Settlement patterns

I like these common settlement patterns — look out for them.

• Nucleated settlements, or clustered settlements, gather around one or more central hubs like a church or a square.
• Linear settlements form alongside roads or landscape features like waterways or shoreline.
• Dispersed settlements are common in agricultural areas where houses or farmsteads are spread out but form a loose settlement area.
• Isolated settlements are the loners in the most magical and isolated wilderness by themselves.