Jerry's Fort

Jerry's fort was a fortified trading post that offered a safe haven for travellers between the Greater Streitten plains and the rest of the Heimswold.

Origin
The fort was originally constructed by Jerry Maximilian, known as Jerry the First. After the horrific murders of most the Maximilian family Jerry inherited great wealth, which he used to move far away from Wurston to build a modest fortress that he hoped may ease his burgeoning paranoia.

It was not long until passing traders and travellers sought out entrance and lodgings. They were all turned away by Jerry the First, whose paranoia had only grown. Alas, he eventually went missing and presumably died, and the fort was inherited by Jerry the Second, who was also known as The Best Jerry.

Jerry the second opened up the fort to travellers and made enough money to keep the fort in good repair, for it had decayed with Jerry the First's withering wealth.

Prosperity
From Jerry the Second until the Fort's eventual fall, it prospered and became a busy link in the bustling trade network of the growing Heimsveld Empire. Even making enough gold to keep the church appeased enough to never set up an Inquisitor in the fort, normally standard practice in such trade hubs. Though it was obvious that the gold flowed freely into and out of Jerry's Fort an effort was never made to display that wealth, even to the point that other than a stable the fort never grew beyond its original structure or bounds.

Fall
In the aftermath of Nathaniel Shalom's victory over the Great Mongrel Horde, a lightly garrisoned Jerry's Fort was attacked and overwhelmed by a mongrel warband. Most of the damage to the keep was caused before any notable fighting, during an attempt by the garrison attempting to create an escape route with gunpowder kegs.