Oakhurst

The town of Oakhurst is a small village practically in the middle of nowhere on the eastern fringes of Valagbisar, although it lies at the crossroads of two passages to the East: The Old Road, which has since become overgrown as travelers were deterred from using it due to goblin banditry and the route it took through parts of the inhospitable desert to the South. The New Road, which curves North-East and eventually connects with a major caravan route from the Northern mountains to the Kingdom of Havenshield, to the West running along the route of the Old Road to an old wooden ferry, which offers a way across the wide river.

The town itself is a small community, mainly surviving thanks to the hillside around it, which is populated by large farmsteads and cattle grazing grounds.

Only a few hours south of Oakhurst lies the edge of an ancient chasm, which once swallowed a Citadel that later became known as the Sunless Citadel. Very few people venture into the chasm, and of those who do even fewer return. It is suspected that the Sunless Citadel has since been turned into a Goblin fortress.

Recently, the town was burnt down by bandits who were part of the Cult of Emesha, which a brave group of adventurers defeated. A few months later, several survivors who escaped from the town were hired by the same group of adventurers and offered home in their new Keep. The town itself is in the process of making a very slow recovery, although twig blights in the region make reclamation of the land dangerous and rough.