conquered.
Security is tight. No one but Legion members are allowed weapons in the town. Visitors must document their business and can expect random checks by soldiers. Krakens may question or search anyone at any time.

LEGACY INFORMATION

Fallsman or Fallsmaid (regional trait)
With such scrutiny, even the meagerest measures of privacy and security have to be bought with expert subterfuge. Falls residents who take this trait gain a +1 trait bonus to Bluff and Sleight of Hand, and both are always class skills. Additionally, choose one kind of item that is not a weapon, but could be used as an improvised weapon (such as chairs or tankards). You are considered proficient with items of this kind.

Type

Town

Population

around 1,200

Inhabitant Demonym

Fallsman or Fallsmaid