THE TOWER OF ATTRITION AND THE FOUNDING OF STORMFRONT

Some thirty years ago a war galleon, lost in a
storm, ran aground upon the coral reefs on the northern side of
Belaern Isle. Five score and seventeen warriors survived and
traveled southward, exploring the lands in search of help or a
place to settle. They took with them all that they could salvage
from the wreckage and began their odyssey.
From within the ranks of the warriors arose one to lead them
ever southward in search of the help they so deperately needed,
and his name was Sal-Karr. Sal-Karr was a warrior destined to
forge his name forever in the history of what is now known as the
city of Stormfront. Leading his band of warriors, they faced the
many perils native to Belaern Isle, the climbing of the Great
Volcano and the crossing of the Desert Lands to eventually arrive
at the southern beach. It was soon thereafter that first contact
was made with the Cultists of the Malevolent Maelstrom.
During one of the hunts for food, a hunting party discovered
a tower made of pure obsidian on the easternmost side of the

Marshlands. Returning to camp they informed Sal-Karr of their
findings, who upon hearing the news, immediately gathered his
council and made way to strike up a friendship with these
newfound natives. The party was not well received, and many of
the group were slain. When Sal-Karr and the remainder of the
band returned to camp preparations were immediately set into
motion for war against the Cultists. Thus did the long battle
for the Tower begin, and in the end, it was Sal-Karr who emerged
victorious and the tower was captured. The price was a heavy
one, two score and nine were the number of warriors Sal-Karr
lost to the Cultists before it was captured. Sal-Karr, seriously
wounded during the capture of the Tower, proclaimed before his
men, that the tower would become their new home. Immediately
after this proclamation the survivors named the tower "The Tower
of Attrition" due to the heavy losses inflicted on both sides
for its capture. The leaders decided then to found a city, and
the city would be known as "Stormfront" since it was the cutting
edge of battle between the Cult of the Malevolent Maelstrom
[Malignant Storm] and the new colonists.
No one knows how old the tower actually is, except perhaps

the Cultists who to this day still reside somewhere in the
Marshlands west of the city. It is the oldest structure
within the city and now serves as the museum of history for
Stormfront.

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