Hephake's northern fortress-city, positioned on the Argysis border in the high northern passes. Unlike Phorysia's industrial character, Erebinthias is a military stronghold—the forward position from which Hephake watches its dragon-occupied neighbor.
The city sits in a defensible mountain valley, its walls thick and its garrison large. Before Argysis fell, Erebinthias was primarily a trade hub, managing commerce between the two dwarven kingdoms. Now it is a fortress, its merchants replaced by soldiers, its inns converted to barracks.
Erebinthias is also the staging point for expeditions to Wisewatch and beyond. Anyone seeking to approach Argysis—whether scholar, mercenary, or resistance sympathizer—passes through here first. The city's intelligence apparatus is extensive; the authorities know far more about events in Argysis than they officially admit.