Bolthaven

The red dot is the location of Bolthaven.

Bolthaven was the winter quarters for the mercenary company the Skybolts. It is located in southwestern Rethwellan, near the border with Jkatha and close to the Pelagirs.

There wasn't a lot there for a long time, beyond the Skybolts quarters. After Kerowyn took over as Captain of the company, that began to change. In order to help her rebuild the devastated company her Shin'a'in cousins in Clan Tale'sedrin began bringing strings of horses to Bolthaven to sell, using Kerowyn as their agent and the company as their guards. The company took a commission on the sales, and the Bolthaven Horse Faire was born.

Between the horse fair and steadily growing mercenary company attracting merchants and settlers to the area, and the veterans mustering out and settling nearby, a thriving village grew up. When the mercenary company resettled in Bolton, Valdemar, the company's quarters were taken over by their chief mage, Quenten, who turned it into a White Winds School. Quenten held Bolthaven "as a freehold of the King," to preserve the school's neutrality in political conflicts. Tale'sedrin followed Kerowyn to Valdemar as well, establishing a new horse fair and turning the Bolthaven Horse Faire over to Clan Liha'irden.

When the impending Final Storm of the Mage Storms threatened the very existence of the Shin'a'in, they evacuated the Dhorisha Plains. Some took the herds south to Rethwellan, sheltering at the Horse Faire, where Quenten and his mages could protect them.