Fort Scale is a recently constructed palisades style wooden fortress on the outskirts of the Eastern Goldvale area, in the hill country that was once Toc Clan lands.
Current Status: ABANDONED.
Fort
It was built by Lizardfolk quickly near the start of the campaign, meaning very discretely over the last several months while The Party has been running around.
The walls are 15 feet high.
It is about 100×100 feet in width.
There is one single gate at the front.
There seems to be a walking platform along the edges on the inside allowing patrols of the walls.
No one has seen inside the walls yet.
Lizardfolk Occupation
The Lizardfolk were the original builders of this fort and lived in it for only a very short span.
The Lizardfolk abducted Tod Fuzzybutt's wife Dorthy Fuzzybutt while they were in the area which resulted in Tod offering the party 100gp to get her back. Tod did not provide a potential reason for the abduction.
The Lizardfolk spoke Draconic, and it could be proven if they understand Common or not.
Phil confessed to The Party his concern that the Lizardfolk would use Fort Scale as an invasion point to come after his Necro Cave because Lizardfolk are very anti-undead types usually. He also expressed concern for Coal Goblin Keep in case they decided to capture it as a better base.
The Party had a first encounter with Fort Scale upon hearing everyone's concerns noted above and ran off quickly upon discovering a well organized Lizardfolk existing there, complete with what appeared to be different classes of them.
On a subsequent game session1) The Party returned along with The Hermit and the Lizardfolk gave up their captive and agreed to depart within 48 hours, after chatting privately with The Hermit…2)
Be advised that Tod Fuzzybutt, prior to The Hermit solving this, sent a courier to Castle Caislen requesting help in this matter.3)
What was never known about the time the Lizardfolk were there would be:
Was there a motive for the abduction or was it random?
Do they speak anything other than Draconic?
These Lizardfolk likely had a name, an affiliation, a premise, something that brought them here in the first place which has yet to be discovered. Being run off so quickly that may or may not ever be discovered.