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Trade was good, and the area untroubled by war, outlaws, or ravaging beasts. Hommlet prospered, as the lord of the district was mild and taxes were light. More farmers and herdsmen followed, for grain was needed for the passing animals, and meat was in demand for the inn-folk. The rest-house became a thriving inn (the Inn of the Welcome Wench), and a wheel and wainwright settled in the thorp. The roads brought a sufficient number of travelers and merchant wagons to attract tradesmen and artisans to serve those passing through. Hommlet initially grew from a farm or two, a rest house, and a smithy (presumably sometime in the early to mid 5th century CY). Greenway Valley about a day's travel distant and going onwards to the Lortmil Mountains far beyond. The western route leads into the very heart of the gnomish highlands, passing through The road south forks a league or so beyond the little community, one branch meandering off towards the Wild Coast, the other rolling through the lower Kron Hills to the village of Ostverk and then eventually turning southwards again into the elven kingdom of Celene.

Below that to the southeast and east are miles and miles of forest (the Gnarley), beyond which is the Wild Coast, Woolly Bay and the Sea of Gearnat. The village of Sobanwych lies about halfway along the route. The shores of the Lake of Unknown Depths ( Nyr Dyv), is the city of Dyvers. To the north is the Velverdyva River, along whose south bank runs the Low Road (also sometimes referred to as the New Road). The town is built on a crossroads between Verbobonc and the Wild Coast, and also Dyvers, Greyhawk, and Celene. The town is located in the south eastern part of the Viscounty of Verbobonc, ten leagues south-east of the city of Verbobonc, within the Kron Hills that lie east of the Lortmil Mountains and just west of the Gnarley Forest.

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