Edge
Edge is a town at the eastern edge of the province of High Rift in the Aurean Empire. Surrounded on most sides by extremely wide rifts, some of the largest in High Rift, the town sits on an incredibly narrow spire of rock, crowded with houses and workshops that process ore. It is connected across a large stone bridge to the mountains at the edge of the plateau and across a several hundred foot long rope bridge that heads deeper into High Rift towards the rest of the empire.
In the mountains across the stone bridge are number of highly productive mines that employ much of the towns population. Orcs are sometimes active in the area, and the mines only reopened a few decades ago after being abandoned during The Mountain War. The miners all live within Edge and only go to the mines during the day accompanied by guards, and there are no roads or any commonly used routes running through or along the edge of the mountains. Despite the risks and associated expenses, the amount of ore coming out of the mines makes the whole process more then worth it.
Everything and everyone entering and leaving the town must cross the rope bridge that connects it to the rest of the empire. This includes recently mined metal, which is processed within the town before being loaded into buckets attatched to a pully system that runs alongside the rope bridge, with unused slag being dumped over the edge of the spire. On the other side, several more stone bridges cross more rifts before connecting with the main road system in Larium.
In the mountains across the stone bridge are number of highly productive mines that employ much of the towns population. Orcs are sometimes active in the area, and the mines only reopened a few decades ago after being abandoned during The Mountain War. The miners all live within Edge and only go to the mines during the day accompanied by guards, and there are no roads or any commonly used routes running through or along the edge of the mountains. Despite the risks and associated expenses, the amount of ore coming out of the mines makes the whole process more then worth it.
Everything and everyone entering and leaving the town must cross the rope bridge that connects it to the rest of the empire. This includes recently mined metal, which is processed within the town before being loaded into buckets attatched to a pully system that runs alongside the rope bridge, with unused slag being dumped over the edge of the spire. On the other side, several more stone bridges cross more rifts before connecting with the main road system in Larium.
Type
Town
Population
1,200
Inhabitant Demonym
Edgians
Location under
Owning Organization
