Avamar

Description

Avamar Region Description

The city of Avamar stands like a great gaunt sentinel at the mouth of the Sirion river. It is the first line of defence against armies from the south. It has four great estates, each named in the ancient Elvish with a name that is meant to emphasize Avamar's unyielding opposition to invaders.


Angbarad (The Iron Fortress)

This massive fortress guards the southern walls and gate of Avamar. This is the point at which Avamar is most vulnerable. This is the gate that must not fall. The south gate leads to a finely engineered stone bridge that spans the Sirion river and leads to the lands of the south. Behind this fortification comes first the military district and then the market area.


Thorom Tirith (The Eagle's Guard)

At the heart of the city rises the central fortification. Once known as The Ivory Tower, this fortified castle assumes aspects of an imperial palace and its white towers are the highest ones in the city. Guards with powerful telescopes keep watch from the towers in all directions.


Seregrond (The Blood Hall)

Immediately outside the inner walls, this old district is an administrative area housing bureaucratic buildings and the houses of officials. The architecture here is a mixture of ancient elven style and more recent human construction. The Blood Hall for which the district is named, is a public tournament ground and training hall, providing covered seating for hundreds of Spectators.


Gwathannon (The Death Gate)

This is the fortification that guards the eastern approaches to the city and also protects the port and docks of Avamar. It's walls bear fire throwing catapults to devastate any hostile fleet. Around it has grown the harbor area and red district.

 

August 24, 2020 by Elric

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