The hold itself is situated rather like an old European town, along staggered hillsides and with narrow, upright homes. The gulley which makes Caledrus� name appropriate is more like a fissure out of the side of a long-dormant volcano, and hot springs still well up through it. There are streets of cobblestones, winding through the homes and small craft sellers buildings. One large Hold hall rests within the wall of the gulley, and connects through some mostly disused tunnels to the more southern homes and halls. The main hold is rather like a cave, and is rarely used except by the Lord Holders for their parties, and the crafts masters for their gathers. Above the gulley can be stretched a series of flat metal sheets, or the new metal cloth that Dawnlight and Alabaster have developed. However, that cannot save the forests nearby, so Dragons are a welcome part of their lifestyle. The human life has rarely been endangered by thread, unless one is actually caught above the gulley edge during fall.
The gulley is very deep at the southern most edge, but also the most narrow there, where the old Hall is. Spreading north in a slightly curving canyon is the rest of Caledrus, until it reaches a mostly flat road-point. The gulley is nearly two miles long, with sharp switchbacks leading to the upper mesa and hills to the south. As mentioned before, there are hot springs which provide most of the water in the area, all the bathing, and all the wash is done as far north (downstream) as possible. The richer of the Holders and Crafters live nearest the spout points of some major streams, so the farther north toward the road gather square the poorer the inhabitants and dirtier the water is.
The Hold Courtyard -- the map of the Hold and its surroundings.
The Crafter's Narrow -- where you can barter for crafts made here.
The Lord Holders Nook -- view the Lords and Ladies of higher Caledrus society, including their children and candidates,
The Gather Downs -- read a story about the Hold, which leads to many new alleys and nooks within the Hold!
The Lowborn Cotholds -- find out about what the dregs of this Hold do for fun: gambling, thievery rings, and worse!
The Dragontithe Flats -- where the tithe caravans often drift, and dragons are welcome to land, links to other Weyrs, Holds and halls on w3Pern.
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