Riven's Crossing

Riven's corssing is a small town of 600, which 300 hold non-military jobs, inhabiting the valley that links the Western Plaguelands and Hillsbad. It is located along both sides of the river connected by a bridge. It is one of the very few bridges between the bay at southshore, and the lake of Caer Darrow, making it a small hub for trading.

All men must serve and learn to fight in the town and most of the men who are not merchants or farmers are sent into the Houses army. The women generally work the Bakery's and the Mill as well as the Clotheshops.

It has a generously sized city guard of 100 and an standing army of 200.

Layout
The small village is seperated into three districts. The Residential district along the northern western side of the crossing where most of the populace lives. The Trade district, always bustling with activity and trade located just south of the Residential District. And finaly the Garden District spanning the length of both the Residential, and Trade Districts on the eastern side of the river.

The Garden Districts where the majority of the richer merchants and nobles live leads to the small, but yet stout keep of Rivenguard built along the mountain enclosing the valley.

The Keep is more say a manse then an actual stone keep. The large manse has a reasonably sixed petition hall and great hall, and medium sized kitchen with the upper level consisting of the study, master bedroom and three guest rooms. The Manse is surrounded by a wall and parapet easily capable of accomodating 2-3 men in width. Within the wall is the courtyard that leads to the barracks where the men train all day long.

The village itself is walled as well, a troll ruin lies to the south and they have been nothing but a bother for the good townspeople.

One of the distinctive landmarks is the giant watermill ruunning alongside the Trade District river, that grinds the villages wheat that it uses to produce it's famous valley bread.

After the Plague of Lordaeron
One of the few villages that actually survived the Plague and live to tell the tale, Riven's Crossing held a tactical advantage, being in a ravine where the scourge hardly bothered to travers and when they did, they're numberes counted for nothing in the riverland valley.

Now the walls have been reinforced incase of incursions by the new Forsaken.

Once neutral after the fall of Lordaeron, the old Lord Faren Rivenguard refused to ally with the Scarlet Crussade, or the Argent Dawn, choosing to remain neutral and act as a trading post that would ensure some prosperity to the ruinous land.

It was only after Faren's death, that his son, Daniel took up the Lordship and pledge his House and men to the Queen of Lordaeron that planned to retake the lands of Lordaeron.