Wayfarer's Rest

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Location

Located at the north-eastern edge of the Kleinius Vale, about 55km inland from the west coast of Thorast.

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Wayfarer's Rest

Population

Wayfarer's Rest is a moderate-sized walled town which is home to approx. 5000 humanoids. The population is predominately Humans (45%) and Dwarves (40%) with a fair number of Gnomes (10%) and Tieflings (5%) also in evidence.

The town is just 8km north of Shadowfell Keep, an Imperial Army fort, and so is well used to supplying the fort's needs, both in terms of the legal and the dubious. As such the town has a large number of taverns and inns to accommodate off-duty soldiers, as well as a good selection of brothels, armourers, weapon-smiths and various places to gamble away what little pay they have. For the intellectuals there is also a small library and even an outpost of The Cerulean Chancery.

Defences

Wayfarer's Rest primary defence is its stone wall which surrounds the bulk of the town. There are three sets of town gates and each is flanked by a pair of watch towers. A further fourteen watch points ("blisters" from which arrows can be fired/beacon fires can be lit) are dotted around the perimeter.

The town has its own town watch, consisting of 150 full-time guards. The guard barracks are located in the SE corner of town.

However the town's best defences against attacks are it's elevation (affording a generous view of the surrounding land out to several kilometres) and it's proximity to Shadow Keep. Being located less an hour's horse ride away from three cohorts of the 62nd Legion is a strong deterrent to bandits.

Inns and Taverns

Inns:

• The Wayfarer's Rest
• The Dog and Abused Duck
• The Naughty Fairy

Taverns:

• The Burning Man
• The Cowardly Prince

Acknowledgements

The keen reader will note that a place called "Wayfarer's Rest" appears in the Game of Thrones book series. The "Wayfarer's Rest" presented here is not based on G.R.R. Martin's version; it merely has the same name. Having not read Martin's book series I honestly can't say where the town name came from but I devised this town in late 2009 which was 2 years before the series hit TV. I assume that I stole it from a published D&D adventure somewhere and once I find it I will credit it.

The map for this town was randomly generated using the tools at https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator.