Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26065088-20160430131158/@comment-26065088-20160430160812

Sinthorion wrote: Since Dale was destroyed by Smaug, Esgaroth was independant. Bard the Bowman rebuilt Dale and became King of Dale and Esgaroth. It's possible that he also got control of some other riverman villages.

Thats true but esgaroth had still a city master