Caer Suthreyvatr

Caer Suthreyvatr is the traditional name of an ancient fortress in the Southern Arathi Highlands, sitting at the fork of one of the regions only major rivers. Meaning 'Castle of the Southern Waters' in Old Common, the fortress is also referred to as 'Fort Southbrook' and 'Riverstone'. First built in the late Dissolution Period by the Arathorian Legion, the fortress has been in constant use since.

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Warring Kingdoms Period

 * Dark Iron assaults post-Three Hammers.
 * Territorial disputes with both Wildhammers and Bronzebeard dwarves, some battles.
 * Ownership shifts between the Legion and a number of Noble houses

Recent History

 * Numerous Dragonmaw attacks.
 * Numerous Ogre attacks.
 * Passing back into Legion hands.

Second Arathi Civil War

 * Captured early by Vargrinn, preventing assault from the south.
 * Inactive for the bulk of the war.

Location
Caer Suthreyvatr was built on a hilltop, providing it with a significant natural elevation of nearly nine hundred feet. Like many Legion forts, this rise consists largely of limestone and holds a number of both natural and excavated wells, tunnels, and storage rooms.

Construction

 * Outer curtain walls. A later addition, these sloping walls are nearly eighteen feet thick at their base in most places, hewn from Arathi Granite and limestone. Built in 507KY by the forward-thinking Commander Gabriel of the Arathorian Legion, the walls were built specifically to counter the growing threat posed by Dark Iron Dwarves and the rise of gunpowder and cannon. Though now already obsolete in their exact design, they nonetheless offer Caer Suthreyvatr a strong defence against older cannon and light artillery.
 * Inner curtain walls. Four towers.
 * Watch-house.
 * Main keep.

Garrison
At peak: Recent years, a small fraction of that. Only 120 men when captured by Vargrinn, etc.
 * 1,200 infantrymen.
 * 250 cavalrymen.