[Mor's End Discussion] Time to open shop!

[Lalato]

E-mail from Lalato

Here's a map of the St. Lawrence as it meets Lake Ontario...

http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/chat/answers/graphics/stlaw_freshwater.html

If that link doesn't work try this one and click on the word "freshwater"

http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/chat/answers/090100_stLaw.html

Here's a better map of the three rivers of
Pittsburgh...

http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/maps/html/pittsburgh_neighborhoods.html

--sam

 

[Lalato]

E-mail from wizard of the plains

I like the great lakes map. Also think the sketches that Buttercup sent up links to are nice.

So, summary?
Kul Moren or Mor's End (vote) is the city.
Settled on the bank of the river BLANK that flows out of the BLANK great lake.
A nexus point for major trade routes.
Some boat traffic (trade)


Known for the following natural resources:
Exotic clays
Cattle
Fish
Sapphires
Iron (from nearby mountains)
Dwarven settlement nearby

Known trade goods:
fine, colorful pottery
cut sapphires (spell components?)
cattle
worked iron ingots

Special:
Swamp nearby.
Maurauding bands of A, B, and C.
Ancient warrens used for storage below city

Did I get it right so far? And do any of these drop off list?
wizardoftheplains

 

[Lalato]

E-mail from Buttercup

Grey Dwarf, the map is progressing nicely. I can see lots of potential here!

Buttercup

 

[Lalato]

E-mail from Lalato

Here are some other mailing list options...

http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_mailing.htm

just throwing it out there...

--sam

 

[Lalato]

That concludes the e-mails with info... They're not in perfect order, but they're close enough.

If any of you want one of your e-mails edited, let me know and I will make the change for you.

--sam

 

[Lalato]

City Name

Here is a list of the City Names with at least 10 votes...

Entropia (39)
Entropy (38)
Kul Moren (21)
Enoria (17)
Port Entropia (16)
Enheim (15)
Mor's End (12)

--sam

 

[Krug]

Thanks Lalato. Feel free to start other threads.

All right, lets finalise the names.

The summary for the city votes:

My vote: (city)
Kul Moren

wizardofplains:
(city) Mor's End (settlement) Kul Moren

Grey Dwarf:
Mor's End

Buttercup:
(city) Mor's End (settlement) Kul Moren

Any other votes for names? Apologies if I missed anyone. A lot of emails to go through.

Maps are looking great! For another industry perhaps something that can tap into the lake? Some creature that inhabits it; haddock or some fish perhaps. Or a creature that weaves a substance similar to spider silk.

 

[Buttercup]

A creature that inhabits the lake, and weaves a substance similar to spider silk? Hmm. Would this creature be dangerous, or would it be domesticated? It might be cool to have "sea-silk worm" farms. There could be large floating platforms that the farmers would live on, at least during "silk milking" season or something. And maybe the processing of the stuff would be dangerous or stinky or something, which would raise the price of the finished sea silk thread.

The city might forbid the sale of the thread, like Venice did with glass beads (or was that Florence? don't remember off the top of my head) so that they could have a monopoly on sea silk fabric.

And maybe the city would therefore want to heavily police the lake to prevent sea silk worm theft. But of course, it's hard to make an open body of water 100% secure....

 

[Lalato]

I like both Mor's End and Kul Moren... Here's how I would put them in order...

Mor's End
Kul Moren
Enheim
Enoria
Entropia
Port Entropia
Entropy

--sam

 

[The Grey Dwarf]

Map 3

Here's another try.
I hope it's a bit better than the previous ones.

As for the names, I go with Lalato.

Edit: I added a fishermen's village to provide food for the dwarves.
Another thing is that the more we develop the surroundings of the city, the harder it will be to integrate in an existing setting.