<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>places</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>7</revnumber><date>2017-08-26 16:35:44</date><authorinitials>Tyler</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2017-08-17 02:20:48</date><authorinitials>Tyler</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2017-08-17 01:58:04</date><authorinitials>Tyler</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2017-08-17 01:57:44</date><authorinitials>Tyler</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2014-07-23 07:16:33</date><authorinitials>Tyler</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2014-07-23 07:00:13</date><authorinitials>Tyler</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2014-07-23 07:00:02</date><authorinitials>Tyler</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><para>The map covers an area sort of like a condensed eastern seaboard. Myrne is like Virginia, Kravca like Cape Cod, Ladoga like Maine, and the mountains are icy extreme Canada. The north edge of the map is all polar ice, no one has found the far edge. We’ll add more cities and landmarks as we invent them. </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Myrne#">Myrne</ulink> - The capital of the region. A cosmopolitan city known as much for its soaring monuments and cathedrals as its filthy tenements and slums. It is situated on a floodplain that provides excellent soil for cultivation.  </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Carda#">Carda</ulink> - An island city known for its banks and its university. The Duke of Carda has little power compared to the nobles, and infighting is frequent and internecine. </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Lindmoor#">Lindmoor</ulink> - Center of power in the north, seat of Duke Endstadt, and home to the Mints. The city was founded by savages, but has civilized rapidly in the wake of its capture by Myrne. Known for the Palisade, a wooden curtain wall made of sequoia trunks. </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Breypool#">Breypool</ulink> - Northern castle village, seat of Baron Ionnes. Guards the northeastern border from hobgoblins. </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Ladoga#">Ladoga</ulink> - Fishing village on the north coast. Known for its massive lighthouse. Destroyed by the Afflicted of Garaxas. </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Kravca#">Kravca</ulink> - Fishing village on the north coast, now dead and burned. </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Southwatch#">Southwatch</ulink> - Former watchtower owned by Lindmoor, since taken over by <ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Zavosti#">Zavosti</ulink> the pirate. </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Ruins%20of%20Dragev#">Ruins of Dragev</ulink> - Lost Ditani city of Sumuta, half-buried in glacial ice </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="https://plaguewar.gradia.org/places/Olrau#">Olrau</ulink> - A remote county, founded after the failure of Draşov's Rebellion. The county has no contact with the eastern kingdom. </para></listitem></itemizedlist></article>