Faithpoint

I once visited Faithpoint as part of an assignment many years ago. There seems to be a strange and powerful force of Weird in the village. I think there's something wrong with the people and the ruins there...

— Warden O. B. Davies

Faithpoint is a small agricultural village on the south western border of Farrow. There are several major buildings that serve as points of service for the people of Faithpoint, however a major attraction for people is the ancient ruins known as Kagan's Throne that is placed at the centre of the village, acting as a monument to the ancient people from the Wild Years.
Faithpoint stands under the Farrowian province of Merstair, which upholds the laws of Farrow and helps to keep order with their own dispatch of the Custodians. There are many who believe that the village was initially founded to keep hold of Kagan's Throne, what is deemed as a powerful site of the ancient religion.

Stanosian Name
Fuikmōḡa /fuikmoːgʷa/
Year of Founding
1790 CY (Official)
1578 CY (Unofficial)
Governing Official(s)
Administrator (Council Leader)
6 Council Members
Population
628 (as of 1908 CY)
Location
Merstair Province, Farrow

The Supernatural

For each file I write about a location I'll give an idea of the supernatural events that have taken place in a location, primarily to grant you an idea of the types of experiences that members of Arcanum have faced throughoutthe realm. On my end, this should let me track and see if there is a pattern to the events.
Faithpoint has had several incidents involving phantasmal creatures, particularly representing those who have passed on from their mortal life. Apart from the undead phantasms, there have been several reported demonic possessions, however it is not clear the goal of such creatures, though many believe it was to access Kagan's Throne.

Local Defence Forces

In the village itself, there aren't any dedicated Custodians, let alone a dedicated unit tasked to defend the village and enforce the laws of Farrow. There was however a retired Seargant of the Custodians who acted as a singular focal point for the local people to turn to in case of emergencies.
As for our own forces, we have a dedicated Warden who is searching into the immense amount of Weird and Magikal events. However, there have recently been concerns for them as their reports have been few and far between. I have my own theories, but they mostly stem from information surrounding Kagan's Throne, which is reported to have ancient powers.

History

The first housing to be erected in what would become Faithpoint was Myleforth Manor. First built in 1448 CY, the manor was home to the Myleforth family, a family of powerful Oldfront nobility who acted as guardians of the ancient ruins that were near the Manor.
By the end of 1578 CY, a group of buildings had been erected around the ruins. This created the starting foundation of what would become Faithpoint. The people who gathered around the ruins originally were the children of those who acted as staff for the Myleforth family, but eventually several families moved to the location to garner a newer life outside of the industrial city of Larmine. This is considered by residents of Faithpoint to be its unofficial founding, the point at which the collection of houses became a community.
During the dissolution of the Oldfront Empire and the insuing First Great War, Faithpoint, and particularly Myleforth Manor, acted as a refuge for people who wanted to escape from the conflict. Though despite this point of escape, there were several major attacks on Faithpoint that came to light in the wake of the First Great War. The most significant was an attack from a sect of rebellious Larmines who wanted to form their own small nation at the south of the continent. The result of this attack ended up with the small group of rebels disappearing overnight after succesfully seiging Myleforth Manor. All that was left behind was a strange symbol of an eye.
As of 1790 CY, Farrow was able to finally proclaim Faithpoint as a village under the province of Merstair. Once this proclomation was made there was a burst of funding that allowed for the creation of a public house and bring a sense of vitality and life by adding new flowers and decorations to make the village feel more friendly and open to visitors.
Over the following decades, Arcanum has sent several collectives into the village to act as enforcers against highly supernatural events. As mentioned in the Supernatural section of this file, the majority of these events were undead phantasms, including a strange event in which a whole family were going about their lives in their house, which sounds innocuous at first, however it turned out that their corpses had been decomposing in a room for easily two weeks. They were only discovered when members of Arcanum interrogated the phantasms and found they couldn't see the doorway to the room that held their corpses. Even in the reports that I have here, the cause of death is listed as unknown.
During 1876 CY, I visited Faithpoint as part of an assignment that my Collective was tasked to complete. Our missions revolved around an entity that was possessing a small girl. The creature, we believed, was of demonic origin, this being the case, it was strange that the presence seemed to go completely unnoticed by members of the village. It was strange and unusual, so despite the assignment, out Collective requested that we stayed for a day or two, just to determine if anything extra was going on. This however didn't return any additional information, though I still wish to note that even now, I grow skeptical of the location.

Points of Interest

Kagan's Throne

The centre point of the village and a source of cultural focus for the village itself, Kagan's Throne seems to be an ancient stone ruins, the purpose of which seems to remain unknown. Its form resembles a large circle with some strange stones in the centre of its form. The moniker of Kagan's Throne stems from the formation of the stones in the center of the ruins, which one formation resembles a stone chair.
The name Kagan seems to be related to two possible origins. The first is Kagan Myleforth, a young child that died early in their life. It is said that the Throne was named for them as a monument for the "Prince of the Afterlife" that they became upon their death. The other origin is much darker, the name Kagan is written among dark and ancient books as a demonic presence who allegedly is a tormentor of the grief stricken. The exact origin of the name remains undecided, whether it is a dedicated monument to a child or a monument to an ancient evil.

Blackvale Workshop

Founded in the early 1800s CY, Blackvale Workshop is a campus of houses and buildings that are working on the development of new types of steam based engine. The Workshop was founded by a collection of engineers under orders of the province to allow for better transportation between the southern and other provinces. It is said that the Blackvale Workshop were the first to coin Automotive transportation.

Roadway's Inn

Established in 1804 CY, the Roadway's Inn was designed by the Village Council to be a permanent area dedicated for the entertainment of those who both choose to visit the village and are continuous residents. The Roadway's Inn has been owned by several people over the course of its over one hundred year existence, but its current owner Harlan and Morvain Korena recently both moved back to the town after purchasing the ownership of the inn.

Myleforth Manor

Located a mile or two out from the rest of Faithpoint, Myleforth Manor stands as a testemant to its time within the realm. It spent centuries as the ancestral home of the Myleforth family before the death of the last living heir Harold Myleforth. As the estate had no person upon which it could be bestowed, the province took charge of the Manor and repurposed the building as a sanitorium for those with both physical and mental illnesses.
As Myleforth Sanitorium there have been several instances where members of organisations have arrived to help those who it is believed are afflicted by elements of the Weird and Magik. When such a case occurs, the organisation called is dependent on the Sanitorium member who found the event. Each different member of staff has their own alligence depending on their own history.