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** '''[[Fallsport]]''' - Town, Crafted Goods and Salt
** '''[[Fallsport]]''' - Town, Crafted Goods and Salt
* Lower Valley
* Lower Valley
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** '''Cloverfield''' - Cattle and Cheese (human), field stone and wood houses
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** '''Cloverfield''' - Cattle and Cheese (human), field stone and wood houses, north side of the river
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** '''Mapledell''' - Lumber, Charcoal, and Maple Sugar (human), wood houses
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** '''Mapledell''' - Lumber, Charcoal, and Maple Sugar (human), wood houses, a small wooded dell on the south side of the glen
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** '''Hermit Tor''' - Mixed Farming (human), field stone and wood houses
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** '''Hermit Tor''' - Mixed Farming (human), field stone and wood houses, south side of the river
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** '''Otterbrook''' - Lumber, Trout, and Furs (human), wood houses
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** '''Otter Creek''' - Lumber, Trout, and Furs (human), wood houses, on the edge of the elf wood
* Upper Valley
* Upper Valley
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** '''Eel Gully''' - Eels and Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub
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** '''Eel Gully''' - Eels and Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub, gully on the south side of the glen
** '''Applebottom''' - Apple Orchard (halfling), wattle-and-daub
** '''Applebottom''' - Apple Orchard (halfling), wattle-and-daub
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** '''Sheer Hollow''' - Mixed Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub
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** '''Comfort Knoll''' - Mixed Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub, north side of the river
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** '''Gilliford''' - Mixed Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub
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** '''Gilliford''' - Mixed Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub, south side of the river, ford
* The Tarn (upper south hanging valley, between two great mountains)
* The Tarn (upper south hanging valley, between two great mountains)
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** '''Adders Bluff''' - Mining, quarry (dwarf)
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** '''Adders Bluff''' - Mining, quarry (dwarf), stone houses, on the far side of the tarn from the entrance to Stonehold
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** '''Stonehold''' - sealed dwarven city, abandoned during the Goblin War
* Elf Wood (upper north side valley branching off into numerous wooded glens) - centaurs, unicorns, satyrs, treants
* Elf Wood (upper north side valley branching off into numerous wooded glens) - centaurs, unicorns, satyrs, treants
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** '''Rowanwood''' - Woodcraft and Furs (elf), wood houses
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** '''Rowanbrook''' - Woodcraft and Furs (elf), wood houses
* Troll Moor (east)
* Troll Moor (east)
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** '''Snipe Island''' - Trout, Berries, and Grouse (halfling), sod houses
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** '''Snipe Island''' - Trout, Berries, and Waterfowl (halfling), sod houses, dry island in a large bog north of the river
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** '''Edgemoor''' - Sheep and Honey (halfling), sod houses
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** '''Edgemoor''' - Sheep, Grouse, and Honey (halfling), sod houses, south of the river, right where the valley opens into the moor
==Natural Features==
==Natural Features==
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===Streams===
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===Freshwater===
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* '''Beaver Creek''' - tributary stream running through the moor
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* '''Cider Creek''' - tributary stream running through Applebottom
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* '''Cranberry Bog''' - wetlands surrounding Snipe Island
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* '''Honeybrook''' - tributary stream running through Edgemoor
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* '''Otter Creek''' - tributary stream running out of the elf wood and through the village of the same name
* '''Rose River''' - named for the wild roses on its banks, the main stream running through the Glen, its headwaters are on the other side of the Troll Moor
* '''Rose River''' - named for the wild roses on its banks, the main stream running through the Glen, its headwaters are on the other side of the Troll Moor
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* '''Beaver Creek''' - stream running out of the Elf Wood
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* '''Rowanbrook''' - tributary stream of Otter Creek running through the village of the same name
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* '''Sugar Creek''' - tributary stream running through Mapledell
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* '''Tarnfall Creek''' - tributary stream running out of the tarn with a waterfall
==Calendar==
==Calendar==
This is the halfling calendar that was in place when humans first came to the valley. It was adopted by the human farmers and stuck. Months are 4 weeks, 28 days long. Seasons start on the equinox/solstice. New moon is the first day of the month, full moon is the 15th, half moons on the 8th and 22nd.
This is the halfling calendar that was in place when humans first came to the valley. It was adopted by the human farmers and stuck. Months are 4 weeks, 28 days long. Seasons start on the equinox/solstice. New moon is the first day of the month, full moon is the 15th, half moons on the 8th and 22nd.

