Prideholme
In the verdant shadows of the ancient Heartwood Forest lies Prideholme, a bastion of safety and scholarly pursuit. Here, in the midst of relics long consumed by time and nature, the outpost stands vigilant, its presence a testament to the Baroness's decree to tame these wilds. Prideholme is not merely a military fortification; it is an echo of civilizations past and the cradle of a burgeoning future.
This outpost is more than a military outpost, it's built at the site of ancient ruins overtaken by the forest. These ruins are regularly studied by scholars from the Morinrayne Society and their depths are often plunged by adventurers guild members seeking fame and fortune. There are multiple dungeons below these ruins, of multiple levels. Most of these dungeons have fairly fast reset rates as well, making many of them able to be cleared a couple times a year. Because of these dungeons, monsters can spill out from them at times making the area unsafe, and so the outpost was founded by decree of the Baroness after taking control of this region to make travel and livelihood safer in the area. This was due to her vision of starting up travelers cabins for rent along the shores of Liberty Lake to increase tourism and revenue in the county.
There are typically 100 soldiers assigned to the outpost itself, and it has a number of extra cottages for visiting scholars and their guards and guides. There are no shops in the outpost itself except the Prideholme Post & General Store. It's a government/military subsudized establishment not unlike a general store and courier service whose proceeds benefit the soldiers stationed at the outpost. There is a mess hall run by the Post as well that feeds all the soldiers and many of the scholars in the area. Next door to the outpost is a Roadhouse Inn and Tavern that is quite popular, definitely not because it's the only one around, at least that's what the owner tells himself. Though if you want the best steaks and ale in the outpost, you will book a dinner at the Rhynehorn Hunters Lodge.
Size: Spread out over a 4.5 by 5 mile area. Individual district sizes by population -
Westside: 42
The Barracks: 102
The Dungeons: 6
Treeline: 81
Tradeway: 49
Lakefront: 37
Wealth: 5,760 gp. Max value for sale: 190 gp. Max pawn value: 1,008 gp
Wealth Distribution: 10% of the population controls 90% of the wealth in town (roughly 400gp per wealthy person on average, 13 wealthy people). Leaving the remaining 90% of the population with an average gp value of 1.8 gp each. Wealth is rarely if ever evenly distributed though so these averages will vary from person to person in these categories.
Economy: somewhat weak but growing each year
Attractions: ancient ruins, dungeons, boat races, thriving nightlife and talented live music performers
Famous For: Leather, Lumber, As well as having multiple Dungeons with High Resets nearby.
Major Influence: the criminal element, the nobles, the guilds, local politics.
Corruption: rampant Religious Influence: a little more than half the community have weekly religious gatherings, many using the ancient stone temple to hold their worship meetings.
Streets: The trade road to the nearby towns is the only road in town, everything else is simply paths in the grass.
Buildings: generally have attics, a few of the larger and older buildings have basements.
Guards: frighteningly competent. Composed of 102 full time guards, lead by Commander Varick Thorne.
Locals: very friendly for the most part, especially with tourists and newcomers, market locals often overcharge outsiders.
Crime: somewhat high, though more concentrated in the areas outside the outpost proper; crime still happens everywhere.
Common Occupations Hiring: Lumberjacks, General Laborer, Courier, Hunter, Mercenary, Adventurer.
Village
Population: 317Size: Spread out over a 4.5 by 5 mile area. Individual district sizes by population -
Westside: 42
The Barracks: 102
The Dungeons: 6
Treeline: 81
Tradeway: 49
Lakefront: 37
Wealth: 5,760 gp. Max value for sale: 190 gp. Max pawn value: 1,008 gp
Wealth Distribution: 10% of the population controls 90% of the wealth in town (roughly 400gp per wealthy person on average, 13 wealthy people). Leaving the remaining 90% of the population with an average gp value of 1.8 gp each. Wealth is rarely if ever evenly distributed though so these averages will vary from person to person in these categories.
