1.0 KiB
Thorngate — Northern Compact Hub
A regional administrative center four days' carriage ride north of Drenwick. Houses the Arcane Compact's northern trade oversight offices.
Character
A functional posting, not a prestigious one. Thorngate handles trade regulation for the northern territories — important work that nobody glamorous wants to do. The kind of place careers go to cool down, or to disappear.
Distance from Drenwick
- By carriage: 4 days
- By horseback (direct): ~3 days
Significance (Book 1)
Cassius Rykhard was "reassigned" to Thorngate after the Floundry case — framed as an administrative transfer, functionally an exile to keep him away from Drenwick and the evidence trail. The posting carries enough authority to look like a lateral move on paper while removing him from everything that matters.
Potential (Book 2+)
Cass operating from Thorngate with institutional distance from scrutiny. A base of operations far enough from Drenwick to feel safe, close enough to still pull strings.