Founded in the final years of the Old Kingdom the coastal city of Bowerstone started life as a wooden township inhabited by thugs and criminals. Bowerstone remained in this state well through the collapse of the kingdom and the following Dark Ages and Fallow Wars it wasn't until the establishment of the Heroes Guild that the people of Bowerstone could live a life of peace and safety. In 1213 Bowerstone was under the governance of Lady Elvira Grey but she was exposed by the Hero of Oakvale as a murderer and fled by the end of the year resulting in the Hero himself becoming the mayor.