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| + | Claviscero is one of only three crossings of the Dyafice. Built upon atop a rocky isthmus that reaches out to the rugged mountains on the side, the town is perched high above the rift with commanding views east to the distant mountains where the Dyafice begins. Looking west, one can see for hundreds of kilometres as the rivers of the rift to eventually flow out to sea at Valentia. Imposingingly casting a dark purple shadow over the rift are the spurs of the great mountains that line the northern side of the rift. From these mountains pour the wealth of iron, tin, copper and gold for those that dare seek paths through the broken and steep terrain. And it is in Claviscero that the miners come to trade their ore. They descend down from the hilly tracks to the northern side of the rift where two bridges span the one hundred metre gap to the island of rock known as the Isle of Vadis. | ||
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| + | Rising a kilometre from the rift is a giant rock spur only 800 metres in diameter with two bridges linking the island to the north. Crowning its top is the imposing Fort Vadis with its enormous twin spires the size of a chariot's stadium linked by a battlements and stone walls. Around the top of each spires battlements rise timber platforms where stationary crossbow like catapults search the skies above. To its west the fort continues down an include with two smaller spires with equally as complex aerial defences looking west down the rift and over the western bridge. The remaining landmass of the Vadis spire is covered in the tree and four story stone homes, workshops and storefronts of Claviscero's metal workers. The air is thick with the smell of metal filings, smoke and charcoal. | ||
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| + | Standing on the southern side of the spire is a well used road to the great arch of Claviscero. This feat of centuries of masonry labour spans the four hundred metre gap to the southern Claviscero. Either side of the great arch is a thousand metre fall to the rift below and looking south one can see the main town of Claviscero built along a small finger like isthmus of rock which is connected to the southern side of the rift. The arch is completely open with only a one more guard rail of stone along its sides. The arch is impressive for its two wagons width. | ||
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Revision as of 10:02, 6 May 2015
Contents
History
Geography
Claviscero is one of only three crossings of the Dyafice. Built upon atop a rocky isthmus that reaches out to the rugged mountains on the side, the town is perched high above the rift with commanding views east to the distant mountains where the Dyafice begins. Looking west, one can see for hundreds of kilometres as the rivers of the rift to eventually flow out to sea at Valentia. Imposingingly casting a dark purple shadow over the rift are the spurs of the great mountains that line the northern side of the rift. From these mountains pour the wealth of iron, tin, copper and gold for those that dare seek paths through the broken and steep terrain. And it is in Claviscero that the miners come to trade their ore. They descend down from the hilly tracks to the northern side of the rift where two bridges span the one hundred metre gap to the island of rock known as the Isle of Vadis.
Rising a kilometre from the rift is a giant rock spur only 800 metres in diameter with two bridges linking the island to the north. Crowning its top is the imposing Fort Vadis with its enormous twin spires the size of a chariot's stadium linked by a battlements and stone walls. Around the top of each spires battlements rise timber platforms where stationary crossbow like catapults search the skies above. To its west the fort continues down an include with two smaller spires with equally as complex aerial defences looking west down the rift and over the western bridge. The remaining landmass of the Vadis spire is covered in the tree and four story stone homes, workshops and storefronts of Claviscero's metal workers. The air is thick with the smell of metal filings, smoke and charcoal.
Standing on the southern side of the spire is a well used road to the great arch of Claviscero. This feat of centuries of masonry labour spans the four hundred metre gap to the southern Claviscero. Either side of the great arch is a thousand metre fall to the rift below and looking south one can see the main town of Claviscero built along a small finger like isthmus of rock which is connected to the southern side of the rift. The arch is completely open with only a one more guard rail of stone along its sides. The arch is impressive for its two wagons width.
Population
Notable Characters
Patricans
- Rhomae
Middlemen / Artisans
- Vodin - Chief of the Reynage
Peasants / Farmers / Poor
- Copans
