[Settlements] Kings Crossing

[Havard]

:roll: Seems we are all slipping up on this one. I failed to notice that in the reems of stuff in the back of episode 37 (yes the one right before 38) there is a complete write up about the town, pages 30-33.

Pity it doesn't make any damn sense.

Thanks for following up on this Aldarron!

It says Kings Crossing is at "the juncture of the Ramshead and Newgate roads... founded in 990 and recognized by King Uther in 995 ... on the spot where King Uther crossed the river and surprised the (Afridhi) enemy."

Given that uther was maybe 5 years old in 990, that date is a tad bit impossible. Maybe add 25 years? Leaving that aside...

According to the d20 CS, Uther was born in 985, but in any case, why would it matter what Uther does or says before 1005 (when he becomes Baron)?

As you say, either the year is wrong or the town was founded by an earlier ruler. Sounds more likely that the year should be 1015 and referring to the Battle of Root River.

Okay, the Ramshead and Newgate roads are the Hell and Faery roads - no problem there except the "juncture" occurs at different spots depending on which map you use. Its a safe bet the CG hexmap from the 3.5/d20 Blackmoor was intended. So that puts Kings Crossing on the north shore of Blood Lake. Most of the other maps have the roads meet at this spot also, including Bob Bledsaws map in the FFC. The roads meet just above the unlabeled patch of woods west and north of Boggy Bottom, which must be the Blood Wood. There's plenty of swamp nearby too.

There's really no solution that fits all the facts given. I see four possibilities:

1. Ignore the date and the brigde and the river references and rename the town Kings Port.

Not to keen on this option.

2. Follow the 4e handdrawn map. Unlike all the other maps, the 4e map shows the juncture of the Newgate and Ramshead roads occuring just above the Root. Trouble is, this is almost exactly where other maps put Boggy Bottom, including Bledsaws, map in the FFC. So Boggy Bottom would have to be slid a little further west, closer to the south end of the Long Lake and the Blood wood would then have to be added between the ramshead and newgate roads (which wouldn't really make Boggy Bottom "below" the Blood Wood as it should be).

I assume you mean this map, which also appeared in the 3E CS. It may likely bethe main reason for the confusion.

3. Draw a whole new map lengthening the Root a little and moving Blood Lake a little further west.

4. Ignore the placement at the road juncture and move the town to where I suggested in the previous post. Unfortunetly, I think this gets furtherest from what the game designers intended though.

Drawing a whole new map does not sound very appealing. I think you are on the right track here. Move Kingsbridge to the Faerie Road; either north of the Trog lake (as per your suggestion) or on the Barleycorn River as per Rafe's suggestion.

The town could easily be founded (settled) in 990, but then recognized/renamed in 1015 by King Uther.

-Havard