Edirey

Edirey Steading and the ruins of Edirey Keep had once been an eastern outpost of Hir Girithlin, the village had been ruled by Saralainn and the Warlord Ardagor about TA 1640.Minastir of Sarnford drove its Orcish and mannish garrison into the ruins after his victory at Highland Junction and kept them there.A discontented Cardolani mercenary garrison now held the place, and Pegmar, a mysterious character who might have worked for either the Regent of Girithlin or for Angmar, was trying to bribe them into "resigning unannounced" i.e.,  deserting.Unknown to Captain Erig, the commander of the garrison, a force of Orcs and other evil creatures from the Eryn Vorn was  gathering in the hills to the west of Edirey; if his command had abandoned the village, the scattered Arthadan army might well have been surprised and overwhelmed, leaving Erig to become a famous traitor and possibly taking the blame for the death of a Prince of  Arthedain.