Located in the heart of The Reconquest district, on The Terrace of the Punishment, the Coal Guardhouse stands proudly on the Ladder in the Sky.

The architecture of the post is austere, with gray stone walls and narrow windows, as if to withstand the chaotic atmosphere of The Punishment. Inside, the space is functionally organized. The ground floor houses the reception room. Next to it, the Duty Room is used to collect taxes and, occasionally, to conduct interrogations. A kitchen allows the guards to prepare meals. In the tower, accessible only by the guards, is the guardroom. This is where the men rest, have their meals, and pass the time between patrols. It is also the necessary passage to reach the other rooms of the structure.

The belief that the Post is cursed has persisted among its troops for decades. Every winter, a guard dies, stabbed by a mysterious “Man of Bricks.” The old-timers of the post firmly believe in this superstition and avoid alleys with brick walls at that time of year. The young recruits of the Coal Guardhouse, however, pay little heed to this rumor and wish to faithfully serve the ambition of the God-King Nin I to rehabilitate The Punishment. Will we find, next winter, one of these zealots, stabbed at the end of an alley, with brick debris in his wounds?

!– Validated by La Moitié –