Impenetrable and crafted by extraplanar magics, four Vertani fortresses once stood upon the lands of Sapience. Erected by Vertani mages from a foundation of mysterious golden blocks, the first of these fortresses was located in the Dardanic Grasslands and housed the Vertani's portal to Sapience from their home world. Two additional fortresses stood in the allied villages of Tasur'ke and el'Jazira, and the third in New Thera, though it was later moved from the village to a nearby location. All four of these fortresses fell in 389 AF at the hands of the dwarves of Blackrock.