A place of belonging and pressure
Runda is not just a location. It is a point of attachment, memory, and expectation. What belongs to a person can also bind them.
Why start here
Caitlyn of Runda makes Krovaris tangible through one person caught between loyalty and survival. The world becomes easier to enter because the pressure becomes human.
The first door
For new readers, Runda is the cleanest door into the larger world. It introduces the moral pressure before the map becomes wider.