Brennus returns with Orreg. He's a tough looking teenage boy in ragged clothes, who looks like he's had a very hard life. For a while he's silent- all this company seems to intimidate him. Then, with prodding from Brennus, he starts telling what he knows of the town of Juliacum.
It isn't alot, as he was there only once, when the prisoners were moved.
Theoderic asks about "prisoners."
"Elves and Humans and some Fey creatures I think," the boy says. "They were here for some ceremonies the Huns had, but the Elves were looking to rescue them, so they moved them further away, to Juliacum."
According to Orreg, there are also Humans in Juliacum, and not only slaves and prisoners- some are working for the Huns. There's a whole street they call Blackguard Court in the middle of the town, and there are a few Humans working for the Huns in charge, and the tavern and shops in the street are all there just for them.
He has a little help from others with more historical knowledge, like Brennus, who can fill in historical gaps.
Juliacum is built on both sides of the Ruhr River, and the bridge is the most important feature of the town. Over centuries, businesses tried to set up as close as possible to the bridge, to maximize exposure. Eventually they built right up onto the bridge, and the bridge was engulfed, so that when you go into the town, you can't even see the river from the bridge. But the shops are not there now- the bridge is home to some Orcs, that's all.
On the west bank is the "New Fort", large and surrounded by a moat. An old temple is there. On the east bank , there are two roads that come off to the north and then meet, forming a big triangle. At the top (North end) of that triangle is the gate to the Blackguard Court. On the far side of the Blackguard Court, the northeast corner of the town, is the Old Fort.
Orreg remembers that the prisoners were off loaded in the Blackguard Court, and brought to the Old Fort, marched down the street and teased and tortured and mocked by the Blackguards.
The Blackguards also had a Troll, a big creature with dirty knobby looking skin and big horns on its head.
(No one has ever seen a troll with horns on its head. And Orreg never saw a Troll before. But he does not know what else to call this.)
There are at least three times as many people there as here, he says, but a lot of Orcs, too. He has no idea of how many. A lot.
Bridge is sort of like this: