Cassons

• A fortified border town in the Duchy of Maseau, Greater Sembara

The main town in southern Maseau is the border fort of Cassons. Once an important town on the road from Isingue to Embry, it is a shadow of its former self and is dotted with ruins and abandoned buildings. It is a dry and dusty place, just far enough south to get choking ash storms in the summer, and the people eke out a meager living on the proceeds from trade along the Maseau - Dunmar Road and food shipments from Maseau, designed to encourage a defense here. In the hinterlands of Cassons a small number of ranchers have established themselves along the ruins of the Great South Road, and the forts of the Marcher Lords dot the ranchlands or several days’ ride south.