The City of Ireby

Ireby has grown from being a mining town to being a transport hub for all kinds of goods. It is situated close to the mines in the mountains to the east, and this was where money was earned to grow the town from its humble beginnings. The road upon which it sits runs north to Birdley and Loswood, where goods coming in from the long trek from Caldonacia head through on the way to south and west Ticetia, and it is also the route out for goods headed in the opposite direction.

Ireby is the smallest of the three cities in the county of Nuneith, but is the quickest growing. They have a larger dwarfish population than their counterparts, but hardly any elfish or halfling folk in the city. The city still clings to its mining town roots, and is considered by many to be both dirty and unattractive.

To the west of the town is a large dockland area, used for the boat-transport of ores and other mining output downriver to Eversham. Very little is imported through this route.

Places of Interest

Places to Stay

The inns of Ireby have a rustic charm, but in general they are of a lower standard than those of larger cities.

• The Mines Head. Offers simple, basic lodgings; aimed clearly at travelling miners, the food is unfussy, and the beer plain and unexciting. This place is cheap to stay in too.

• Bobby Rambert's Inn. Bobby runs a clean and tidy inn, with secured stabling. The place is surprisingly large, and he can cater for big parties easily. His stabling is impressive too - he seems to take the cream of the travelling businessmen who flow through the city daily.

• Stanghorst's Dwarf House. Dagley Stanghorst runs a small dwarf-focussed inn; he can cater for humans too, but this place seems popular with dwarfish miners on their way to or from the mines in the east. The dwarf beer is particularly good.

Surrounding Villages

Stoke Cairn Village

This small village is a day's journey to the west of Ireby, and is the first stop-off on the way to Ridstock. The land around is mostly farmland, with higher moor land to the south, and greener more fertile lands away to the north towards the river valley.

There are the usual places to stay in Stoke Cairn Village|

• Heldon's Inn - a typical small inn and barroom, reasonably clean, caters for traders, and is run by Mr Owen Heldon.
  • Single rooms| 3sp
  • Shared rooms (for two people) 5sp
  • Stabling 3sp per beast
• Guard Station - same as all guard stations, clean tidy but very basic. Rooms are expensive|
  • Single Rooms| 6sp
  • Shared rooms (for two people) 8sp
  • Stabling 3sp per beast

Comleck Village

This is a small village about a two hour walk to the west of the city. There is a low-standard inn here, but it is not recommended. The village produces some of the food supplies used by the city.

Wergrand Village

This small place is the main turn-off for the mines to the east. The village has some small inns and taverns suitable for miners making their way to or from the mines; these are mostly used when the moving mining population fills the available places in the City to the east.

Grindley Village

This place is a traveller's stop-off. It has some farming activity around, but the locals are geared up for traders moving both north and south these days. It has quite a large capacity as it caters for traders passing to and from Caldonacia along the road north of the village, as well as ordinary traders moving goods around Ticetia. This is the last village north from here in the county of Nuneith.

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