Hillport
Hillport sits at the confluence of the Rodenno and Quell Rivers in the rough foothills that run from the Hollow Spire Mountains down to the sea. It lies on a small bay, protected by the rocky hills from the storms that pound the Reaping Sea. The town has a standing guard force and a strong volunteer guard, and is also surrounded by a strong wooden palisade. A regular sentence for any prisoners (for being drunk and disorderly, for example) is to spend a certain number of hours outside the palisade clearing brush from the town’s perimeter.
Hillport was built primarily to allow traders access to products from the interior of the Kajaani Forest, the Hollow Spire Mountains, and the Seething Jungle. Unfortunately, the small bay near the rivers’ mouth is almost as rocky as the surrounding foothills, which makes navigation to the port difficult. The town provides guide boats, but still only small ships are willing to come in to the port and they are never frequent enough for the amount of trade the town desires. The Traders’ Council has a plan to encourage more ships to call at Hillport; they hired a bard (Grenhenbe Woribo) to travel to other area ports (such as Bargarsport, Jah Sezar, and Storm Haven to the east, and Buckport, Sunport, and Ollanshire to the south) and talk up the advantages of Hillport to the captains there.
Settlement
Hillport, Town of
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