Apr 17, 2015 1:06 am
Hey gang, I don't have time at this moment to do my write up for the whole setting, but I wanted to throw a few ideas out here and then invite you guys to make suggestions on what you might like to see. So to begin...
The story will start in the town or Barrelwaight. Barrelwaight is a small river trade village that is nestled into a fork where two rivers meet and form the larger river that leads to the kingdom's capitol. The town got its name because there is a small fort that the kingdom uses to check cargo before it heads north to the capitol. The largest commodity to come from the southern portions of the kingdom is wine and other beverages. So merchants who came this way had to sit and "wait with their barrels" while magistrates inspected manifest and levied taxes. The idea is to speed up the process at the docks in the capitol by having some of the paperwork out of the way.
The town is roughly three-quarters of a day's travel from the capitol by standard river boat/barge. Some Lords and Ladies have faster vessels that don't stop in Barrelwaight regularly. By horse and cart it is a solid two days because of the somewhat hilly terrain between the two settlements. That is if you don't get stopped by bandits or roaming monsters on the road.
So the primary trade in town is services. Inns are well appointed and the two blacksmiths are never out of work making tools that both boatmen and farmers can make use of. Trade is brisk and common. If the town doesn't have what a person needs, they can get it in a few days by telling a passing merchant and having them bring it in.
So... more on the town and the surrounding area to come.
The story will start in the town or Barrelwaight. Barrelwaight is a small river trade village that is nestled into a fork where two rivers meet and form the larger river that leads to the kingdom's capitol. The town got its name because there is a small fort that the kingdom uses to check cargo before it heads north to the capitol. The largest commodity to come from the southern portions of the kingdom is wine and other beverages. So merchants who came this way had to sit and "wait with their barrels" while magistrates inspected manifest and levied taxes. The idea is to speed up the process at the docks in the capitol by having some of the paperwork out of the way.
The town is roughly three-quarters of a day's travel from the capitol by standard river boat/barge. Some Lords and Ladies have faster vessels that don't stop in Barrelwaight regularly. By horse and cart it is a solid two days because of the somewhat hilly terrain between the two settlements. That is if you don't get stopped by bandits or roaming monsters on the road.
So the primary trade in town is services. Inns are well appointed and the two blacksmiths are never out of work making tools that both boatmen and farmers can make use of. Trade is brisk and common. If the town doesn't have what a person needs, they can get it in a few days by telling a passing merchant and having them bring it in.
So... more on the town and the surrounding area to come.