City of Rolar
The City of Rolar is the seat of the Ward of Rolar and the largest population center in the Ward at 9,500 souls. It is located on the banks of the Rolar River, where much of the commercial and agricultural traffic moves into and out of the Ward. The city is a busy and dynamic community and much (indeed, most) of the trade coming into and going out of the Ward passes through here first. The City is governed by the Warden of Rolar, Rory Broadshield and the Lord Mayor of Rolar, Martin Westin.
The city has recently completed the Great Gate on the western approach through the city's walls and is the largest (by far) stone structure in the city. The Great Gate houses a Company of Dragoons and a Scout Company as its garrison and is also the headquarters for the Watch Commander of the City, Kenner Paige. With the completion of the Great Gate, the city's walls are complete and fully manned at all hours of the day and night.
Demographics
Fully half the city's population is Halfling, with Humans making a large minority and Gnomes filling in the rest. Less than 50 Dwarves call the city home.
Government
While the Warden of Rolar has his official residence and offices within the City, the City itself is directly managed and administered by the Lord Mayor, Martin Westin from his official residence at Whitewood Hall in the Lower Quarter of the City. Most official city business in handled here, while most military and security issues are handled from the Great Gate offices of the Guard and Watch.
Defences
City Watch is made up of one full Scout Company, two full Companies of the Regent's Yeoman Archers and one full Regiment of Dragoons, all led by Kenner Paige, the Watch Commander of the City. In addition to the standing forces, all residents of the City of Rolar are required and expected to be fully able to defend themselves and their homes in the event of attack. Thus, it is quite common to frequently see residents walking the streets of Rolar wearing long knives, short swords or even axes.
Industry & Trade
The city's largest industry by far is transportation. From ship to wagon to handcart, goods and produce are moved into and out of the city by the tons each and every day. Ancillary industries such as ship building, barrel making, pottery and glass makers, carters and wagoners, stockmen, and all sorts of repair services and farrier shops are also plentiful.
Infrastructure
The majority of streets and roads within the walls are paved, and the few that aren't are well-graded gravel roads that allow all forms of traffic to move at a fast and efficient pace in any weather. The city has several powerful natural springs within the walls that provide an abundance of pressurized water to more than half the structures in the city. Along the banks of the river there are half-a-dozen very large and very productive windmills that grind grains and crush fruit and nuts to make meal, flower, cider and oil by the barrel-full each and every day. There are also numerous watermills that grind, pound or crush everything from wool to wine.
Districts
Outside the City walls are the districts of Greenfield, Riverside, and the Belt. Within the walls are the Lower Quarter (centered around the Lower Gate), Springside (north of the Clearwash), the Fair Lawn District, High Side (closest to the Great Gate) and the Keep Side (closest to the Warden's Keep).
Geography
The City of Rolar is built on the slope of a gentle hill that peaks very near the Great Gate and gradually falls to the west bank of the Rolar River on the east side of the city. The walls of the city encompass more than a square mile of area, and within that area are more than eight strong artisian springs that push tens of thousands of gallons of cold, clear water out of the ground every day. The largest of these natural springs feed deep cisterns within the walls that hold hundreds of thousands of gallons of fresh water and bring pressurized water to much of the city's larger buildings and neighborhoods.
Natural Resources
Surrounded by hundreds of square miles of fertile farmland and pastures, and having an abundance of natural artisian springs,
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