Gryphon's Roost

Gryphon's Roost is the capital of the Kingdom of Highreach, a sprawling city-fortress that was built atop a mountain and that pierces the sky with its high towers. It is vital to the hold of House Reinhardt and the kingdom as a whole on the region, as it is not only home to a bustling trade industry but a majority of the nation's gryphons and the Knights of the Roost. It is considered one of the most well fortified castles in Estoria, and certainly the most within the Stahlheimian Empire. The approach to the castle alone is enough to ward off most invaders. A steep, exceedingly narrow path serves as the only route to the main gates, exposed to multiple angles of fire and a far drop to either side. Any attacker who breached the main gates would then have to fight through several districts, pushing through streets with a determined garrison and an angered populace. Beyond that there is a second wall, fortified and well defended, that leads to the castle itself as well as the quarters of the Knights of the Roost.

The nature of Gryphon's Roost as well as the defenses that await within ensure that any attacker must come well prepared and willing to lose thousands of lives, for it will never fall easily.