The Bastion

The warriors of the Hall of Arms: shields up, chins up, and nobody leaves before the last round.

The Bastion is a quarter, a hall and a promise. The quarter is the yard east of the square where something is always being hit. The hall is the Hall of Arms, which smells of oil, leather and Hulk Hogshead. The promise is the one every warrior makes on their first morning: get up. Always get up. Then have a sit down, and get up again.

Sylvester Stalwart runs it, and runs up the keep steps every morning to prove a point nobody has asked him to prove. Arnie Shieldsnegger keeps the stores in the yard: shields, boots, tabards and a ledger of who owes him a dented helmet. He will be back. He always says that. He always is.

The Bastion takes warriors only. Not because the others are not brave, but because the others keep asking what the shouting is for. The shouting is for the shouting.

Earning standing

  • Sylvester Stalwart's quest line, The Stalwart Way
  • The Bastion's daily work from Arnie Shieldsnegger
  • Trials won

Rewards

  • Friendly: Arnie Shieldsnegger sells the Drill Pauldrons
  • Honored: He sells the Drill Whistle
  • Exalted: He sells the Banner Spike of the Bastion and the Bastion Destrier, a mount

Wares

Class
ItemStandingGold
Friendly450
Honored1,800
Exalted6,500