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Any attempts to enchant a magical item atop such an altar rebuilding their community than the pursuit of fast profit.
decreases the time required to enchant the item by 50%. However, unsavory criminals have begun to slip in under
the pretense of aiding the reconstruction efforts in hopes
government of lining their pockets with relief money. The Clasp has
some surveillance in Whitestone, but the Myriad is begin-
For many years, the de Rolo family ruled Whitestone with
ning to make a full-scale underworld infiltration.
dignity and justice—though perhaps their reign is viewed
now with some nostalgia. The line of de Rolos was broken
geography
when a pair of vampires from Wildemount known as the
Briarwoods slaughtered the family, took over Whitestone, The city was originally constructed around the discovery
and plunged the city into despair. of the Sun Tree, and expanded outward over a few gener-
Six years later, Vox Machina returned with Percival, the ations. Castle Whitestone was built against the Northern
only known de Rolo heir, and discovered that his sister face of the city atop of small hill to overlook the city and
Cassandra also still lived. The heroes defeated the Briar- the surrounding forest. The southwest and southeast
woods and expunged their evil from Whitestone, and the ends of Whitestone have cleared enough farmland into
de Rolo siblings founded a new system of governance: the the Parchwood to sustain the citizens of the city, but the
Chamber of Whitestone. dense forest is thick and looming, completely encompass-
This council consists of members appointed by the ing the exterior of the city walls. The cemetery is kept
Guardian of Woven Stone, who is to remain a member separate from the city’s main walls, instead held outside
of the de Rolo bloodline as long as it exists, or the rest of the eastern section via dirt road.
the Chamber unanimously agrees there are no suitable
de Rolos to accept the position. The Chamber and its dawnfather SQuare
members are described in detail on page 32. Order within Dawnfather Square is the central district of Whitestone.
Whitestone is enforced by the trained sentries called the The square surrounds a small hill, and the golden glow of
Paleguard who answer to the Pale Lord of Wardship. the revered Sun Tree that sits atop it can be seen through-
out the city. Many of Whitestone’s original settlers
crime
already worshiped the Dawnfather, and discovering the
The community of Whitestone has seen much hardship Sun Tree was seen as a sign. Today, Dawnfather Square
in recent years, from the iron rule of the Briarwoods to is filled with quaint, bustling shops and small townhomes
the threat of the Chroma Conclave, and much of the built as the city expands and wealth returns to the people
populace has been more concerned with survival and of Whitestone.

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