Twist of Fate

The town of Twist of Fate is a small desert town in Southeastern Plagos. It is a rural town facing the Sandman Lake.

Early History
Noel Thistle was finding a home to settle when he was mysteriously teleported in an unknown land. It was a savannah with a desert not far from the site. After a day of walking, he stumbled upon a village populated by mysterious men. The village is made out of sandstone with giant metal men patrolling the vicinity. The brown-skinned men did not seem to be alarmed by the presence of Noel and so are the metal soldiers. Night after night, monsters would attack the village slowly but surely killing off the brown-skinned men which he called Testificates.

Over time, as the population declined, new metal soldiers are not being able to be built, which just encouraged the monsters to attack with greater ferocity. Noel tried his best defending against the monsters by moving the villagers into select houses and walling off the rest. For a time, this strategy worked, but the lack of new metal soldiers to aid him meant that it is a losing battle. Until only one testificate remained. This testificate was permanently sealed off in one of the houses to be kept safe until a suitable partner be found for him in order to repopulate the village.

Noel founded a town called Last Train To London, in homage for the last remaining testificate sealed in one of the houses named London.

Hostile Neighbors
Some time after the founding of Last Train to London, a mysterious party attacked the town. Noel was not able to defend his town and many crops and animals have been destroyed. It was later discovered that this mysterious party came from the fearsome town of Coeur d'Alene, renowned for their extremely dangerous raiders. This prompted Noel to seek protection from a powerful nation. He sought to ally himself with the Yimmu-Audal, a wealthy nation in Alteniquia. Their King(?) Blue_Marble agreed and the town was incorporated into the nation. It is unknown whether this move is enough to keep the raiders from attacking the town but they did not raided since.

Downfall and Rebirth
A few years later, the town's treasury mysteriously disappeared. It is estimated that Noel had saved up to eight thousand coins during this incident and it is unknown how much of the raiders influenced this disappearance but Noel had to gather resources fast or the town will crumble due to its maintenance. Years later, the treasury disappeared again, this time, twelve thousand coins mysteriously disappeared from the treasury which forced Noel to disband the town. Noel frequented the Grizzly Bear since as a result of this tragedy.

After saving enough coins, he founded the town of Sledgehammer on the remains of the old town. This time, he made sure to have to have an emergency cache of gold not to be minted into coins. This gold is safely locked away in a secret location within the town. Noel would only mint enough coins to maintain the town for a few days before minting again. He also began extensively exploring to increase his secret cache in cases of emergency.

Twist of Fate
The transition from Last Train to London to Sledgehammer was not fully discussed with the King of Yimmu-Audal so it was unclear whether the town is still part of it. Nominally, the town had not participated in its affairs with Escharia, but offered passage through its lands but it is unlikely that the town would be admitted back. The distance from Urnu-Arrak and its relatively seclusion made the Nether Highway the only viable option for travel.

Noel also started a bank account on the Mosulia Bank which guaranteed some of Noel's money. This, paired with the construction of the High Garden prompted Noel to change the name of the town from Sledgehammer to Twist of Fate.

The town was still sparsely populated, but it was a promising year for Noel and the town despite a lack of residents to help him rennovate and improve the town.