New Acquaintances [Bella/Andraste~]

Hama Valon, the city around the Grey Tower.
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Welcome to Hama Valon! The aptly named 'mountain guard' is the city that has grown up at the gates of the Grey Tower at the western edge of the Two Rivers. Like all cities, there are quiet quarters with pleasant inns, such as Elman's Creek, which used to be the nearest village when the Tower was young, but was absorbed as the new city grew; its Band of Brothers Inn is still a favorite relaxation spot for many of the Tower's denizens. And again, like all cities the world over, there are less pleasant places--narrow, nameless streets that house hells and other houses of ill repute. Most of the city falls somewhere in between, with hawkers crying their wares in the streets, respectable shopkeepers ready to serve you, and petty cutpurses happy to follow you.

Novices, Soldiers, and drin'far'ji must be accompanied by a chaperon when outside Tower walls or they risk being picked up as runaways and duly punished.
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Re: New Acquaintances [Bella/Andraste~]

Post by Elan » September 30th, 2017, 6:54 pm

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For the first time, Mael thought he could tell that his companion was actually young, as opposed to just looking youthful due to the slowing. It was not something he could really put his finger on, nothing… obvious, but when she spoke of her family — the people within her home on wheels — there was an undertone of pain he could recognise, a wound no longer raw and bleeding but neither completely faded. It made her smile no less vibrant, her dark eyes no less full of life; all it did was make him feel old and washed out in comparison.

This is precisely why you need to get out more. He could almost hear Alastair’s voice speak the words — and, Light, he’d much preferred it when it was Marle getting on his case instead of Alastair’s ghost.

Inwardly telling Alastair to bugger off, he nodded slowly. “A good place to stay,” he repeated. “Yes. It already is that, I think.” He cast another sideways glance towards his companion. “…Thank you.”

And this was the part where he was supposed to do his part to carry the conversation instead of letting her do all the work, but that was easier said than done. Well. Easier thought than done.

The Tower grounds gave way to the city proper. Hama Valon was alive all around them despite the late hour. Music drifted from a tavern somewhere; there a group of working men walked down the street, talking and laughing; there a well-dressed woman strode purposefully in the other direction, a maid trailing after her. Few people seemed to pay much attention to the lady in red and the man accompanying her.

“It’s not very old, is it?” Mael spoke again, looking around. “The city. Compared to other major cities in the Westlands, that is.”

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Re: New Acquaintances [Bella/Andraste~]

Post by Bella » October 3rd, 2017, 12:35 am

"No, it is not," she agreed lightly. "Comparatively."

She looked around and took in everything, noting all that her eyes could see and her ears could see, the feeling of the air against her skin and the myriad scents that surrounded them. Andra almost wished she could open herself to Saidar so she could feel all of it all the more, and experience the vibrancy.

"It was here when I arrived," she said, "but I have since learned that there was a much smaller town that lived at the base of the Tower for many decades before they chose to build a larger, more elaborate and complex city. I do not know exactly how old Hama Valon is, but yes, when you look at the major cities of the Westlands, it is...but a child. Many a channeler in the Tower is older than it is."

This last was said with no small amount of amusement in her dark eyes, because the idea of the lifespans of channelers--even compared to cities!--was something she was still working on adapting to. Especially as a detail of her own life to embrace.

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