In a valley across the river at the edge of the
mountains there is a town whose people
provision adventurers, traders, explorers, and
migrants. Near the heart of the town, on rustic
ground, is a forge where fires roar and sparks
dance in the darkness. There tools are made,
discussed, demonstrated, improved, and
sometimes invented. It is a place of work,
thought, vision, energy and joy. It is a place of
gatherings, of conversation, exploration and
celebration, a place of fellowship. To it are drawn
thinkers, dreamers, artists, warriors, musicians, writers,
engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, innovators of every kind,
and some who come for the light of a friendly fire.