Dawning Beacon
The northernmost promise in the eastern rescue network.
A spiral of bronze mirrors catches first light over Aranestel's long coast. The keeper's room has two doors so rescuers can enter even if a drift buries one side. A white signal calls for aid; a red one warns of a harbor unable to receive survivors.
The tower sent white for six nights during the Night Without Lanterns. The official register records red. Ruel Sere recovered the charred mirror-cloth used to filter the light, which contains no red dye. He must carry it to Fallowerness before sea damp erases the evidence.
Eastern rescue lights were deliberately darkened while refugee vessels waited offshore.
A rescue promise visible from the water
An isolated northeastern harbor that keeps its promises through winter isolation.
A border furnace guarding Brynvale’s most profitable road and its most dangerous secret.
A solitary eastern storehouse where the sea’s approach is measured on the walls.
A mountain fortress whose red stone conceals a hospice rather than an army.