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+ | 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. | ||
===== Recent History ===== | ===== Recent History ===== | ||
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- | | + | ===The Old Families=== |
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+ | * Cooper and his son Cooperson | ||
* Porkins and his two nephews | * Porkins and his two nephews | ||
* 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 | * 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 | ||
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* Alistair - To the Southeast, right along the Godwin River with some Irish blood and short temper | * 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 | * Beverly - Northwest by the beaver dams in the stream, these farmers have a quality harvest and often offer their surplus as trade | ||
- | * Jeffery - A godly family directly West, once close with " | ||
* Robin - This smaller family of herding farmers to the Southwest are all accomplished hunters - the youngest boy Robinson is the best of the bunch | * 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 | * Wolfgang - This family to the South has built a serviceable oven to get into the baking business but they are just terrible at it | ||
- | * A small mill along the creek to the North is run by the greedy Miller and his family of marriage-age daughters | + | * A small mill along the creek to the North is run by the greedy Miller and his family of six marriage-age daughters |
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+ | ===The Reeve' | ||
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+ | * A trading post, The [[Dragon' | ||
+ | * The Manor House, inhabited by [[angus|Reeve Angus]] and a group of seven housecarls, seconded from the Earl | ||
+ | * A church (on a small mead hall plan) with 3 attached clergy ([[siegfried|Father Siegfried]], | ||
+ | * In June, [[johnny|Johnny Venice]] plans to move from the manor house to his own townhouse. | ||
+ | * 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' | ||
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+ | ===New Families | ||
+ | * Atiq--Moorish Goat herd | ||
+ | * Alasdair--Scotting Oat Farmer | ||
+ | * Chad--English cobbler and wheat farmer | ||
+ | * Barclay--Scotting 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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+ | TOTAL POPULATION: | ||
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+ | __Militia__: | ||
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+ | __Housecarls__: | ||
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+ | Taxes: Angus collects 73 gp per month but must send 68gp to the Earl. | ||
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+ | ===== Map of Worm's Ferry ===== | ||
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There are several smaller settlements on the far Northern frontier that have been identified in scouting missions. | There are several smaller settlements on the far Northern frontier that have been identified in scouting missions. | ||
- | * [[Lesserton]] - This humble village of four families in a bend of [[Longfolds | + | * [[Lesserton]] - This humble village of fourteen |
- | * [[Shepherd' | + | * [[Shepherd' |
- | * [[Shepherd' | + | * [[Shepherd' |
- | * [[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. | + | * [[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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