Irbid is the name of the town nearest to the Alabaster Abbey in the Kalgan Pass, although if you asked one of the villagers they would deny it fiercely, pointing over the ridge to the neighboring town. However, Irbid is undeniably closer despite what the inhabitants may wish to believe. It is a small collection of squat wooden and stone-brick houses, solidly built to keep out winter winds, at the mouth of the valley pass. Surrounded by surprisingly rich fertile soil. this has sustained the village through difficult times, and many men travel to nearby villages and towns to trade the fruits of the harvest for other goods.
There is only one caravan that rolls into Irbid, however.
Without fail, when the summer harvest has reached its peak, and the sweat hangs low on the brows of those returning to their homes from the fields, a white-tented caravan trundles up the pass from the Alabaster Abbey.