Foresgard

Foresgard is the military base on the border of Portu and Fete Neldë which is used as a neutral zone for communications between elves and Fordfordians, which is rare.

Summary
On 2 Dorianuary, 1617 HE, an entire section of a mountain pass was suddenly transported away, blipped out of existence. This caused all sentient life forms on top of it to fall down for the length of the mountains and hit the ground, causing the name of Corpse Pass.

Upon exploration of the area, an object stood out. It was a man dressed in a flannel with a red beard and hair. He was taken prisoner and asked what the cause of everything was, but the prisoner was so confused by the world around him that he was unable to meet their requests. He identified himself as Vincent van Gogh. He is reported as being kept as a prisoner in Foresgard.

Politics
The disappearance of these mountains is a large cause of the tensions that have returned between the Fete Neldëns and Fordford. Dorbalar, leader of the Fete Neldëns, has gone on record blaming the Fordfordians for the disappearance of the mountains.

Some people blame Vincent van Gogh for the disappearance, as he is sometimes thought of as having replaced the mountains, sending them to where he was from and him to where the mountains were.

Others see van Gogh as the victim in a situation which is beyond him, and he is being sorrowfully mistreated by the "totalitarian" military. Protests have been made outside of Foresgard to oppose this, and there have been rallies and marches in New Volton.

Most recently on 7 Asmond, 1617 HE, three more prisoners were taken which did not make the men of Foresgard very popular. The rumor of this was spread by a half-frog half-man who was a former soldier in the Foresgard Legion. This has only increased the protests made to antagonize the army.