Stormperch

When the valturo arrived at the Cutter after their great migration from their ancestral home at the Eyrie, they quickly occupied every nest they found. They ignored the surroundings. However, they quickly realized that one of the settlements was in a perilous place. They promptly named the place Stormcrags, and the settlement Stormperch. But valturo went through a lot before they arrived at the Cutter and didn’t want to give up their newly found nest. They quickly realized that the trees within the nest must be far apart from each other due to the frequent lightning and rare but existing fissure openings. This way, if a tragic event were to happen, they would be able to protect themselves and most of the nest. It took them a while to thin the nest and plant new ones, but slowly and steadily, they carved out a place that they could call home.

However, it didn’t matter how hard they worked on their nest. Disasters still struck. First, a powerful storm destroyed almost every tree in the nest. Then, a couple of decades later, a vast chasm opened under the nest, taking the majority of the trees with it. After the first disaster, the inhabitants attempted to restart their lives, but the second disaster struck when the newly planted trees were ready to be used as homes. This broke even the hardiest valturo, and they decided to try to rebuild their lives in a calmer place.

The nest was abandoned for a while, but life returned to the nest when the valturo government decided they build their first prison here. The reasoning behind the selection was to locate the jail in a dangerous area, allowing them to punish their criminals effectively. They planted new trees, and when the trees grew, they built cells within the canopies, and Stormperch was ready again to welcome its new residents.

Of course, the prison guards live here too, but due to the dangers, only volunteers work here, and the government rotates them frequently.