Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-34204318-20180117022124

 Not far from the mouth of the Forest River was the strange town he heard of the elves speak of in the king's cellars. It was not built on the shore, though there were a few huts and small buildings there, but right out on the surface of the lake, protected a promontory of rock which friend a calm bay. A great bridge made of woodran out to where on huge houses made of forest trees waswas built a busy wooden town. Not a town of elves but of men, who still dared to dwell here under the shelter of the distandat dragon-mountain.



 The lake-men of Esgaroth were an independant sub-faction of the town of Dale. Traditionally ruled by an elected master who often had different laws than the king of Dale. Living on the lake, their town was a trade capital of the north, supplying the toys and trinkets from Dale and Erabor to the south. When the dragon came he burned some of the town, the ruins can still be seen along the shore during drought. As they were not destroyed, like Dale. The lake-men began to rebuild. They were attacked by Smaug again, only a week before the battle of the five armies. This time the dragon left nothing to repair but the rotting and charred stumps of wood lying at the bottom of the lake. Some time in the late Third Age, the town was rebuilt greater than ever. During the war of the ring they were raided by the invading easterling army on their way to Dale but sustained no real damage.

 They use longswords, pikes and bows in battle, using the standard tools for Dale.

 Lake-Town houses could either be implemented by having buildings on the lake. Or, as an afterthought, (don’t judge me for this) Like the orchards you could perhaps add a biome that’s set up on wooden pikes. There would be houses and other buildings on the wooden platform and that would do. (I know it’s bad but don’t judge me for it) There would also be the odd house on the shore.



 New additions would be:



 Esgaroth Longsword



 Esgaroth Pike



 Lake-Town House



 Lake-Town fish-market



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