Your First Step into New London
To the far west of the Central London Wastes, at the furtherest edge of the White-Road lies a small trading settlement known as the Chapel Trail Outpost.
More recently
travellers have taken to referring to the small series of building as
the Fortune Gate. The name has thoroughly disappointed many, whom
assume it to refer to a mighty stronghold, or some kind of bastion of
security. The reality of the town is, two small trading posts and a
fairly large; re-purposed Hotel.
The shabby Hotel is
also famed for its converted lounge, turned tavern and is the first
place an aspiring Merc should head for work.
The beauty of the Fortune Gate
is its work ethic. Generally it will pay shelter and warm food for
work, no matter who you are, or what you do.
The settlement itself
is usually too small to be seen as a target, but big enough to defend
itself from attack. It also tends to make its own protection, being
the first stop for all new travellers in the area, form merchant to
ruthless bounty hunter, has its perks.
The name, Fortune Gate,
is relevant however when looked at in the right way, it refers to
the fact that this town, however small, is the first point to where
trade Caravans enter the Central London Wastes (well at least from
the West). It is also the last open settlement in the CLW before you
hit the Tower, in many cases making it a must stop to re-supply.
More recently the town
has been recruiting a countless supply of new Caravan guards, as
their old ones just so happen to go missing on the White-Road. Trade
between the Tower and the Fortune Gate must continue, if the Caravans
stopped the results would be catastrophic not only for those said
settlements, but potentially all of the settlements this side of the
Divide River.....
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