Simon:
> I'd have thought that this was a standard way of describing the
> position of cities. I've been doing research into the cities on the
> Volga and they are described as left bank or right bank.
>
> So, if you are heading downstream, left bank is on the left and right
> bank is on the right. I would assume.
>
> Maybe there's a more mystical, draconic explanation, but I doubt it.
> There are sometimes mundane reasons for things, you know :-)
You are right of course. So, my apologies, I should have quoted the source.
An example is Olorost, in the DP Gazetteer:
"Olorost was a bustling port of the Leftside community of the EWF..."
Of course, Olorost is left if you go upstream, north, or towards the
dragon's head.
Sam.
p.s. I probably phrased my question in terms of banks as I was specifically
thinking about Paris.