Advice to the traveller who considers visiting Saint Martin is simple--don't go there! First of all, there is no road leading in or out of this seacoast town on the northwest coast. Second, there is no-one to visit in Saint Martin, for the town today stands deserted of all civilized folk, who abandoned it generations ago. If you approach the town from the south, along the sea coast below the towering bluffs of Saint Martin's Peak, the huge mountain that runs right down to the sea, you may creep right into the town unremarked but you will be discovered soon enough by the current residents. If you manage to fight your way through Shadow Springs Gap, northwest from the headwaters of the Sunset River, you will invariably be met by a welcoming party consisting of hordes of orcs as you approach the town.
One or two points of interest survive in Saint Martin, of course. For example, the town's old Stone Tower has survived, and is presumed to be the abode of any number of disgusting orcs today--no one personally acquainted with the author has ever set foot inside the nasty place, so this is conjecture. By some miracle, the stout wooden Pier also still juts out into the sea, affording access from ships to the land and the town (as though any ship would stop there!) A few buildings also remain in the place, including what appears to be the old Saint Martin Tavern which features in some old sea-tales and other stories; in remote ages it was thronged with sailors of the world.
The Shadow Springs Gap and the environs of Saint Martin Town, unfortunately, seem to be the only places so far discovered where featherthorn and other valuable medicinal herbs are found growing naturally. From time to time well-armed parties of adventurers have taken it upon themselves to venture into these parts in search of such plants. No other sensible reason for ever going to Saint Martin can be imagined.
