Road's End: Roads End is, properly speaking, the name of the keep at the heart of this community,

but it is also applied to the town

that has grown up around it. Roads End is the largest town in the Swale, and a trading hub for merchants. Most visitors dont see any
need to go further into the Swale than Roads End, as most of what it has to offer outsiders is brought to its markets to sell.
Twofalls: Against the backdrop of two towering waterfalls cascading into Twofalls Tarn, this community has a reputation for the
beauty of its stone houses, and the magnificence of its temples. Both of these are d ue to the Whitestone Quarry, the source of the
white stone valued throughout the Swale and used in abundance here. Twofalls is also well-known for its stonemasons and sculptors.
Taen's Ride: The flat, long-cultivated lands around Roads End are called Taens Ride, after one of the first Knights of the Tor. This
land comprises rolling pastoral and agricultural fields. It is sprinkled with small hamlets made up of up to a dozen homes, plus a large
communal barn and manor house where a knight sworn to Lady Khera maintains a household of guards to see to the defense and
lawful administration of those communities.
Adranham: A village on the Adranlake, Adranham is a fairly wealthy community, thanks to the silver mines in the mountains to
their north. A fair portion of its folkincluding a larger-than average dwarven populationeither work in the Silverdelve
Mines or at the attached smelter, processing ore into ingots of fine silver prized for its purity and lustre. Adranham also has a
number of fine smiths and jewellersgnomes among them who work the occasional semiprecious and precious stones pulled from
the mine, most notably, rare blue sapphires.
Cliffside Downs: The breadbasket of the Swale, Cliffside Downs is the highest and flattest portion of the valley, with a steep slope
downwards to Twofalls, and cliffs separating it along the waterways to its north and east. This sunny expanse of fertile land has been
put to good use, with more robust agriculture here than anywhere else in the vale. Cliffside Downs also provides a great deal of the
timber used in the Swale, with a logging operation in the woodlands along the northern edge of the Downs, and an impressive cliffside pulley system that lowers timber down its northern cliff-face to barges in the stream below, for sale at the other communities
throughout the Swale.