Rosendale

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Latest revision as of 20:04, 13 November 2012

Settlements

• Fjord (west)
  • Fallsport - Town, Crafted Goods and Salt
• 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.