Ridge Line Station

The highest outpost in the Varnhalt Frontier, positioned on the ridge that separates the central plains from the forested east. Ridge Line Station relays messages between High Ridge Market and the outer settlements and watches for wildfire during the dry season. On the Varnhalt Frontier, this site sits inside the patchwork of crossroad towns, mesa camps, and trade-protected routes that radiate from Old Varnhalt. The Loosening is constant here — mile markers contradict, paths loop — so settlements rely on local pacing and on the small island of stability around the Black Stone Tower in the eastern hills. The Frontier has no central authority; this place answers to whoever its trade depends on this season.