[Region 1][Map 25][Location 4] - Port Magalie

[Midgardsormr]

To be honest, I'm not especially familiar with the way medieval cities operated; would I want to stop shipping from passing through here completely by making narrow-spaced archways that would only allow smaller boats?

It depends on what's up-river. If the cities further inland are in competition, then forcing oceangoing vessels to offload here and reload their goods onto river ships means the city rulers can get a bigger cut of the profits--they get to tax two boats instead of just one, can force more of the goods into their own economy, etc. On the other hand, that'll make the city a bigger target. Everyone will want to control it, so they'll have to put a significant part of that extra money toward defense.

Also, if it becomes too much a problem to bring goods through this river, it's a good bet that they'll go somewhere else. Like water, trade follows the path of least resistance, and sometimes building a new coastal city at the head of a land route is easier and cheaper than dealing with a draconian local government.

[Ascension]

Go with wide arches then, there would be a port authority/customs house here anyways and that navy too.

[industrygothica]

I had a few minutes since I'm off work today. I think this one is just about ready to add to the wiki.

[Midgardsormr]

Seriously gorgeous, ig! I especially like the way you incorporated the scale bar into the title, though I'm not sure of its general effectiveness. It took me a few moments to interpret what you were doing. It may be, though, that I was really slow on the uptake.

Whether it's effective or not, though, I like it.