Quote Originally Posted by Best Kog NA View Post
It's locked between a mountain and a river, so I figure that it must have been a pre planned city
On the contrary, a planned city would be more likely built on a place with space to spare. A city on a tight location indicates that it evolved from an original seed activity without actual long term plan.

Maybe that location had some Riverside hill suitable for a castle for the Lord of the valley, in early feudal settlement times...
and from there a small town emerged, and from there, say, a healthy tannery industry kicked in, pulling in more people...
And then some small iron mines in the vicinity get expanded to supply local demand and a second industry of metal working pulls even more people...
The neighbouring valleys end up being used as farmland, growing economically with feeding this population, making the city even more central with its monthly farmers market...
Eventually a cultural hub, outputting prized swords, quality leather armor, well known for its past noble Lords, whose lineage is long extinct...

Sounds like an European medieval city already.

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