General Directory
Travel
Travel in Velitrium
There are several travel
options available.
Walking:
By far the most common, especially for the common folk. If
you are on
the roads it is pretty easy. Most of the major rivers have bridges or
ferry service across. The minor rivers and streams either have bridges
or fords. Of course, there is the little matter of tolls on some
of
the bridges and ferryman charges for boat passage.
Across
country is a different story. If you are in the central regions
of the
valley, where most land is cultivated, travel is still pretty easy.
Most areas are open, the under brush has been cut back and there
are
numerous cart tracks and cow trails etc. Crossing all but the
shallow
waterways can be tricky, though there are many �unmarked� fords that
the locals know about and use regularly.
By
Horse or Coach: Since horses are expensive this method is used
only by
people with money or in service to the Crown. In general the
comments
on walking apply here as well. Tolls are higher for horse and rider,
but it is possible to cross shallow waterways away from fords without
getting too wet in the process. Only the wealthy employ coaches,
but
they are handy for long distance trips, providing shelter from the
weather and a convenient and private place to transport people and
things. Many of the smaller trails, which can be used on foot or
horseback, are too narrow or steep for a coach.
By
Diligence: The Diligence is a public coach line that runs between
Velitrium City and Glenluce and Velitrium City and Drunmore. The
coach
runs straight through, stopping only to change horses at designated way
stations and to allow drivers, passengers and guards to answer the call
of nature.
A
Diligence Coach can carry six people plus 100lbs of luggage per person
on the roof and back rack. The Diligence also transports mail for
the
Crown, which is the main reason the service was formed in the first
place. Travel cost depends on where you are going, the Dilligence
stops in a number of towns and villages along the route and passengers
may get off or, if there is room, get on.
Travel by Diligence is not
cheap, but it is fast. All listed fares are one way.
There
are two drivers and one guard. They take turns driving the coach.
Provisions may be purchased at the stops, but they are the passenger�s
responsibility.
Diligence Routes and Fares
Origin
Stop
Destination
Fare
Velitrium
Addis
$5
Varsol
$10
Tara
$12
Truk
$18
Riccia
$25
Salt
Lick
$30
South
Bay
$35
Andorra
$40
Glenluce
$45
Glenluce
Andorra
$5
South
Bay
$10
Salt
Lick
$15
Riccia
$20
Truk
$27
Tara
$33
Varsol
$35
Addis
$40
Velitrium
$45
The trip, in both
directions, takes 25 hours with 5 half hour horse changes and four 15
minute passenger stops.
Velitrium
Addis
$5
Varsol
$10
Tara
$14
Ayar
$19
Corunna
$25
Corbridge
$30
Girvan
$35
Southbridge
$45
Drunmore
$50
The trip, in both
directions, takes 30 hours with 6 half hour horse changes and three 15
minute passenger stops
Drunmore
Southbridge
$5
Girvan
$15
Corbridge
$20
Corunna
$25
Ayar
$31
Tara
$36
Varsol
$40
Addis
$45
Velitrium
$50
Travel
by Boat: There are several types of boat in use in Velitrium.
They
range in size from dugout canoes like those made by the Jhensari, to
full sized sailing ships used on Lake Aldin.
The type of vessel depends
on where you are going and what you are doing.
Canoes,
Row Boats and Dory�s: These can make it up into all but the
shallowest
streams and brooks. However they are dangerous to take far from shore
on Lake Adrin. Row boats can be rigged with a small mast and sail.
Coasters
or Fishing Boats: These are shallow draft boats of 15� to 30� in
length. They have one mast and can, if needed, be rowed or poled.
Probably the most common boat in Velitrium. It can penetrate all the
major rivers and safely cross the open water of the lake. The
cargo
hold allows anywhere from 5 to 10 tons of cargo or ten to twenty
passengers. Sailing speed averages 3.5 miles/hour.
River
Barges: Wide, flat bottomed vessels with removable keel boards.
They
can range in size from 30� to 50� and carry a remarkable amount of
cargo, anywhere from 20 to 100 tons, on the open deck. They can
be
sailed, albeit not easily, and rarely attempt crossing the open lake.
However they do regularly ply the coastline and all the major rivers.
Propulsion is usually by poles, oars or drifting with the current.
They are the slowest and cheapest form of water transport.
Speed,
poled, averages 2 miles per hour and the crew rests at night.
Lake
Ships: One and two masted, deep water ships that average 40� to
60� in
length. They are the fastest, safest and most expensive way to
cross
the lake. They can carry large numbers of passengers and have large
cargo holds. The deep keels limit their usefulness on the
rivers.
Since the Rebellion the Crown has maintained four of these ships to
facilitate moving troops and keeping the island garrison in supply.
There are probably no more then ten privately owned lake ships.
Speed
sailed averages 5 miles per hour.
Examples of Boat Fares and
passage time: Passenger 100lbs cargo
Barge/time
Coaster/time
Ship/time
Velitrium -- Glenluce
= $5/2 days
$10/.5 day
$15/.33 days
Velitrium -- Rannoch
= $40/ 9 days $75/3 days
$90/2 days
Velitrium -- Drunmore =
$25/3 days^ $30/2 days
-------
Drunmore -- Velitrium =
$50/10 days* $80/7 days
-------
Drunmore -- Glenluce =
$55/12 days* $90/8 days
-------
Drunmore -- Rannoch =
$90/21 days* $200/10 days -------
Glenluce -- Rannoch =
$35/7 days $65/2.5 days
$100/2 days
Glenluce -- Drunmore =
$30/5 days^ $40/2.5 days
------
Rannoch -- Drunmore =
$65/12 days^ $100/5 days
------
^ With the river current
* Against the river current
Travel by Road
Distance in Miles
Velitrium
Gates
of
Barren�s
City
Glenluce Drunmore
Rannoch Nygg
Dwarfdale Rivermarch
Wall
Velitrium
0
122
141
*
221
167
275
53 + *
City
Glenluce
122
0
140
*
220
45
177
53 + *
Drunmore
141 140
0
140+*
80
129
152
193 + *
Rannoch
*
*
140
+ * 0
220 + *
45 + *
177 + *
53
Gates of
221
220
80
220
+ * 0
209
232
273 + *
Nygg
Dwarfdale
167
45
129
45
+ * 209
0
94
98 + *
Rivermarch 275
177
152
177 +
* 232
94
0
230 + *
Barren�s
53 + * 53 +
* 193 + *
53
273
+ * 98 + *
230 + * 0
Wall
* = The
distance by boat across Lake Adrin. This equals 60 miles.
The journey around Lake Adrin, by road is very long.
Velitrium to Rannoch = 340
miles
Glenluce to Rannoch = 165
miles
