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====== Worm's Ferry ====== | ====== Worm's Ferry ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Description ===== | ||
Only the most desperate cross the river to the South of [[Deadmanstown]] to search for artifacts and food. This rat-infested village of hovels to the North only survives because of treasure-hunters the desperate who hope to make it big by traveling to the ruins of Deadmanstown | Only the most desperate cross the river to the South of [[Deadmanstown]] to search for artifacts and food. This rat-infested village of hovels to the North only survives because of treasure-hunters the desperate who hope to make it big by traveling to the ruins of Deadmanstown | ||
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- | The population of the settlement itself is currently: | + | To the West of Worm's Ferry is bandit country, made up of a group of gangs led by a self-styled Irish bandit king named Dill. This fellow has managed to create a small settlement in these wilds as a base of operations to lord over settlers looking to escape the king's yoke, but still be protected from the wilds. This settlement is colloquially known as Dill's Burg. |
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+ | A relatively wide and strong creek known as the [[Longcrook Creek]] empties out into the [[King Godwin River]] just North of the settlement. The [[Golden Trousers Creek]] empties into the [[King Godwin River]] a little over four miles South. | ||
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+ | ===== Recent History ===== | ||
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+ | Angus McNasty led a group of the Earl's men to liberate the village from bandits. They recaptured the manor house on January 9, 1130 and rechristened the manor house [[STATELY ANGUS MANOR|Stately Angus Manor]] in honor of Angus, the village' | ||
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+ | ===== Population ===== | ||
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+ | The population of the settlement itself is currently: | ||
+ | Hides under cultivation: | ||
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+ | ===The Old Families | ||
* Cooper and his son Cooperson | * Cooper and his son Cooperson | ||
- | * Porkins and his two nephews | + | * Porkins and his two nephews, the younger, Chester Porkins, has made 2 expeditions as laborer to Angus to Deadmans' |
- | * Handsome Steve, Esther the Godly and twenty-one Stevelings perform a variety of other odd jobs | + | * [[Handsome Steve]], Esther the Godly and twenty-one Stevelings perform a variety of other odd jobs including providing a safe storehouse for provisions in their outbuilding |
- | * Five nearby farm homes that service | + | * Worm the ancient ferryman, his second wife Mary (nee Non-Gorilla) |
- | * A small mill along the creek to the North | + | * Little Timmy - Worm's oldest child by his first wife - was killed in the fight against " |
+ | * Several farm homes that tend the fields and livestock within a half mile radius are located in various directions a few hundred yards from the square of the settlement. The farmers' | ||
+ | * Alistair - To the Southeast, right along the Godwin River with some Irish blood and short temper | ||
+ | * Beverly - Northwest by the beaver dams in the stream, these farmers have a quality harvest and often offer their surplus as trade. The oldest daughter named Isolde is courting [[Tariq]]. | ||
+ | * Miller - A small mill along the creek to the North is run by the greedy Miller and his family of six marriage-age daughters. | ||
+ | * Robin - This smaller family of herding farmers to the Southwest are all accomplished hunters - the youngest boy Robinson is the best of the bunch | ||
+ | * Wolfgang - This family to the South has built a serviceable oven to get into the baking business but they are just terrible at it | ||
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+ | ===The Reeve' | ||
+ | * A trading post, The [[Dragon' | ||
+ | * [[stately_angus_manor|The Manor House]], inhabited by [[angus|Reeve Angus]] and a group of seven housecarls, seconded from the Earl, Matron Jeffery works as the house maid since the ruin of her family and farm, and Young Penda is Wulfric' | ||
+ | * A church (on a small mead hall plan, built on the site of the burned out " | ||
+ | * A larger timber church is under construction. | ||
+ | * In June, [[johnny|Johnny Venice]] plans to move from the manor house to his own townhouse with his new assistant Prostitutta. | ||
+ | * In June, [[Welshie]] plans to move into his own townhouse. | ||
+ | * [[neil|Neil]] the Druid, who is making the deserted Jeffery Farm into a [[Neil' | ||
+ | * [[Taffy' | ||
+ | * Raoul has built 2 primitive huts that house his 3 scribe/ | ||
+ | * Skule Runar the Lege, a Norwegian herbalist and rune master, has moved into town intending to set up a [[Skule' | ||
+ | * Lord Rousel Osouf, a Norman knight in the service of the Earl. Has recently joined the Housecarls in the manor. | ||
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+ | ====New Families=== | ||
+ | * Raymond O' | ||
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+ | ====Settlers June 1130--each granted 1 hide, average 5 people per family==== | ||
+ | * Atiq--Moorish Goat herd | ||
+ | * Alasdair--Scottish Oat Farmer | ||
+ | * Chad--English cobbler and wheat farmer | ||
+ | * Barclay--Scottish pig farmer | ||
+ | * Guthlac--English hunter and oat farmer | ||
+ | * Brian--Irish turnip farmer | ||
+ | * Jawar--Moorish goat herd | ||
+ | * Rhodri--Welsh shepherd | ||
+ | * Gilroy--Irish brewer and pumpkin farmer | ||
+ | * Asgrim--Norwegian lumberjack and oat farmer | ||
+ | * Wulfstan--English wheat farmer | ||
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+ | ===Fortifications=== | ||
+ | * Duda has built a rickety watchtower overlooking the River. | ||
+ | * Angus has built 150' of earth rampart. | ||
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+ | TOTAL POPULATION: | ||
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+ | __Militia__: | ||
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+ | __Housecarls__: | ||
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+ | Taxes: Angus collects 176 gp per month but keeps only 18gp of that, the rest goes to the Earl. | ||
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+ | ===== Map of Worm's Ferry ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Nearby Points of Interest ===== | ||
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+ | There are several smaller settlements on the far Northern frontier that have been identified in scouting missions. | ||
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+ | * [[Lesserton]] - This humble village of fourteen families in a bend of [[Longcrook Creek]] are led by a young man who calls himself Ricketts. They raise goats and grain, and live in fear of harassing bandits and the sorceress across the creek. There is a suspicious paucity of adult men left in the village, as Ricketts himself just passed his eighteenth winter. | ||
+ | * [[Shepherd' | ||
+ | * [[Shepherd' | ||
+ | * [[Irish Treehouse|The Irish Treehouse]] - A small ruined and crumbling wooden defensive works used by bandits as a base of operations for hijackings along the route from Jorviburg to Worm's Ferry. | ||
+ | * [[Frogtown]] - While larger than Lesserton, and less populous than Shepherd' | ||
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worms_ferry.txt · Last modified: 2021/06/21 10:45 by dave