Wollatton

Wollatton (Wool-A-Ton) is a town near to the northern border of The DRB. It used to be much smaller, simply living off of the fertile soil found at the foot of The Thebilum Wall. Being a bit out of the way, the town has typically not seen much trade, but its proximity to the wall sustains warmer weather later into the winter, meaning many nobles and rich people began buying second homes or retiring there. With the influx of wealthy citizens and their high demand for goods and services (but little inclination to provide these themselves), Wollatton started to become an attractive place for those willing to work within the service industry, but this work was very seasonal and these workers often left in the spring to help sow fields elsewhere in the country. Things got even better when, in 6691 SU, the earth, suddenly and without warning, started to violently shake and a massive cracking sound split the sky. When the dust settled, the people looked up to see what had happened and saw that The Wall had cracked; the Wollaton Fissure now darkened the otherwise pristine Wall. This was when the city truly boomed, with builders and architects flooding the city to repair and rebuild the houses of those rich nobles willing to pay big in order to get their homes fixed quickly before the winter season. Scholars and explorers flocked to the city, using it as a base for studying of the Fissure and trying to find a way through to the Empire, which has always been a secluded nation, drawing a lot of speculation and fascination. Next to come were adventurers, as the Fissure seemingly had opened a crack into the Underdark and monsters were now menacing the town, and thus money was to be made defending Wollatton and venturing below for loot, riches, and glory. Finally came a wave of stone carvers and masons who began to harvest and work with the rocks that fell from the Wall. The stone, which is barely distinguishable from normal granite, was sold as Thebilum Wall Rock; advertised as a rare and unique resource that normally can't be mined, it was more of a gimmick to boost sales than anything else. 
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