Economy: somewhat weak but growing each year
Attractions: ancient ruins, dungeons, boat races, thriving nightlife and talented live music performers
Famous For: Leather, Lumber, As well as having multiple Dungeons with High Resets nearby.
Major Influence: the criminal element, the nobles, the guilds, local politics.
Corruption: rampant Religious Influence: a little more than half the community have weekly religious gatherings, many using the ancient stone temple to hold their worship meetings.
Streets: The trade road to the nearby towns is the only road in town, everything else is simply paths in the grass.
Buildings: generally have attics, a few of the larger and older buildings have basements.
Guards: frighteningly competent. Composed of 102 full time guards, lead by Commander Varick Thorne.
Locals: very friendly for the most part, especially with tourists and newcomers, market locals often overcharge outsiders.
Crime: somewhat high, though more concentrated in the areas outside the outpost proper; crime still happens everywhere.
Common Occupations Hiring: Lumberjacks, General Laborer, Courier, Hunter, Mercenary, Adventurer.
Demographics
Ethnic Composition: A robust blend of humans, dwarves, half-elves, and halflings, with an occasional gnome or Elf seen poring over ancient texts.
Human (60%), Halfling (19%), Half-Elf (9%), Dwarf (4%), Half-Orc (3%), Squirrel People (1%), Tiefling (1%), Elf (1%), Koala Kin (1%), Dragonborn (1%) Wealth Classes: A military economy supplemented by scholarly grants and the gold of adventurers.
Professions: Soldiers, scholars, archaeologists, adventurers, and the support staff necessary for such a diverse populace.
Human (60%), Halfling (19%), Half-Elf (9%), Dwarf (4%), Half-Orc (3%), Squirrel People (1%), Tiefling (1%), Elf (1%), Koala Kin (1%), Dragonborn (1%) Wealth Classes: A military economy supplemented by scholarly grants and the gold of adventurers.
Professions: Soldiers, scholars, archaeologists, adventurers, and the support staff necessary for such a diverse populace.
Government
Leadership: Commanded by a Baronial Warden, with civilian and scholarly endeavors overseen by the Morinrayne Society.
Laws and Taxation: Militaristic discipline interwoven with academic freedom, funded by the proceeds from the Prideholme Post & General Store.
Organization: A militarized hierarchy supporting and protected by academic and adventuring pursuits.
Laws and Taxation: Militaristic discipline interwoven with academic freedom, funded by the proceeds from the Prideholme Post & General Store.
Organization: A militarized hierarchy supporting and protected by academic and adventuring pursuits.
Defences
Physical Defenses: Stout wooden ramparts, fortified stone bastions, and sentinel towers.
Magical Defenses: Warding glyphs and ancient protective enchantments, their origins as mysterious as the ruins themselves.
Magical Defenses: Warding glyphs and ancient protective enchantments, their origins as mysterious as the ruins themselves.
Industry & Trade
Primary Industries: Amber Mining, Gold Sifting, Military provisioning, archaeological research, and adventuring.
Important Exports: Relics, recovered artifacts, and scholarly works. High Quality Lumber, Clay, Limestone, Turpentine. Hazelnuts, Pecans, Walnuts, Cashews. Sandalwood, Ebony, Rose Oak, Ironwood, Pine, Maple, Hickory, Mesquite, Cherry, Sage.
Major Imports: Military supplies, scholarly materials, and provisions for the outpost. Saltwort, kelp.
Important Exports: Relics, recovered artifacts, and scholarly works. High Quality Lumber, Clay, Limestone, Turpentine. Hazelnuts, Pecans, Walnuts, Cashews. Sandalwood, Ebony, Rose Oak, Ironwood, Pine, Maple, Hickory, Mesquite, Cherry, Sage.
Major Imports: Military supplies, scholarly materials, and provisions for the outpost. Saltwort, kelp.
Infrastructure
Key Structures: The outpost's keep, the Morinrayne Society's library, and the dungeons beneath the ruins.
Utilities: Basic needs such as a mess hall and communal wells, with a reliance on magical means for additional comforts.
