Vern's Tower

Constructed by King Vern of Beren, to aid passing ships in traversing Penning's Bay which is filled with sharp and treacherous rocks. It is a lighthouse constructed on an Island that sits right in the middle of the mouth of the Bay of Penning. It has two other functions as a watchpost against foreign navies and as a tollhouse for passing merchant ships.

Depending on the flag waved on the ship, a different bell would ring out from the direction of Vern's Tower. A high pitched bell when it was a merchant ship that needed to pay a toll. A low sounding, but far echoing bell would sound, if that ship would refuse to stop and pay its toll, alarming a nearby military ship to make a boarding action. If however the low sounding bell was rung twice in a row, it meant an invading navy was making its way to Berenholm.