Promise Junction

Promise Junction is a town in eastern Arin, close to the western fringe of the Cardillic Desert. It was built on the ruins of Fhegdh, a former orcish outpost from the days of the Onyx Empire which was destroyed during the Wars of Arin. The most prominent structure in town is the temple of Gruumsh, one of the few buildings to survive intact.

Today, the town serves something of a symbolic function. Its mayor, a half-drow named Labeese, wishes to turn the town into a place where creatures of many different races live together peacefully. The town's population consists primarily of humanoids -- orcs, goblins, gnolls and the like -- in addition to Humans, Dwarves and Gnomes. The rebuilding has to date centered on the first branch of the Red Dragon Inn in the region, but is slowly beginning to expand from there.