Tide Gate

A fortified seawall and checkpoint where the coastal road meets the interior. Tide Gate regulates traffic between the shore settlements and the inland towns, and its engineers maintain the drainage systems that keep the Fray-touched tides from flooding the farmland beyond. It is the Coastlands' last dry line of defense. Along the Virelay Coastlands, this site is part of the lattice of harbours, bell-towers, and salt-marshes that look toward Virelay and the Underwater Well. The sea here remembers more than the maps do; the Loosening lives in the fog. House Thorne's trade lines once stitched these settlements together — some of those routes are still walked, others have gone quiet since the Fray reached the coast.