Duskendale

Sept of the Crone

Pointed Sept

Garden of Dusk

Smith's Road

**Duskendale** is a moderately sized port town located in the Crownlands, ruled by House Darklyn. The town boasts a long and proud history, and it's people are quite faithful, to both their overlords and to the Seven.

Though now eclipsed by the ever growing King's Landing, Duskendale is still hanging on to it's relevancy and importancy each day.

## City Layout

Duskendale has cobbled streets and spreads out across it's harbor. The town's walls are strong, and shimmer palely in predawn. Buildings and houses have red roofs, and are generally in a well kept condition.

### Dun Fort

The Dun Fort is a squat square stone castle with big drum towers.

### Old Quarter

The Old Quarter is, as the name implies, the oldest part of the town, formed many years ago. Most houses and buildings are large and expanded upon, and the district houses many petty nobles and merchants.

#### Long Sept

Having been the oldest sept in the town, it takes a rather conventional design for a sept, rather being three seperate septs bundled into one. The front sept contains statues for the Father, the Warrior, and the Smith. The one behind it contained statues for the Mother, the Maiden, and the Crone, while the last sept was reserved for the Stranger, and hosued most of the Silent Sisters in Duskendale.

### Workers' Quarter

The Workers' Quarter contains housing and shops for the common working man. Many of Duskendale's fisherman live in this Quarter. The Pointed Sept, one of Duskendale's several septs, is located here.

### Slim Quarter

The Slim Quarter are the "slums" of Duskendale, and is littered with abandoned houses and shops. It's buildings are crowded and huddled close together, and it's streets are narrow. The quarter was severely overpopulated in the past, but lately it's been just the opposite. Most have either died or escaped the clutches of poverty in some form.

#### The Winking Auroch

The Winking Auroch is the only inn to be found in the Slim Quarter, and is in a very sorry state. It was once a four story tall inn, but it's upper two stories haven't been habitated in years, and it's second floor is barely habitable as is. Much of the wood has begun to rot, and it has become a hive for what scum and criminals exist within the Slim Quarter.

### Sept of the Crone

Located on it's own island in the Inner Harbor, the Sept of the Crone is devoted entirely to worship of the crone, and it is visited often by Lady Darklyn.

### Smith's Road

The Smith's Road is a street along the western edge of Duskendale that has many metalsmiths among it, leading to it also being called the "Street of Smoke".

### Merchant's Isle

The Merchant's Isle is a small island that contains houses most of the richer merchants in Duskendale. The Garden of Dusk on the Isle is even more beautiful than that of the Dun Fort's, and it's inhabitants are known to be quite happy.

### The Seven Swords

The Seven Swords is the largest inn in Duskendale, with a large, square, stone house that spans three stories. The food is tasty, with their essosi spice rubbed roast pig being a Duskendale favorite, and their drinks are strong.

### Market Square

Just by the Inner Harbor is the Market Square, where merchants from all over peddle their wares. As it faces the Narrow Sea, the Market sees many Essosi traders, as well as traders from King's Landing and Gulltown.

## Outside of Duskendale

### Green Septry

Not that far out of Duskendale is the Green Septry, located amongst a grove of apple and pear trees. The brothers tend to around 60 chickens, a couple dozen pigs, a handful of beehives, and a few different fields of wheat, turnips, and onions. They turn much of the apples, pears, and honey they harvest into fruit mead. The Sept in the center is made out of a hardy wood, and is rather squat. Lady Genavene is known to often visit and donate to the brothers.

### Ser Tristifier Darklyn's Estate

Built with the proceeds from winning his mother's archery contest in 87 AC, Tristifier's estate is generally where he, his wife, and his children spend most of their time, preferring the quiet of the countryside to the bustle of Duskendale. The estate is built out of dark wood, and has eight rooms bedrooms. The most notable part of the estate is the large garden and tree grove it contains, which Tristifier finds himself in quite a bit.