Utilities: Basic needs such as a mess hall and communal wells, with a reliance on magical means for additional comforts.
Districts
Westside: Where most of the dungeons as well as the largest industry operates.
The Barracks: The heart of military operations and home to the soldiers.
The Dungeons: A labyrinthine underbelly of challenges and treasures.
Treeline: The north side of the outpost where Adventurers are expected to stay when working in the area. Also contains the market and an ancient stone temple.
Tradeway: The area of the outpost along the trade road.
Lakefront: Where the docks and rental cabins, cottages, yurts, and tents are spaced along the lake's beaches.
The Barracks: The heart of military operations and home to the soldiers.
The Dungeons: A labyrinthine underbelly of challenges and treasures.
Treeline: The north side of the outpost where Adventurers are expected to stay when working in the area. Also contains the market and an ancient stone temple.
Tradeway: The area of the outpost along the trade road.
Lakefront: Where the docks and rental cabins, cottages, yurts, and tents are spaced along the lake's beaches.
Assets
Stores and Valuables: The Prideholme Post & General Store's goods, scholarly texts, and recovered artifacts.
Equipment: Military armaments, excavation tools, and adventuring gear.
Equipment: Military armaments, excavation tools, and adventuring gear.
Guilds and Factions
Adventurers Guild: Thrill-seekers and fortune-hunters delving into the depths.
Morinrayne Society: Keepers of knowledge and seekers of the past, to kindle the flame of progress and growth of quality of life for the region.
Morinrayne Society: Keepers of knowledge and seekers of the past, to kindle the flame of progress and growth of quality of life for the region.
History
Origins: Once a place of ancient power, now a fortified research and military outpost.
Major Events: The founding of the outpost, the discovery of the dungeons, and the Baroness's vision of lakeside traveler's cabins.
Major Events: The founding of the outpost, the discovery of the dungeons, and the Baroness's vision of lakeside traveler's cabins.
Points of interest
The Ancient Stairway Ruins: Whispers of a bygone era, waiting to unveil their secrets.
The Roadhouse Inn: A haven for travelers and the hearth for tales of glory.
The Roadhouse Tavern: Owned by Garrick Thorne, along with the Inn. Massive longhouse style tavern where theres always edible food, ale, and live music nightly.
Fort Prideholme: The Fort where the Guard has their barracks and armory, used as the base for their patrols of the area.
Prideholme Community Forge: Ancient Stone Forge used by the soldiers and community.
The Stone Temple Ruins: Ancient Temple Ruins returned to service by the community clerics.
Morinrayne Society Chapterhouse - Prideholme: The local chapterhouse for the Morinrayne Society, a group of local nobles who work to improve quality of living and prosperity of Morinrayne regional settlements. Quickfoot Bakery: Owned by Eldon and Ysabel Quickfoot. Open from dawn to dusk each day, provides breads for most of the outpost as well as light carry meals and baked goods meant for travel.
Prideholme Post & General Store: The only real merchant in town with a shop, only sells general goods but can order whatever you might want given enough time and gold. Halfling Owned and Operated. Runs a post office service as one of its main income streams. Owned by Quickfoot family, run by Eldon Quickfoot's brother Byron Quickfoot.
Stoned-Lion Bed & Breakfast: Owned and operated by an elderly minor aristocrat gnome woman and her servants.
Rhynehorn Hunters Lodge: The Rhynehorn family settled here after a dispute with the other noble families that run the Morinrayne Hunters Academy. The Lodge was founded in 881 A.C. and is alongside Fort Prideholme as one of the longest standing buildings in the Outpost. They take pride in that and also produce the majority of the pelts and game meat used by the outpost.
Burke Lumber Company: The Burke Noble family has long since had interests in the Morinrayne region. They produce a large amount of lumber exported to other settlements in the region. They cultivate miles at the western area of the Heartwood with specific tree types to ensure the highest quality and demand products are the only thing they produce.
The Silver Flame Abbey: A large white and silver stone structure, with towering central spire and two wings surrounded by a stone wall. Something tickles the back of your neck the longer you look at the abbey from outside the walls.
