On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Bryan Newell wrote: > 4. Vlad says the only mountain range around Dragaera City is to the west, > but Paarfi says the Boiling Mountains were to the east or southeast. To > keep both men happy, I set the Boiling Mountains so close to Dragaera City > that most of their length was destroyed by Adron's Disaster (Paarfi says at > least part of the Boiling Mountains were destroyed). I left a peak or two > to the northeast, to serve as the source of the Yendi River. Vlad isn't a reliable witness on this point, is he? He hasn't spent any of time in DC, unless you count a few hectic hours where it used to be. I think you have to go with Paarfi on this. I'm not familiar with cities set hard against mountains, except for Denver. Capitals should be easily accessible. Perhaps one can counterargue that the Empire is so wartorn that a sheltered position for DC makes sense, but at the moment I can't see this.