Editing Wodesville (section)

== Geography ==
Wodesville lies an eighth of a mile north of the Öste River and about two miles south of the Rava River. It sits on a relatively flat plain which was formerly, in antiquity, part of the Diomedes that has since been culled through extensive logging. It has no outer wall to keep intruders out. It once had an eastern wall whose foundation can still be seen just beyond the edge of the crystal's field. Nobody is sure why the wall was constructed; the major theory is that ancient inhabitants began to build the wall before realizing that the town had the "fighting fog" around it. The wall was torn down about 350 years ago to help build foundations for buildings as well as cobblestones for the town square, but the large stone "gate" that Broad Road runs through was left for mostly aesthetic reasons. The gate has two enormous ancient wooden doors that are always open because there is no need to close them. Wodesville has no "wards" or districts per se, though there are five rough sections of town, bisected by the five main roads leading to the town square: northeast, or Guilder; northwest, or Kingsland; southeast, or Gatesreach; south, or Ferry's Crossing (or just "The Crossing"); and west, or Bridgeroad.

=== Guilder ===
Named after Georg Guilder (or, more technically, after Guilder Road, which is named after him), one of the loggers who originally founded modern-day Wodesville. He was instrumental in developing the layout of the city and so they named a road after him. It's kind of a slummy part of town, being close to Broad Road, the main road into town from the east—though it is not nearly as bad as Gatesreach. The Stout Scoundrel is located here.

=== Gatesreach ===
Named after the gate mentioned above. Basically a slum and a shanty town mixed into one glorious horseshit-smelling pile of garbage. Gatesreach is where you'll find most of the unwanted peddlers and people selling black market goods and such.

=== Bridgeroad ===
Named after the north bridge of the Öste river and the road. Encompasses Bula's Rest/Loggerton, most of which is beyond the circle of the crystal's influence.

=== Ferry's Crossing ===
The most residential section of town, Ferry's Crossing is named after the end of the road, where the Rava Bridge lies. Since the Rava Bridge is outside the circle of the force field, it is an old, rickety stone bridge, prone to being demolished by whatever passing band of raiders/brigands/undead happens upon it. Thus, at the edge of the northern side of the river is a small ferry company known as "Rorin's Ferry Service." Rorin is a gnome who built a ferry that will take travelers across for a fee of 5 gold one way. His ferry is "untouchable" he says, "Just like Wodesville!" The ferry itself is just a large flat-bottomed paddle boat capable of holding up to 10 medium sized creatures.

There's about 1/8th of a mile separating the southern edge of Wodesville and the ferry crossing.

=== Kingsland ===
Named after, well, the king, back when there were kings. It is the administrative district and home to most of the nobility of Wodesville (which isn't saying much). At the western edge of the city is King's Keep, which is where the governor and his council of mayors live and work. At this point, Kingsland is mostly full of people with money. There is also a street dedicated toward a marketplace, with more upscale shops and such. It's the most sparsely built areas of the city, though not by much.