East Timori Road

The East Timori Road reaches from the Fortress Cliffs overlooking the Nocturnal Sea to the Descent carved into the face of the Shadow Rift. It joins the lands of Tepest and Nova Vaasa and the communities of Briggdarrow, Viktal, Kelle, Liara, Kantora and Egertus. The East Timori Road connects in Kantora with the Prince's Road that joins Kantora and Bergovitsa. Prior to the Great Upheaval of 740 . . . .

The East Timori Road follows the Vaughn Dnar River from its source at Lake Kronov to Kantora and from there the Sydligdnar ("South Dnar River") to the sea. From Egertus to the Tepestani frontier the road stands back from the river bank, daring not tred on the best irrigated land and the richest crops. In Tepest road and river cross, recross, and recross one another as they navigate its broken terrain. The East Timori Road stays on the south side of the 'Sydligdnar and stays on the south side of the Vaughn from Kantora until just after the Trished River, inviting the hypothesis that at that point either the Vaughn Dnar becomes fordable or has a bridge thrown across it. Similarly, the Borchava River is either forded or crossed with a bridge. At Liara the road crosses over the river by means of a bridge. In Tepest it crosses the river four times by means of ancient stone bridges.

In Tepest the East Timori Road traverses thick forests as it weaves its way through uneven terrain. At every moment an ambush by goblins must be expected. And there are worse things in that land than goblins to ambush a traveller. The rangers native to the place do what they can, but there is simply too few people and too much wilderness.

In Nova Vaasa the traveller on the East Timori Road is safer than a traveller on any other road in the land. From the Tepestani frontier to Kantora and beyond farmland dotted with farmsteds stretches back from the river bank to the road. The only point at which the road can be said to be crossing anything approaching a lonely plain is close to Egertus. There the Sydligdnar sinks deep into the Katsmund Canyon and securing access to its waters in useful quantities becomes nigh impossible. At that point one stands at the edge of the Dommark and feels chillingly alone. Still, bandits rarely ride out of that blasted plain. Where they do ride from is the nearby Briarwood, lying between Egertus and Kantora and a little south of the road, seemingly immune to both the conditions that make the Dommark a virtual desert and to the axes of men. Still, on at least one occasion, Prince Othmar did make a point of sending foreign mercenaries to clear out the bandits. Another place from which bandits may ride out to attack the traveller is from Darkon as the East Timori Road hugs the Darkonese frontier east of Liara. still, the greater danger to the traveller may be ill met not on the road but at inns at night and in entering the towns and cities, for these places are thick with criminality. Of course back on the road one can have one's purse picked by a tax collector, particularly if he is in the employ of Prince Bolshnik.

WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Part of Timori Road(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

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