Sokol Keep

The Keep
Sokol Keep is located on Thorn Island. It is an ancient fortress to anyone looking at it. The keep's stone walls are charred, grayed, and desolated looking from dragon fire.

In the large courtyard of the keep, it is evident that dragon fire had burned and destroyed most of the wooden buildings that lined the courtyard. The only exception is the only stone building, which is a Tyrian Temple. The temple is primarily still intact, but the the wooden bell tower is in disrepair. The temple is located in the far left corner of the courtyard as you enter through the old wooden gates. The charred stable and blacksmith shop are on the right with a shed and barracks on the immediate left. In the center of the courtyard is what appears to be the keep's old mess hall, which is an open airy building with tables.

In 1340DR, the keep is reported to be inhabited by monsters.Shal Desanea (Shal Bal of Cormyr at the time), Tarl Desanea, and Ren o’ the Blade determined that the primary presence at the keep was in fact the undead souls of many Clerics of Tyr that were tormented to remain at the keep to protect their temple and a valuable artifact—the holy scale. Though the heroes encountered many humanoids, giant frogs, kobolds, goblins, and orcs, during their search of the keep, the hero’s interest, particularly Tarl, were drawn to the undead clerics and warriors of Tyr. They needed to help them ease their sorrows, to give them peace, to assist them in finding eternal rest, to finish what they started.

The Island
The island is located south of the civilized portion of the city of Phlan out in the Bay of Phlan. The Moonsea and the Bay of Phlan surround the island. Sokol Keep covers most of the island. The island and keep can be seen from the docks. The shorline has a low slate sheer cliff that supports the keep above.

If you review a map of the city of Phlan, Thorn Island is shaped like a tear dropped from east (start of the tear drop) to west (end of the tear drop). The keep sit on the western portion of the island. It is said by many Phlanites that the island is practically invisible in the pitch blackness of night. A ring of rocks protect the island where many ship have broken apart on in the past. However, rowboats can navigate through the rocky coast to reach the sandy shoreline; so long as, those seamen are patient and are not in a hurry.

Tyrian Temple
In approximately 1290 DR, construction at the Tyrian Temple on Thorn Island was finished; however, it was never used by anyone other then the clerics that built it. This was because, shortly there after, the dragons run occurred that burn and destroyed the keep. Brother Ferran Martinez was a high cleric that was also the ruling cleric of the sacred order of Tyr at the Tryian Temple on Sokol Keep. He die in approxiamately 1290 DR after the dragons run of starvation.