(I know, but details are required in the first post of Extreme threads.)<br/><br/>There was a fair-sized tavern -- really, the city's only tavern -- not far from the gate, and as everyone knows, taverns have ever been the essential gathering place for adventurers.  Not far away was the market square, where a handful of merchants, mostly men, hawked their wares from blankets or wooden stalls.<br/><br/>Near the market was a blacksmith's shop, which was obvious enough due to the fact that it was one of the few buildings in town actually built from stone.  Smoke rose from the chimney.  There was almost certainly a general store somewhere in town, but it wasn't so obvious that Ania could spot it immediately.