Pemeril¶
Pemeril is the capital of Alghert, the one part of the kingdom "largely unaffected" by the fungal mega-Hollow that covers its south (S181), kept safe by wards until the summer the wards failed. It is not the Pemeril Basin of the Marshes of Algher, which belongs to the Vale of Aren.
The city¶
The sources know Pemeril by its defences and its crisis. The city has a castle, sealed off by the Royal Guard, whose Captain Madarn, "old man, knows the king well. Veteran warrior", commands forty men (S184); a barracks joined to the castle by a tunnel past the water storage and a secret passage; a great hall of columns, plate-mail statues and tapestries; and royal apartments four floors high (S181). Its wards are the North Ward, Midtown and others unnamed; its gates include the north gate and Nott's Gate, east of the temple of the Iron Lady (S184). Temple Park holds a statue of King Ullric Tugard with a two-handed hammer, a dragonslayer from before the Dark Sun (S184). The High Priest of Kalar in the city is Athaff, with the ordained Brother Giliam and the acolyte Wort (S182).
The wards¶
"Apuuk ... is in Pemeril and has been helping set up wards that are currently keeping the city safe" (S181): a demon in disguise, "friendly, manipulative, persuasive", a servant of Asmodeus. Malo, the Eldritch Knight who passed as a black-haired Oesterkull, "has been helping the Keepers of Abbadon in Pemeril" and was "powering most of the wards" (S181, S184); his page is Malo. The Keepers of Abaddon under Highwarden Beatrice Karmaggen and Commander Ailen Vester held the city, their "mission in Alghert ... to preserve the kingdom and destroy the Hollow and demonic forces that threaten them" (S181). The Priesthood of the Iron Lady, "a false god, scorned as a cult in many other places", also "helping in Alghert to control the hollow and keep the populace safe", had a temple in the city and a shrine under the priest Cairne; its prophetess Hadelia was an agent of the Eldritch (S181). The Iron Lady is treated among the Elder Gods.
The fall of the North Ward¶
When Malo and Apuuk died at the party's hands, "they were holding the hollow at bay" (S183, S184). "The North Ward has failed and devils have been making their way through. Northside is in chaos. The city guard has closed the north gate though only a few men remain to hold it (most have fled). People are panicking. Devils are killing people in the street. It is unknown how long until the other wards fail. Morale across the city is failing" (S184). The Highwarden "is dead fighting some devils at the north ward"; Sergeant Donnalay deserted with a force of Keepers; "a good portion of the city guard has deserted"; the Royal Guard sealed the castle, and a deserter reported "that Princess Ewe has been taken prisoner by her father (the King). Even the royals are in chaos!" (S184). The priests of the Iron Lady began "fortifying around Nott's Gate (setting up another ward in Midtown east of their temple)", demolishing and even burning buildings, "no one is stopping them!" (S184). Lord Emory Tiebald, Master of Coin, was the Demonlord Adramycos in disguise (S184).
In Play¶
The Sancturi Campaign fled Malo's men through the tunnels, fought the Battle of Angels, and later counted "Heroes of Alghert" among its honours. A late note has the party's loremaster Nicoleta wanting to "make her county in Pemeril great" (S201), though her county of Badengrove lies in Brusau by the earlier grant.
Gap
No source gives Pemeril's population, its founding, its full list of wards, or what became of the city after the Battle of Angels.