Raen does not see any cannon or harquebuses. Steel crossbows and ballistae, instead.
He overhears a couple of the men commenting that Alain carries a ''starwheel.'' They seem interested in the pistol, but not befuddled or amazed by it.
The arms, armor, finished goods, machines, horse-gear etc in the fort look pretty similiar to what one would see in Richemulot, allowing for differences in style.
The timbers of the fort give the apperance of the place having been built, expanded, or refurbished fairly recently. It seems to be an oupost and not an old castle of some lord.
CL 8 is a good guess.
Advanced 7 at the very least, or CL 9 and this place just doesn't use guns a lot for some reason.
Mediterranean is close enough for a metagame comparison.
Looks of people vary, but the commonest type is fairly tall, lean with brown hair and tawny skin
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Some are fair skinned, like the junior officer of naval infantry the party helped out in the swamps.
Delight is to him- a far, far upward, and inward delight- who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.
-from Moby Dick (Hermann Melville)