High up the mountain a piece of land juts out sideways, unreachable by foot except to those who know their path. And there, outlined against the sky, stands the small but well defended capital of the Astinian kingdom. Queen Elsbeth Lamentia lives and usually rules from here.
Echniss Ryroth is built solely for defence rather than beauty and those who guard it do so with pride as well as neccesity. Its openness to the sky leaves it vulnerable to aerial attacks, but to send another kingdom's fliers against it would mean coming up against the very best of the feared Astinian dragons...
Isrina is situated about half-way up the mountain. This is the base for most of the army and home to the flying school which trains those who look to join and are in the army.