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It is on built entirely on stilts out over the lake, sort of like a Middle-earth Venice.

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It was built on stilts in the middle of the Long Lake.

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It is built on stilts on the lake. It was to help protect it from the dragon, as he would not be able to land to attack the town from land.

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