Peshtar is a small city over the Blue Pass from Tai-tastigon on the River Ever-quick, on the trade road between Eastern Lands and Central. It is surrounded by a high palisade with wooden towers on the corners and has a solid gate that is closed at night. Jame estimates the width between the walls as about two hundred yards; the length is not specified. The land slopes fairly steeply. Everything within the walls appears to be built of wood, including the grooved wood boards of the streets.