Stony Point

Stony Point is a port city located along the shores of the Inner Sea. It is governed by the Nestor clan who live in the stronghold called Nestor's Drop. Stony Point boats the second largest harbor in Inner Sea behind Hooks Hilt. The city lies at the end of a cape that is treeless, windswept, and stony. Only small patches of land is used for grazing sheep. All the wealth of the city comes from its trading and fishing. The game of Tiles was invented here by sailors.

History
Stony Point has been a continually inhabited settlement for the past three thousand years. Originally a Stoneborn fishing village it was the first settlement the Velorians took by force. The Stoneborn chieftains convened after Stony Point fell and decided to side with these aggressors instead of continuing to engage in resistance.

Stony Point was held by the Tromso clan for a century but lost it to the Brey clan during the Battle of Stony Point. The Breys held the city for another two centuries before entering into the era known as the Wars of the Sea Kings when Stony Point changed hands between the clans of Medrick, Cockwell, Downderry and Cerrigen all within the span of a few decades. Finally the Nestor clan obtained the city through a political marriage and held it when Donnis Flinn was crowned High King and the turmoil of the Inner Sea was quelled.

Lady Gwendolyn Nestor heard tails of the pirates and raiders that were wreaking havoc along the harbors along the Emeraldine's north shore. Though Stony Point was naturally protected by its location in the Inner Sea she pondered building up her city's defenses. Gwendolyn commissioned the construction of her stronghold built upon a promontory near Stony Point that overlooks the Inner Sea. The stronghold was posthumously named Nestor's Drop after she was blown from its battlements during a storm.

During Queen Helicent's Rebellion, Lady Gwyneth Nestor supported King Alster Cirne. She turned the Greyhouse into a prison where suspected queensmen were brought, interrogated and tortured. She ordered the execution of hundreds of men by beheading in the market square. The spectacle earned the place the gruesome name the Bloody Square henceforth. Greyhouse still operates as a prison that holds smugglers and pirates.

As the Inner Sea's bustle of trade grew, Stony Point's advantageous location benefited its city coffers tremendously. Merchant guilds sprung up along its wharves which would obtain the privilege of working directly with the Nestor clan. Ships not only from around the Emeraldine but throughout the world can be seen moored to the quays and docks of Stony Point.

Notable Locations

 * Nestor's Drop, stronghold and seat of the Nestor clan.
 * Greyhouse, originally the governing seat of Stony Point until it was refurbished. Now serves as a prison.
 * Bloody Square, market where hundreds of beheadings occurred during Queen Helicent's Rebellion.
 * Merchants Guild, located along the wharves.