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Monsoon's Reach is Draedis' manse.

The suit of ancient armor comes from Monsoon's Reach, an old manse recently rediscovered by Draedis. It was built in ages past as a staging ground for an invasion, on dragonlines that cross a sheltered harbor in the Northwest [Alexa and I added locations for Monsoon's Reach, Raven's Drift, Naciera, and Salvar to her map]. Made up of a small castle and a large – although mostly decayed – set of docks, it was the headquarters of a previous incarnation of the Exaltation now inside Draedis. In keeping with this task, its hearthstone is a commander's dream, weaving together the thoughts of allied soldiers in the vicinity into a single, unshakable will and discipline. Though the docks have mostly wasted away, a few rusted first-age marvels for loading or unloading ships, storing supplies, and performing repairs are still more-or-less functional.

The castle has an enchanted scrying table that allows the manse's owner to cast his sight far and wide without particular magical aptitude, though it cannot zoom in to see details or anything smaller than a structure (basically like early modern spy satellites). The same room hosts many other planning tools, including another large, magical map that allows the commander to 'tag' anything he or she sees on the scrying device. A target which does not wish to be tracked has to be manually followed with the scrying table, but indifferent or allied forces' movement is automatically shown on the planning table.

Its hearthstone is the Gem of Combat Discipline.

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