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==Settlements==
==Settlements==
* Fjord (west)
* Fjord (west)
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** '''[[Fallsport]]''' - Town
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** '''[[Fallsport]]''' - Town, Crafted Goods and Salt
* Lower Valley
* Lower Valley
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** '''Cloverfield''' - Cattle and Cheese (human)
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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)
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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, south side of the river
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** '''Otter Creek''' - Lumber, Trout, and Furs (human), wood houses, on the edge of the elf wood
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** '''Sheer Hollow''' - small wooded dell on the north side of the glen, wizard's tower and a small village support structure (high elf)
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* The Tarn (south hanging valley, between two great mountains)
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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
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* Elf Wood (north side valley branching off into numerous wooded glens) - centaurs, unicorns, satyrs, treants
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** '''Rowanbrook''' - Woodcraft and Furs (wood elf), wood houses
* Upper Valley
* Upper Valley
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** '''Eel Gully''' - Eels and Farming (halfling)
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** '''Eel Gully''' - Eels and Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub, gully on the south side of the glen
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** '''Applebottom''' - Apple Orchard (halfling)
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** '''Applebottom''' - Apple Orchard (halfling), wattle-and-daub, hilly area on north side of the glen
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** '''Sheer Hollow''' - Mixed Farming (halfling)
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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)
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** '''Gilliford''' - Mixed Farming (halfling), wattle-and-daub, south side of the river, ford
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* The Tarn (upper south hanging valley, between two great mountains)
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** '''Adders Bluff''' - Mining (dwarf)
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** '''Hermit Tor''' - Quarry (dwarf)
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* Elf Wood (upper north side valley branching off into numerous wooded glens) - centaurs, unicorns, satyrs, treants
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** '''Otterbrook''' - Fishing and Furs (human)
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** '''Rowanwood''' - Woodcraft (elf)
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* Troll Moor (east)
* Troll Moor (east)
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** '''Snipe Island''' - Trout, Berries, and Grouse (halfling)
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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)
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** '''Edgemoor''' - Sheep, Grouse, and Honey (halfling), sod houses, south of the river, right where the valley opens into the moor
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==Castles==
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* '''Rose Castle''' - on an island just outside of Fallsport, home of the earl, circular stone keep, bailey, and wall
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* '''Riverbend Castle''' - castle on the river at the midpoint of the valley, knight's fee, motte, square stone keep, and moat
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* '''Oakridge Tower''' - castle on a ledge overlooking the elf wood, knight's fee, wooden keep
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* '''Trollwatch Castle''' - castle near Edgemoor, knight's fee, motte, circular stone keep, wooden palisade, and moat
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==Natural Features==
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===Freshwater===
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* '''Beaver Creek''' - tributary stream draining cranberry bog
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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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* '''Eel Creek''' - tributary stream running through Eel Gully
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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
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* '''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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* '''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.
* Spring
* Spring
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** '''Sugar Moon''' (March) - maple sugar, calving
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** '''Sugar Moon''' (March) - maple sugar, calving (12h daylight, 34/46)
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** '''Seed Moon''' (April) - spring crop planting, farrowing
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** '''Seed Moon''' (April) - spring crop planting, farrowing (15h daylight, 37/50)
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** '''Milk Moon''' (May) - cows back into full milk
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** '''Milk Moon''' (May) - cows back into full milk (17h daylight, 45/57)
* Summer
* Summer
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** '''Honey Moon''' (June) - bees making honey, shearing
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** '''Honey Moon''' (June) - bees making honey, shearing (18h daylight, 50/63)
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** '''Hay Moon''' (July) - gathering hay, harvest flax and hemp
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** '''Hay Moon''' (July) - gathering hay, harvest flax and hemp (17h daylight, 52/64)
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** '''Harvest Moon''' (August) - harvesting grains
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** '''Harvest Moon''' (August) - harvesting grains (15h daylight, 52/64)
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* Autumn
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* Autumn  
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** '''Apple Moon''' (September) - apple harvest, breed cows
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** '''Apple Moon''' (September) - apple harvest, breed cows (12h daylight, 46/60)
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** '''Hunter Moon''' (October) - hunting birds, pannage, breed sheep
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** '''Hunter Moon''' (October) - hunting birds, pannage, breed sheep (10h daylight, 41/52)
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** '''Wood Moon''' (November) - gather wood
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** '''Wood Moon''' (November) - gather wood (8h daylight, 36/46)
* Winter
* Winter
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** '''Blood Moon''' (December) - slaughtering
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** '''Blood Moon''' (December) - slaughtering (7h daylight, 34/43)
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** '''Wassail Moon''' (January) - wassailing, breed sows
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** '''Wassail Moon''' (January) - wassailing, breed sows (8h daylight, 30/41)
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** '''Lamb Moon''' (February) - lambing, prune fruit trees
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** '''Lamb Moon''' (February) - lambing, prune fruit trees (10h daylight, 30/41)
===Traditions and Holidays===
===Traditions and Holidays===
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* Wassail Moon, singing to apple trees drinking mulled cider
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* Wassail (15th of Wassail): singing to apple trees drinking mulled cider
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* Darkest Day (1st of Blood)
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* Midsummer Day (15th of Hay)
==Threats==
==Threats==
*'''Frost Giants:''' Viking-style raiders from the fjord, come in winter
*'''Frost Giants:''' Viking-style raiders from the fjord, come in winter
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*'''Trolls:''' The moor to the east
*'''Trolls:''' The moor to the east
*'''Bugbears:''' Forests to the north
*'''Bugbears:''' Forests to the north
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*'''Orcs:''' Random bands raiding by land during the night
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*'''Orcs:''' Random bands raiding by land during the night, hole up in secluded dales
*'''Undead:''' The old dwarven city is riddled with undead
*'''Undead:''' The old dwarven city is riddled with undead
*'''Ogres and Hill Giants:''' Throughout the hills, often work for the goblins
*'''Ogres and Hill Giants:''' Throughout the hills, often work for the goblins
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*'''Werewolf:''' Edge of elf wood
*'''Werewolf:''' Edge of elf wood
*'''Stone Giants:''' Tribe in the mountains to the north, enemies of the frost giants
*'''Stone Giants:''' Tribe in the mountains to the north, enemies of the frost giants
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*'''Black Dragon:''' Lairs in the boggiest part of the moor
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*'''Green Dragon:''' Lairs in the elf wood
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*'''White Dragon:''' Hunts in the coldest part of winter along the fjord
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*'''Hippogriffs:''' Flight of hippogriffs lair in the hills surrounding the moor
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See also [[Clan Rose]].

