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The Lowbridge Locks which permitted barge traffic to continue south across the cataracts were destroyed by [[Holy Hands]] agents during the [[Winter War]]. As of 253 AC, they have not been repaired. | The Lowbridge Locks which permitted barge traffic to continue south across the cataracts were destroyed by [[Holy Hands]] agents during the [[Winter War]]. As of 253 AC, they have not been repaired. | ||
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A significant town about 30 miles south of the confluence of the Kaela River and the Shield River, founded where a pre-Cataclysm bridge spans the width of the Kaela River, marking the furthest-south point on the river navigable without functional locks due to (natural) cataracts just south of town.
As of mid-253 AC, the town is the capital of the Lowbridge Republic, one of the breakoff-states resulting from the Winter War.
Demographics
Lowbridge has a population of about 7,000, making it the largest city in the Ungoverned Lands--in fact, it is the only city of any significant size between Bradford and Kaelthia along the River Road.
Its people are mostly wall-builders, but there is a generous admixture of others, primarily those dwarves, halflings, and gwerin who were exiled from the Holy Kaelthian Republic after the Winter War for inability (or unwillingness) to conform to the new standards of the Law of Truth.
Religiously, it is still fairly devoutly associated with the (orthodox) Church of the Seasons and fairly inhospitable towards those who do not worship the Congregation.
Government
Lowbridge is governed by an elected mayor, Percifal Jones. With the cessation of trade to/from the south, the merchant guilds have entirely collapsed.
Other
The Lowbridge Locks which permitted barge traffic to continue south across the cataracts were destroyed by Holy Hands agents during the Winter War. As of 253 AC, they have not been repaired.
