Merchant’s Road

Despite the name, the Hyperborean Empire built this ancient thoroughfare to facilitate military transport to the Pass of Hummaemidon and eventually to The Plains of Mayfurrow and Bard’s Gate. The road fell into disrepair after the Hyperborean retreat but has experienced a recent resurgence since the proposed reopening of the trade route through the Desolation. The road links the city of Apothasalos to Bard’s Gate via the Old North Road. Not surprisingly, the increased traffic along the long-abandoned route attracts attention from gnoll marauders and highwaymen looking for a quick score. Likewise, hucksters sometimes pose as soldiers from either city to collect tolls on the metropolis’s behalf. Bard’s Gate has been cracking down on this scam for several years, though frontier justice usually deals with this problem more effectively than the tedious court system ever could.

Type

Road