KASSAU The largest town south of Torvaldsland is Kassau, located at the northern edge of the northern forests. It is most well known as the seat of the High Initiate of the north who claims spiritual sovereignty over all of the north including Torvaldsland. His temple is the greatest building in Kassau, towering above the wooden huts and merchant homes of the rest of the residents. T he nearest other Initiate temple is hundreds of pasangs south in the city of Lydius. During the events of Marauders of Gor, Ivar Forkbeard and his group of raiders sack and loot the temple, killing many of the Initiates. It is unknown if the temple was rebuilt to its prior glory. Kassau is protected by a wall of sharpened logs with a defensive catwalk. The wall possesses only two gates. The larger gate faces the inlet to Thassa. The smaller gate leads south to the forest. Kassau has a population of about eleven hundred people. There are also a number of nearby villages that rely on Kassau as their market place. Their population would thus make the total area population at around twenty-three hundred people. Gurt is the Merchant Administrator of Kassau. He had a daughter named Aelgifu but during the events of Marauders of Gor, she became the slave of Ivar Forkbeard and was renamed Pudding. The primary businesses of Kassau are trade, lumber and fishing. There are enormous plankton banks on the north of town where parsit fish are very common. Parsit fish are silvery and striped with brown. They are a common food fish in the north. The white-bellied grunt is a large game fish that feeds on parsits and is also a common food fish in the north. The odor of the fish-drying sheds in Kassau carries far out to sea. Lumber is a valuable trade item and is often milled and traded to Torvaldsland. In exchange, they often receive furs from the north. Kassau also trades to the north weapons, iron bars, salt and luxury items. These are usually brought from Lydius to Kassau. |