Here I shall make any and all "public" player knowledge available about the numerous cities, towns, villages, and hamlets that are found throughout Eadar.
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The largest of all Anderlar cities, Seward is also the first city-state to have been founded in Anderland. It was in Seaward that the Druids fashioned the first Thorned Throne, in Seaward that seagold was first harvested, and in Seaward that men organized the defense of Anderland during the goblin wars.
As the birth place of Anderland, Seaward is important to the people of the region as a symbol of their past, but it maintains its relevance in the present through its massive trade network and military strength. Seaward handles all harvesting and distribution of seagold, giving it a steady source of income with which to fund its navy and enormous army.
Situated on he juncture of the Dural River and the Goldspring Sea, Seaward is a gleaming monument to human strength and engineering. Unlike the other city-states, Seaward has an enormous stone fortress at its center. The structure contains the city's Thorned Throne and is so heavily ornamented and reinforced with seagold it seems to be made entirely of metal when the rays of the setting sun play across its surface.
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This rough and tumble city is renowned for the heroes who dwell there, men and women of uncommon strength and enormous bravery. Individuals and small groups constantly embark from Riversend to raid the Pale Forest, attack wild giants in the Stormfells, or simply to wander the plains in search of evils to fight and wrongs to right. These Anderlar heroes are the lifeblood of the city's economy, and also provide a powerful deterrent against outside attack.
Located on the juncture of the Torvun River and the Goldspring Sea, Riversend has profited well from trade along the river. The city used its wealth to construct an enormous tower in the center of the city, a place to honor the warriors of the land. The lower chambers of the tower house the Thorned Throne and government offices, while the upper floors have living quarters for the city's most revered heroes. The outside of the structure is decorated with images of famous battles, heroic events, and legendary feats of the city's mightiest and most renowned heroes.
Adventurers love the city, because it caters to them so well. Smiths of all types flock to the city for the chance to sell their wares to famous heroes, while shops and outfitters have sprung up all over Riversend to provide for the traveling needs of adventurers and wanderers. Though Riversend is not the most famous place for magical research, the sheer number of common magical texts available for sale in the city make it an ideal stop for any wizard seeking to add a rare volume or two to his library.
At the eastern edge of Anderland, near the banks of the Netheryn River, Saranor stands guard over the richest farmlands to be found in central Ambria. While the city proper has a stone wall surrounding it, the residents long ago outgrew the circumference of the protective circle and now spill out around the town in an unruly tangle of cobbled roads and sod or timber houses. Farms fan out from the city, as well, following the river back to the east for a hundred miles or more. The land is so rich near this river that many problaim it blessed by elven magic and even the Druids believe that the river may be fed by an eldritch well somewhere in Sildanyr.
The largest concentration of elves in Ambria can be found in Saranor, where elven explorers have been known to rest during their wanderings and travels from Sildanyr. Unfortunately, this has also made Saranor a focal point for the civil war raging in the heart of the elven wood. Agents of the dawn elves and night elves are dispatched to the city in search of Anderlar aid and become embroiled in a secret war of espionage and assassination. The government of Saranor, of course, frowns upon the elves using the city's alleys and dark corners as a battleground, but the city guard is simply ill-suited to police the well-trained and often magically gifted elven agents.
Saranor is renowned as a city of great fertility. Children outnumber adults nearly five to one, contributing to the city's explosive growth. Trees grow faster in the city and its environs, and even the Thorned Throne must be trimmed every few weeks. Whether the seasonal rites in honor of the Green Man and Lady of Flowers have anything to do with this, or whether they are held in Saranor because the land was so fertile in the first place, is a question sages and Druids have never been able to answer.
