Roads of Sartar

From: Mikko Rintasaari <mikrin_at_...>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:10:54 +0200 (EET)


On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, jorganos wrote:

Excellent work jorganos! That's exactly the sort of description that should end up in one of the coming Sartar books. That's the kind of detail Narrators need. How things look and feel. Kudos!

        -Adept

> The roads built by Sartar or at least during his reign are those
> covering the most difficult terrain, in and around the Quivin
> Mountains.
>
> The road out of the Boldhome Valley to Jonstown is more than a rival
> to the famous Roman aquaeduct "Pont du Gar". Before this road not even
> goats would have chosen that route to Jonstown. The road surface
> itself is an almost insignificant by-effect of bridges, terraces,
> balconies and artificial ledges producing a gently rising straight
> road with lots of resting places really high up among the Quivin
> Peaks. IMO this was achieved by seamless and mortarless masonry -
> compare the Inca capital (Cuzco) for a rude approximation...

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