Newport

Newport is a third port town, smaller than the other two, though still important because it was once known as Caerleon, the capital of the Cymric kingdom of Escavalon. Legend has it that it was here King Arthur was crowned. It was the center of the worship of the Unconquered Sun in Wales, and the town and the region surrounding it had converted from cymri paganism to that faith long before the Anglish conquest. There are still old ruins of the much larger city of Caerleon (and older Arcadian ruins dating from the time that Caerleonum was an important Arcadian city) found in the surrounding countryside. Like Cardiff, Newport was attacked by Owain Glyndwr during his revolt, though the town was taken rather than razed and served for some time as Owain’s «capital».

Type

Trade post