Although not part of the Desolation proper, this far north Stryre was visibly blighted by the malignant magic of the Dragon, and the landscape was sparse and unwelcoming. Rearing out of this blasted wasteland was a massive castle of pale, dusty stone, square and heavy in design, battered and workmanlike. The travellers had seen small castles, and palaces with fortifications, and even the incomporable walls of the Imperial City. This, however, was a working castle; one on the frontlines, a place at war.By 2100, the Desolation and its' effects are long gone, but the very similar blight of the Nhased Waste is uncomfortably close to the East. The responsibilities of the Blades of Wisdom and Mercy have shifted but have not gone away.