On the western edges of Edelrend, where it meets the wide WestSea, there is a small and prosperous town called Cooperswell. Tucked in the GreatRain Bay, in the further days, it was little more than a trading post and a cooperage, where a dwarf of legendary skill crafted barrels for dwarven ales. He was an outcast among his people though it was never known why, but he settled here on the coast and made a great name for himself.
In the following years the village grew, a regular church to Aerthas was established, a lighthouse emerged and in those days it was called Bayrest. But as the town drew more trade and the KingsRoad encroached, things that traveled up the coast and up the Strongwater were challenged by overland traffic. Soon the cooper's job became even more important as the demand for barrels along the route exploded. He worked night and day to keep up, taking on apprentices, taking on new shipments of slats from the southern lands. He had sons that would inherit the business but alas, it became too much and he worked himself into an early (for a Dwarf anyway) grave.
The village was renamed and while the business goes on, the Cooper, Vrangand Cleverhands lies in a stone tomb under his old home. His sons returned to the hills in Firding, save one (Hrangid) who runs a mill next to the old home. There are a pair of inns, a small market for travelers, a couple of old but serviceable piers and a gaming house where halflings oft spend their time when trading here.
