Astram's Hall

Stormchild Castle
Stormchild Castle was the home of Doelle's Royal Family, the Stormchilds (Now known as Noble House Storms) thorugh the mid-300s and 400s. Located several miles south of the Carth settlements, it served as the seat of government for the Imperial Provinces of Doelle from 356 to 517.

The Siege of Stormchild Castle
In 517, near the end of the Sekuran Assault, Sekuran forces assailed Stormchild Castle and laid siege to it, trapping a detachment of soldiers and guards in the castle with the Royal Family. After several weeks of off-and-on combat, during which the chain of command was taken down in succession, a soldier named Astram Vadrius took leadership of the remaining soldiers and retook the inner wall of the castle, holding the Sekurans at bay for weeks until the assassination of Sekur brought a swift end to the hostilities. Stormchild Castle was never fully repaired.

Astram's Hall and the First Adventurers' Guild
After the Treaty of Wairu put into effect sweeping political reformation throughout the Doelle region, The former Royal Family, now one of the Noble Houses, gifted the ruined Stormchild Castle in 591 to Astram's two grandsons, who completed repair of the inner castle and interred their father's remains there. The years that followed saw the castle become a hangout for the Vadrius Brothers' friends and acquaintances, and over time, the castle was repurposed into a hall for adventurers to visit, swap stories, and relax between quests. Similarly, it became a place for the same to find work around the region that was well-suited for their skill sets. In 661, the Adventurer's Guild of Doelle was formalized, and it ran until its destruction in 771.

Destruction of the Hall
On the night of 12/7/771, at the height of Naturalism's popularity and the peak of anti-arcane sentiment throughout Serntal, an angry mob of over three hundred set upon the castle. That night, they sacked the castle, killing several great heroes of the day and lynching over two dozen arcanists for "The capitol crime of necromancy". The castle was raided and burned, and despite attempts to reclaim its reputation over the next few years, Astram's Hall was abandoned and has not been uses since.