Yes please! We definitely need maps.
> What we have so far is the map of the surrounding lands (still
> containing various errors) and the city plan overview. What I'd like
> to see is
> - how the Tor (if that's the rock the city walls were built upon)
> relates to the rest of the Plateau,
> - where that larger hill (on the map towards the west) sits,
> - how Tarkalor's road approaches the city and how it continues to
> Smithstone and Karstanstead,
> - where the Lunars set up their camp,
All good. I'm pretty confused myself by the tor/plateau issue. My thought is take something that looks a lot like the rock of the Acrocorinth (we can call it the Tor of Whitewall or whatever) and plop John's city plan on top of it. To avoid confusion, I am going to refer to it as the Rock of Whitewall. The Rock rises some 1000-1800 feet above the the surrounding hills. I assume the whole top of the rock is walled (which means the rock is shaped like John's city plan).
> Here's my current idea:
> Tarkalor's road approaches from the northeast through a valley with
> the Tor atop the plateau to the northwest and a quite rounded hill
> range to the southeast. The hills opposite the plateau are less high
> than the Tor, but overlook the plateau.
So is the Rock atop the plateau?
> The road rises on top of a lesser hill opposite to the Tor, from
which
> Tarkalor's Bridge spans the gap towards Tarkalor's Gate. During the
> siege there will be a bastion of ballistae and trebuchets here,
> probably thunderbolt-riddled.
That works for me. Must look pretty cool.
> The road to Smithstone leads southward first into a broader valley
> which will house the Lunar camp.
The Northvale?
> To the south of the Plateau, west of the Tor, there would be the
> valley leading to the trail across Destor's Hills into Markdale.
There
> ought to be hilltops across that valley overlooking the plateau as
well.
> Northwest of the Tor, the plateau ends somehow (drops, or changes
into
> a steep rise?), and the main hill of Destor's Hills rises up several
> hundred feet higher than the other peaks. Access to the plateau ought
> to be controlled by the Tor, but other routes like Grudny's Ginnel
> should exist.
This sounds good, but I think I need to see a map.
> Comments?
Yeah, I wish we could quickly compare sketches - but I have no scanner here at work.
Jeff
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