First appears in: The Twin Fury
Piedmont Point is a craggy hill located about a mile outside of Ilyrion University on Valaralda. Described simply as a "rocky hill" and a "rocky ridge that overlooked Ilyrion," it is notable for being "the highest point in the vicinity" and easily within walking distance of the campus. From its peak at night, "The city glimmered in the night, lanterns and candles and a handful of remaining bonfires flickering in the chill, dark air".
The location serves two critical narrative purposes separated by thousands of years. In the ancient past, the junior astronomy professor Aten hauls his telescope up the dark, freezing hill to investigate a mysterious "orange ball of light" in the sky, marking the arrival of the Twins. Millennia later, during the final days of Ilyrion, a pirate radio operator codenamed Lightning takes over the "wideband transmitter at Piedmont Point" to desperately broadcast warnings to the surviving elves that the vengeful Twins have returned.