Swiebodzice

A small town in the low foothills of the Silesian mountains, Swiebodzice lost most of its population, but a group of survivors have congregated in the area, mostly due to the defensive potential of the crumbling but still largely intact Ksiaz Castle, which was previously used as a conference centre for the communist party. The Castle was taken over by a group of well armed Free Polish rebels, including several army defectors, whose initial goal was to capture local party officials but who ended up staying due to the castle's well stocked cellars and defensible position.

Although most of the people live in the surviving buildings of Swiebodzice about a kilometre down the road from the castle, it is in the castle that the city's meagre stash of weapons and food supplies are kept, as well as where the fifty Free Polish soldiers are based. The town is mostly self-governing, maintaining a mayor and four person council despite its nominal allegiance to the Free Polish government to the east. In the event of any serious threat the people will retreat to the castle to hold out there.

The much larger but abandoned town of Walbryzch lies to the south, previously home to over 100,000 people but abandoned now. Many of the inhabitants of Swiebodzice are former inhabitants of Walbryzh.

Recently the town's inhabitants received a false rumour of a Soviet-Polish convoy approaching the area with the intent of occupying the town. As such they are doing everything they can to stockpile weapons and attract defenders, although they are also suspicious of possible pro-Soviet infiltrators.

Recently a group of a dozen Free Polish soldiers deserted and fled into the hills south of the city, lacking the stomach to face the putative Soviet attack. If the PCs wish to earn the trust of the town, they will be offered the quest at The Windmill.