Stakes Castle was a military fortress established by the Wildland Orcs atop the Wildwind Highlands. Its function was to use the Malevolent Wolf Cavalry stationed within to counter the advancing Human Fortress Cluster of the Silvermane Principality.
The Malevolent Wolf Cavalry was the third-tier troop of the Orc Race, consisting of Big-eared monster riders mounted on wolves.
The Big-eared monsters were short in stature, and their wolves were about the size of ponies. On the Wildwind Highlands, strewn with grasslands and forests, the Malevolent Wolf Cavalry were more easily concealed than Human Cavalry. They were ideal for guerrilla warfare.
The extensive patrols and raids by the Malevolent Wolf Cavalry made it difficult for humans to continue building fortresses towards the Orc Controlled Area. This effectively thwarted the human tactic of using fortress clusters to gradually encroach on Orc territory.
