[Adonthell-general] Cirdanth

[Andrew Michael Phillips]

Y'all,
Of course, I've been inventing a great many tidbits of late, but one that 
might need a little more doublechecking that others is the approximate 
geography of Cirdanth and outlying villages. Working from Lucia's 
statements in Waste's Edge and Kai's description in the plot doc, I would 
assume that Cirdanth is a trade hub. 
I'm also working on the assumption that there are distinct Human and 
Half-Elvish districts within the walled city of Cirdanth. Most of the 
human population of Cirdanth, however, lives beyond the wall in villages 
that have grown up around the gates, towers, and cardinal points of the 
city. The Elves prefer that affairs within the walls remain orderly, so 
the Men of the Mace are particularly careful to control events in the 
Human District. The outlying villages and farms feed the city, while the 
commerce within the walls governs and expands it.
I imagine that the streets are narrow and especially mazelike in the Human 
quarter and its outlying villages. It lacks the visual and aesthetic 
harmony that Elvish and half-Elvish districts display.
Of course, there are also the river and harbour docks, around which 
smaller Human districts have sprung up, as well as the Temple and Manor, 
which are the heart of the city.
More to come, as usual.

-- 
Andrew Phillips
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