Chapter Nine: Tor IolanFor thirty years the fortress of Tor Iolan was the singularity to which all evil in the north was drawn.
Constructed almost immediately after the fall of House Icara, Balfure built the fortress for his Disciples to oversee the occupation of the Northern Province. From Tor Iolan, Balfure directed his attacks against Angarad and Eden Halas while maintaining control of Cereine by ensuring dissenting voices were soon screaming within its walls. The Disciple Kalabis, a sorcerer himself, was known to have conducted many a dark ritual using the prisoners brought here over the course of three decades.
When Aeron approached the ancient fortress, he could see the silhouette of the building against the sky, though there were no lights in its windows to indicate any habitation
