I had thought that the Sinari had pretty much leveled the two cities. It takes more than twenty years to come back from that kind of devastation. From the Cedonian point of view, the problem is that while Wyr & Hadrair may be pulling themselves back together as cities, they can't maintain law and order in the surrounding area, especially with the civil war in Taltheran. This also affects the Hisarian trade. The quickest way for a Hisarian merchant to get good to the MidSea is go around the northern end of the Olozog Hills to the headwaters of the Wyr River, and then send the goods downstream through Wyr, Hadrair, Unnirand, Pran, and finally Tal. Given the meshugganeh mess that Taltheran's in and will be in for the near future, the thinking is that by pushing north, Cedonia can divert some of the Hisarian trade south to Zayura. Unlike Wyr & Hadrair, Cedonia also has the resources to put patrols on the river for piracy & bandit suppression. The Cedonian Interior Ministry is currently considering plans for a Grand Canal which would connect the Imperial and the Tal rivers. The most favored option at the moment would run through Losela to the most downstream major tributary of the Imperial River, a distance of some 730 miles or so. For comparison, the Chinese Grand Canal is 1,114 miles long. This project is merely planned and has not yet been presented to the Regency Council for debate. Andrew Jason Heaps wrote: > Just a coment. The cities of Wyr and Hadrair were being rebuilt after the Sinari War. I really dought that they would have stayed in ruins. Especially since the leader of the cities home city was Hadrair. So while they might not be back to their pre war states, but I would imagine trade would have returned to the area especially since Hisaria would prople have re opened trade. > > I really think we need to stop assuming that NPS stop developing espicially in regards to events like wars and natural disastors. If it has been twenty years since an events or in this cause thirty they would recover just as well we have. An example would be that Celpalar would still be trading with Midsea. > > Jason Heaps > > > Similar trading stations in the ruins of > Wyr and Hadrair allow us to do the same thing with the Morvali." > > "I would recommend that we give serious consideration to establishing a > permanent military presence in both cities, perhaps even annex them. >>>From reports, both areas are suffering terribly from a breakdown in law > & order following the Sinari Invasion and the death of King Agrigax of > Taltheran. Stabilizing the Upper Tal and Wyr River Valleys would reopen > the old overland caravan routes with Hria, Hisaria, and Bel'Adne." > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
