Duvlin

Duvlin (Dn.  "Darkmere") was a village of the Men of the white Mountains of the  Cilin valley,  which ran basically west-east along  the springs  of the  Celos. The river ran  through  the  village and watered its surrounding. Duvlin was reached by a road that followed  the river. Upriver, the village had  most  of  its  grazing land in  the  higher  valley. It consisted  of  twelve  farms,  three  of  which were larger than the average (the  largest belonged  to Oravai, the village-Chief), together with a  tavern, a smithy, and a weaver.

Oravai had added a large stone hall to his farm, wherein he held his councils. He was  very proud of  this  spectacular  (at least by Daen standards) improvement. He had strengthened  the village palisade, added  a  deep  dike on  the outside, and  two wooden towers beside  the gate. This, while not making the village  notably  more defensible,  definitely gave Duvlin  a much more warlike look than the neighboring villages. There was no ordered patrolling of the countryside, but the warriors enjoyed  riding  out now  and then, and they knew the surroundings  very well.It was difficult  to  hide  any  sort of  camp within three miles around Duvlin.