- Most Settlements along the Border Road are Smaller Communities which have little in common with the towns of the Five Kingdoms.
- Most settlements might have a single representative of the Dragon Marked Houses (Faction) (a Sivis message station, a Jorasco healer, a Vadalis farrier, a Cannith smith). Larger towns might have a couple of dragon Marked heirs.
- These Heirs are unlikely to be the favoured sons of the Houses.
- Selections are limited