Bastion's Keep is one of the few keeps the Children of Bul-Kathos kept to defend the Northern Steppes and Mount Arreat from invasion.
Abd al-Hazir visited the Barbarian lands, including Bastion's Keep and wrote about his experiences and observation in the 25th entry of his writings.
- In my journey to catalogue the various denizens, civilizations, and fauna of our world, I have traveled far and wide, but never before have I been struck with such dismay as when standing upon the ramparts of the ancient fortress of Bastion's Keep. I came to see firsthand the barbarians, those near-legendary, immense, relentless, dual-wielding furies of combat dwelling upon their sacred Mount Arreat.
- Instead, I stand here looking at a mountain that has been torn asunder by some extraordinary force. The sight, I must confess, is incomprehensible. Yet what I see before me cannot be denied.
- What truly happened here? Where are those majestic warriors of old?
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