Revision as of 20:58, 22 October 2012

Roads

  • Glen Road

Settlements

  • Fjord (west)
  • Lower Valley
    • Cloverfield - Cattle and Cheese (human), field stone and wood houses, north side of the river
    • Mapledell - Lumber, Charcoal, and Maple Sugar (human), wood houses, a small wooded dell on the south side of the glen
    • Hermit Tor - Mixed Farming (human), field stone and wood houses, south side of the river
    • Otter Creek - Lumber, Trout, and Furs (human), wood houses, on the edge of the elf wood
  • Upper Valley
    • Eel Gully - Eels and Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub, gully on the south side of the glen
    • Applebottom - Apple Orchard (halfling), wattle-and-daub
    • Comfort Knoll - Mixed Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub, north side of the river
    • Gilliford - Mixed Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub, south side of the river, ford
  • The Tarn (upper south hanging valley, between two great mountains)
    • Adders Bluff - Mining, quarry (dwarf), stone houses, on the far side of the tarn from the entrance to Stonehold
    • Stonehold - sealed dwarven city, abandoned during the Goblin War
  • Elf Wood (upper north side valley branching off into numerous wooded glens) - centaurs, unicorns, satyrs, treants
    • Rowanbrook - Woodcraft and Furs (elf), wood houses
  • Troll Moor (east)
    • Snipe Island - Trout, Berries, and Waterfowl (halfling), sod houses, dry island in a large bog north of the river
    • Edgemoor - Sheep, Grouse, and Honey (halfling), sod houses, south of the river, right where the valley opens into the moor

Natural Features

Freshwater

  • Beaver Creek - tributary stream running through the moor
  • Cider Creek - tributary stream running through Applebottom
  • Cranberry Bog - wetlands surrounding Snipe Island
  • Honeybrook - tributary stream running through Edgemoor
  • Otter Creek - tributary stream running out of the elf wood and through the village of the same name
  • Rose River - named for the wild roses on its banks, the main stream running through the Glen, its headwaters are on the other side of the Troll Moor
  • Rowanbrook - tributary stream of Otter Creek running through the village of the same name
  • Sugar Creek - tributary stream running through Mapledell
  • Tarnfall Creek - tributary stream running out of the tarn with a waterfall

Calendar

This is the halfling calendar that was in place when humans first came to the valley. It was adopted by the human farmers and stuck. Months are 4 weeks, 28 days long. Seasons start on the equinox/solstice. New moon is the first day of the month, full moon is the 15th, half moons on the 8th and 22nd.

  • Spring
    • Sugar Moon (March) - maple sugar, calving
    • Seed Moon (April) - spring crop planting, farrowing
    • Milk Moon (May) - cows back into full milk
  • Summer
    • Honey Moon (June) - bees making honey, shearing
    • Hay Moon (July) - gathering hay, harvest flax and hemp
    • Harvest Moon (August) - harvesting grains
  • Autumn
    • Apple Moon (September) - apple harvest, breed cows
    • Hunter Moon (October) - hunting birds, pannage, breed sheep
    • Wood Moon (November) - gather wood
  • Winter
    • Blood Moon (December) - slaughtering
    • Wassail Moon (January) - wassailing, breed sows
    • Lamb Moon (February) - lambing, prune fruit trees

Traditions and Holidays

  • Wassail Moon, singing to apple trees drinking mulled cider

Threats

  • Frost Giants: Viking-style raiders from the fjord, come in winter
  • Hobgoblins and Goblins: The mountains and valleys to the south are goblin infested, they were responsible for the fall of the dwarven kingdom
  • Trolls: The moor to the east
  • Bugbears: Forests to the north
  • Orcs: Random bands raiding by land during the night
  • Undead: The old dwarven city is riddled with undead
  • Ogres and Hill Giants: Throughout the hills, often work for the goblins
  • Griffins: A pride of griffins lives in a specific set of hills
  • Kobolds: Under the mountains of the north and the elf wood
  • Werewolf: Edge of elf wood
  • Stone Giants: Tribe in the mountains to the north, enemies of the frost giants
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