Connects to: 11.20, 18.02, 22.10 and the Lands of the Night Cattle.
The grandly-named Stargazer Keep of the self-styled Lord Ward is little more than a two-story wooden box that serves as everything from barn to sleeping quarters for its people and lord. The current Lord Ward is the grandson of a younger son of one of the lords of the night men. This younger son was driven out in disgrace and founded Stargazer Keep. These days, the keep is often a refuge for people from the Lands of the Night Cattle who can no longer stand the physical or social constraints of their home, but who do not wish to wander too far.
It has a modest herd of sheep and a few ostriches, but the people of Stargazer Keep are regarded with some contempt by its neighbors. The night men remember its history, the Freeholders bristle at men who call themselves lord, knight or lady and dress in wool and the minotaurs (18.02) consider its sheep delicious. However, Stargazer Keep does have one treasure. It has the finest kennel of blind dogs in the world, for they seem to thrive there far better than in the kennels of the lords of the night men, where most of the breed lives.
Connections:
- Lord Ward rules here with his three remarkably beautiful daughters.
- Lord Kardash (11.20) once bested Lord Ward.
- The best-bred blind dogs are found here.
Hooks:
- What disgraced the first Lord Ward?
- What sort of social constraints do the night men have to deal with? It must get pretty claustrophobic being indoors whenever the sun is up in the crowded keeps.
