> > 2. The Paths of the Dead, pg 314 - Gyffer's Peak [in the Ash Mountains, > > along Greymist Valley] is even populated upon some of its lower slopes, > > though not ... in the valley itself... there are several villages on the > > west side where coffee beans are grown [and] often brought > overland to the > > Eastern River or to the Spearhead Channel and thus to the Kieron's Sea > > > > The Spearhead Channel isn't to the south, as that's where the > Eastern River > > is. > > It's not clear to me that this is correct - it might be south, but farther > to the west, couldn't it? > Well, the passage says "to the Eastern River _OR_ the Spearhead Channel"... Deathgate is to the extreme northeast of the Empire, so if it was southwest, they'd have to transport it overland across the entire continent, which is farther than the Eastern River's full length, to get to the coast.