Re: Duck-Point (and much mystical speculation)

From: bethexton_at_...
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:15:35 -0000

wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 bethexton_at_y... wrote:
>
>
> Anyway. The impression I've always got from KoS is that while Duck
Point
> is not the fifth city that Sartar may have wanted (with the
Colymar) it
> is a working river port, inhabited by ducks and humans.
>
> I've grown quite fond of the Durulz over the years, and don't see
why
> they shouldn't have their own city. :)
>
> Anyway, the city wasn't built on nothing. Obviously there's been a
Duck
> settlement there long before Sartar.
>
In my imagination there are were Duck settlements near Duck Point, just outside the walls where they could make them more comfortable (gone since the bounty, of course).

In the later years of Sartar it is possible, even probable that those humans involved in River trade may have set up in Duck Point, but I think that they weren't particularly Sartari....weird in a royal city, but there you go. There wasn't official tribal sections or representatives, so everyone living there was officially there on their own, and not many Sartari would do that (at least by choice). Some ducks may have moved in, certainly they would have visited. I'm not sure who would have made/imposed law and order in town, but it could have been hired Durulz-death lords :)

And yes, the city was probably sited near Durulz settlements originally, but hopefully not *ON* them. Since the Ducks didn't agree to the city, having it displace any of their towns sounds harsh!

--Bryan (also chatty today!)