Ranst

Location

Ranst is a port on the east coast of Aanvang Island.

Population

As of the year 343IC, Ranst has a stable population of about 800 people although various ships crews can easily push this over 1000 when the port is busy. Humans are the predominant race in Ranst with the bulk of the remainder being Dwarves.

Description

The port is small (similar to that of Lilo) but the harbour can berth moderate sized ferries and merchant vessels. It's a common stopping-off point for vessels heading to and from the west coast of Thorast.

Defences

Ranst has no formal defences of its own. It occasionally assembles an informal, untrained (and often unruly) form of Town Watch of about 20 men, paid for by the business that operate portside. More commonly it relies upon paid-for mercenaries (adventurers) as ad-hoc defenders. As a port there are often sea-going vessels harboured that can take the townsfolk to safety if any significant threat arises and, of course, military assistance can be requested from Fort Aanvang.

Inns and Taverns

Ranst has a single inn and a couple of taverns, which is fairly typical for a town of its size.

Inns:

• The Old Wives' Tale

Taverns:

• Mojo's
• The Port o' Call

Notable People

• Jim Malone, owner and barman in residence of "Mojo's"