Having completed her mission, Renengild stepped down as mayor, allowing the younger generation to take over. Stalwart is reinvigorated by the opening of Durgan's Battery and the influx of people and money into the town. Once The White March - Part I is completed Although numerous adventuring parties have been trying to batter down the doors into the battery for over a year, none succeeded. She contacts The Watcher for assistance after the first dozen attempts fail, as the village came under attack from an Ogre tribe, seemingly in retaliation for attempts to access the Battery. To avoid that fate, Renengild, the mayor of the village has decided to reawaken the White Forge of Durgan's Battery and establish Stalwart as the sole supplier of Durgan steel or an approximation thereof. The combination of a particularly cold season that affected elk populations across the March and the aggression on part of the ogre clans and wolves are the primary reasons behind the recent difficulties. Each month more and more people leave, due to a lack of work or supplies necessary to sustain them. With no proper economy to anchor it in place, the village is facing oblivion.
Stalwart has experienced difficulties in recent times due to the closure of the mines after the Aedyr Empire pulled out of the Eastern Reach.
As long as the colonial presence remained in the Eastern Reach, the village saw a reliable amount of traffic from both sides of the March. A former mining colony established in the White March by the Aedyr Empire, to supply ore to the empire.