Folks call the area a Lake, but it's more like a pond.  Small and unimportant looking, yet peaceful.  The dock is no prize winner either.  Narrow in width, boards broken with several down right missing all together!  No tree nearby, no canopy, nothing to shade oneself on a hot day while fishing.  The watering hole may look small in size, but it deceives the eyes.  The water is as deep as the heavens.  No man knows what lurks beyond the light in this Lake.
Fishing Dock, Lake
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I am a merchant traveling with a group of mercenaries and other merchants for protection. We are traveling to the East to trade spices. I am very nervous about being ambushed by bandits.
oi! What you know of this lake. Many bandits? Bandits, what gave you that idea? This is peaceful lake for fishing. You're outside of the greatest village, community, around. Aye!? Can never be too careful these days. Bandits creeping in every alley, over every horizon since the late kings death. Tis why im taking off to the East, before the realm falls to bits around me.  My wife and kids, our home...Is it really so dangerous? Could the king's passing cause society to crumble around us? This village is all we know, we're simple people. What would we do?  By the gods i pray not. All this folly over who will sit on the fancy chair in "Highborn". *spits on the ground* I only wish trading spices were immune from politics. Aye but there always be fish in the lake and grain to farm. This simple village be of no real use or threat to those in power. It may not be of use to those in power but what of to those looking to overthrow it. The little i've heard of the king's death seemed...suspicious. But it's not my way to meddle in political affairs. My way is to live humbly and simple with the ones i love. I would do anything to keep them safe from all these dangers in the world 