For many years, the first major obstacle on the River Surma for armies traveling up to attack the dragon, was the waterfall at Yatton. Initially a portage point for boatloads of troops, wishing to press further up river. At the portage point, one would have to offload all cargo and passengers from the boat, and then carry it and all your gear, two miles up and around the falls. Many campaigns against the dragon of the lake ended here in a bloody massacre. The now ruined brunari fort at the top of the falls fell in JY 900; its sister fort down at the portage site fell to the army of Port Headland in JY 560. A bridge now connects Myrtle road from Four Wells road to the famous Strawberry road, which leads up through Shent, and further on to North Point. At Three corners Myrtle Road and Strawberry Road meet up with Queen’s Road a toll road down to Port Headland. Much of the towns buildings come from scavenged stones from ruins midway up the Strawberry Road. Gold silver and salt mines are found in the area around Yatton though it is best known for its many pig and dairy farms.
Outside the defeat of the Brunari at the upper falls in JY 900, the only other historical note is that Harold the Bold made his stand from here against the Merchants Alliance who had ousted his father King Fortifer the Lazy four years earlier. On King Fortifers deathbed, Harold proclaimed that once he was King, he would make Jelling right again, and remove the Merchants Alliance, and give power back to the people by opening up large tracks of land to be purchased by anyone with the money and allowing land owners rights to vote in pubic meetings about the affairs of the state. Harold made this statement to a crowd of drunken farmers at Jinnys Pub, which to this day has a slab of stone in the floor with two well-worn footprints called proclamation point. Patrons of the pub are allowed to stand on the impressions of King Harold’s feet and proclaim anything they desire without fear of being sacked by the crowd.
A city in the Nation of Jelling
Stats:
Town Size Large Town
Population 4,981
Gold piece limit 2,193
Ready cash 545,808
Power Center(s)
Conventional – Good town council
Community Authority Highest-level Fighter
Guards/Soldiers 193
Militia 249
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[...] ancient map was recently found in an excavation in the ruins just north east of Yatton. Maps like this one, which bears both the marks of the elfin family Cyriand (symbol:The moon) and [...]