Durg's Puddle

Located in the western portion of the Endless Sand Dunes, to the southwest of Celik, Durg's Puddle is a tiny oasis with a small but clean pond at its center. The place wouldn't deserve mention if not for the fact that the trade caravans from Celik use it as a resting point on the route that House Mareneth maintains to the southwest. Though an independent facility, the merchant house and other travelers provide the tribe that runs it with plenty of supplies and enough wealth to pay for the troops that defend it.

The half-giant Durg leads the small band that runs the oasis. Though he never talks about where he comes from, Durg is otherwise friendly and outgoing. Like all half-giants, he tends to emulate the attitudes and customs of those that stop at the oasis for a visit. Durg, as a water cleric, has chosen this site as his temple and his home. The friendly, he can become savage when called upon to defend the oasis.

Durg's followers never number more than 20, and they're mostly ex-gladiators who escaped from arenas to the north. The half-giant also keeps an additional 20 hired warriors on hand to help protect the oasis. Even though the Puddle's defenders aren't numerous, most of the raiders and predatory tribes in the area know that troops loyal to House Mareneth also watch over the oasis.