Copyright: Nithrendia Studios, James Shaw and Wendy Shaw, All Rights Reserved.
Rollovan’s Take on the City of Tourlan, Vales
Inlet, Ailean Barony, Kingdom of Satatia -
Northern Frontier.
Well, you've come around asking after Tourlan,
so I suppose I must tell you what I know. If
you are...lucky enough to find yourself in
Tourlan, you may be drawn into the bustle of
great business and the smell of success. I'm
kidding, of course. That smell is fish, because
there's nothing else here. Tourlan is a fishing
town, you see, so there's an industry of fish,
warehouses for fish, caravans that come and
go to trade in fish. You might find a spot or
two for fishing, and if you're feeling peckish
you can stop into one of the handful of local
establishments, where you'll be served the
finest cuisine from across Nithrendia.
I'm kidding, of course. You'll be served fish,
because that's all that's here. Steelhead and
salmon, for the most part, so not even the
more interesting flavors of fish, like trout. In
my own experience, the weather, at least,
isn't so bad, although I did wish for a brisk
wind to freshen the smell a bit. The locals,
being mostly men of the sea, are quite proud
of themselves for the community they've
built, and I suppose I can't fault them. Tourlan
is a source of quite a large portion of the food
that moves around the area, and catching the
wiggly little things is not always the most
pleasant job, but it must be done, and by
Thaylian the salts'll do it better than most.
After putting around the area for a bit just to
get some of the local history (shocker, by the
way, it was founded by fishermen), I stayed a
night or two at what I was reluctantly
assured was the finest inn in the city. A
place called The Flipping Fish, because of
course it was. Now, I've ventured to some of
the most grand locales in the world, found
things most men will never dream of, stayed
in some of the greatest, and some of the
worst, places mankind has ever had the
pleasure or displeasure to see. I've been to
ancient cities, still very much alive, whose
very towers stretched for the sky as if to
hold her lovely hand. I've delved among the
deepest caverns, infested with
unimaginable, slimy creatures, most of which
would have happily killed me if given the
opportunity. You can trust me, then, when I
say this of Tourlan: if you should find
yourself weary of travel, low on supplies,
cautious of the very environment around
you, and your only other option is to dig
yourself a hole and cover it in leaves to
shelter yourself from the elements, I'd
recommend you do that rather than stay at
the Flipping Fish, or anywhere else in
Tourlan, frankly.
