County Tenpin

At the southeast end of Dearworth is the ancient city of Tenpin, built atop Sterling Butte, a flat-topped mountain jutting from the foothills at the edge of Tenpin Lake.
County Tenpin and this great lake are the geographic center of the Highlands. Green Lake and Tenpin Lake are calm and deep enough for a high volume of boat and ship traffic. Military, cargo, and passenger vessels cross the lake to parts south and east, and indeed a good deal of the Little Shally river is navigable above Tenpin. Sailing ships and steam ships, including paddle wheels, packet boats, and light steamers, sail from the great lakes to the city of Weld, just below Briar Lake in County Sharing.
An old city in a limited space, Tenpin is crowded, dirty, and dangerous. It is the oldest city in the Highlands, upwards of 2000 years, and has spent most of that time clear of fog. Tenpin has had winter grays, most recently between 1350 and 1425, but nothing that came close to blacking it out or slowing it down.
Tenpin’s original city center, on the shore of Tenpin Lake, is now called Barmin. It is a smaller and even older city, near the base of the butte. The “heart” of Barmin long ago moved slightly south, towards the edge of the butte, to what is now called Old Town, and then the heart of Tenpin climbed Sterling Butte to form the core of modern Tenpin.
Like Sharpwing Castle, Sterling Butte is named after a bird. Sterling is a corruption of “Starling,” which is a common small bird found in working farms and cities throughout the valley.
Stone Cais: On the north shore of Green Lake, Stone Cais is a mining town and ship factory, making sturdy craft for air and water. They specialize in flying tugs and heavy haulers. Much of the coal and timber harvested from Sourwood ships out of Stone Cais, by both air and water.