Latest revision as of 20:04, 13 November 2012

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
    • Sheer Hollow - small wooded dell on the north side of the glen, wizard's tower and a small village support structure (high elf)
  • The Tarn (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 (north side valley branching off into numerous wooded glens) - centaurs, unicorns, satyrs, treants
    • Rowanbrook - Woodcraft and Furs (wood elf), wood houses
  • 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, hilly area on north side of the glen
    • 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
  • 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

Castles

  • Rose Castle - on an island just outside of Fallsport, home of the earl, circular stone keep, bailey, and wall
  • Riverbend Castle - castle on the river at the midpoint of the valley, knight's fee, motte, square stone keep, and moat
  • Oakridge Tower - castle on a ledge overlooking the elf wood, knight's fee, wooden keep
  • Trollwatch Castle - castle near Edgemoor, knight's fee, motte, circular stone keep, wooden palisade, and moat

Natural Features

Freshwater

  • Beaver Creek - tributary stream draining cranberry bog
  • Cider Creek - tributary stream running through Applebottom
  • Cranberry Bog - wetlands surrounding Snipe Island
  • Eel Creek - tributary stream running through Eel Gully
  • 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 (12h daylight, 34/46)
    • Seed Moon (April) - spring crop planting, farrowing (15h daylight, 37/50)
    • Milk Moon (May) - cows back into full milk (17h daylight, 45/57)
  • Summer
    • Honey Moon (June) - bees making honey, shearing (18h daylight, 50/63)
    • Hay Moon (July) - gathering hay, harvest flax and hemp (17h daylight, 52/64)
    • Harvest Moon (August) - harvesting grains (15h daylight, 52/64)
  • Autumn
    • Apple Moon (September) - apple harvest, breed cows (12h daylight, 46/60)
    • Hunter Moon (October) - hunting birds, pannage, breed sheep (10h daylight, 41/52)
    • Wood Moon (November) - gather wood (8h daylight, 36/46)
  • Winter
    • Blood Moon (December) - slaughtering (7h daylight, 34/43)
    • Wassail Moon (January) - wassailing, breed sows (8h daylight, 30/41)
    • Lamb Moon (February) - lambing, prune fruit trees (10h daylight, 30/41)

Traditions and Holidays

  • Wassail (15th of Wassail): singing to apple trees drinking mulled cider
  • Darkest Day (1st of Blood)
  • Midsummer Day (15th of Hay)

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, hole up in secluded dales
  • 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
  • Black Dragon: Lairs in the boggiest part of the moor
  • Green Dragon: Lairs in the elf wood
  • White Dragon: Hunts in the coldest part of winter along the fjord
  • Hippogriffs: Flight of hippogriffs lair in the hills surrounding the moor

See also Clan Rose.

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