Locations

In Prynh, the various gathering of sentient beings are classified in one of a few ways. You have your major cities or metropolisis that scatter the surface of Prynh sparingly. Anything that has more than around 10,000 people is going to go into this category and you will find those under the Cities category. However, there are many established places that have less then that, but still a prominent amount of people living there that deserve their own entries as well and that is where the Settlements category comes into play.

Towns
Towns are what we call large settlements, likely big enough to merit a lot of trade traffic and are popular destinations in the region they dwell in. They generally have anywhere from 500-5,000 people, and is often even more or less. Places like Fenhollow, Torchpoint and Crowley's Grave are all examples of cities that are large in their own right, but perhaps pale in comparison to their larger metropolitan cities, even the smallest of which (Stormwall) is home to countless more beings than even the largest town. Generally these towns, if they aren't controlled by a government from a larger city, have organized governments with a ruling body and require lawkeepers to make sure the moderately-sized population follows the rules.

Villages
Villages are groupings of people that are largely living off of whatever produce the land provides and usually have no more than 20-50 people living there at any given time. These are prominent mining outposts, farming villages, fishing villages. They are permanent fixtures that never sway or move, such as a camp might, but the people who live there may turn over because of the specialized reason for their existence. A farming village for instance, may only be there because the soil there is great for growing barley. These are usually a mixture of both dedicated family lines who have made the settlement their home for as long as their bloodline can remember as well as people looking to take advantage of whatever reason the village exists. Be it a rich vein of iron in the nearby foothills or that during the summer months thousands of fish flood the nearby cove. The populations may ebb and flow, but the village never fully disappears.

It is also entirely possible that these villages eventually grow into cities if they become prosperous enough. It is certainly not unknown that a small village seems to become a bustling townscape seemingly overnight. Places like Haven and Floodwater of western Crimshan are ideal examples of a village.