Adventurers Cottage: The Commander of the Outpost has decreed all Adventurers must rent rooms at this cottage instead of any other accomodations around the outpost during tourist season to prevent loss of tourism revenue from damaged rental properties.
Trade Crafts Market: Much like how the Community Forge works, this area is filled with communal tools and work areas for people to rent and use as needed. Contains a large pavilion for use in local festival events and other community needs, and works as a daily market on other days.
Camp Town: Area of town where most servants and locals live in canvas and timber yurts or small timber and log cottages or hide and timber tents.
Prideholme Condos: The largest of these buildings in town. Created by a powerful mage almost a decade ago. Larger on the inside than they are on the outside, but have no negative reaction to extradimensional spaces. Has entrances to two different levels of the interior building. The inside has 8 floors above ground, and another 8 below ground and the ground floor. The main floor has a lobby and atrium. The exterior size of the building is 600 feet diameter and nearly 4 stories tall.
Tyrion's Tannery: Home to a master tanner and leatherworker. Produces the highest caliber leathercrafts in the state. Has a contract providing a yearly retainer to provide repair services to the Fort's soldiers in return for gold and protection.
Strange Obelisk - South: One of three such obelisks around the Heartwood Forest. Covered in an unknown language that resists magical translation or magically learning the language.
The Roadhouse Inn: A haven for travelers and the hearth for tales of glory.
The Roadhouse Tavern: Owned by Garrick Thorne, along with the Inn. Massive longhouse style tavern where theres always edible food, ale, and live music nightly.
Fort Prideholme: The Fort where the Guard has their barracks and armory, used as the base for their patrols of the area.
Prideholme Community Forge: Ancient Stone Forge used by the soldiers and community.
The Stone Temple Ruins: Ancient Temple Ruins returned to service by the community clerics.
Morinrayne Society Chapterhouse - Prideholme: The local chapterhouse for the Morinrayne Society, a group of local nobles who work to improve quality of living and prosperity of Morinrayne regional settlements. Quickfoot Bakery: Owned by Eldon and Ysabel Quickfoot. Open from dawn to dusk each day, provides breads for most of the outpost as well as light carry meals and baked goods meant for travel.
Prideholme Post & General Store: The only real merchant in town with a shop, only sells general goods but can order whatever you might want given enough time and gold. Halfling Owned and Operated. Runs a post office service as one of its main income streams. Owned by Quickfoot family, run by Eldon Quickfoot's brother Byron Quickfoot.
Stoned-Lion Bed & Breakfast: Owned and operated by an elderly minor aristocrat gnome woman and her servants.
Rhynehorn Hunters Lodge: The Rhynehorn family settled here after a dispute with the other noble families that run the Morinrayne Hunters Academy. The Lodge was founded in 881 A.C. and is alongside Fort Prideholme as one of the longest standing buildings in the Outpost. They take pride in that and also produce the majority of the pelts and game meat used by the outpost.
Burke Lumber Company: The Burke Noble family has long since had interests in the Morinrayne region. They produce a large amount of lumber exported to other settlements in the region. They cultivate miles at the western area of the Heartwood with specific tree types to ensure the highest quality and demand products are the only thing they produce.
The Silver Flame Abbey: A large white and silver stone structure, with towering central spire and two wings surrounded by a stone wall. Something tickles the back of your neck the longer you look at the abbey from outside the walls.
Adventurers Cottage: The Commander of the Outpost has decreed all Adventurers must rent rooms at this cottage instead of any other accomodations around the outpost during tourist season to prevent loss of tourism revenue from damaged rental properties.
Trade Crafts Market: Much like how the Community Forge works, this area is filled with communal tools and work areas for people to rent and use as needed. Contains a large pavilion for use in local festival events and other community needs, and works as a daily market on other days.
Camp Town: Area of town where most servants and locals live in canvas and timber yurts or small timber and log cottages or hide and timber tents.
Prideholme Condos: The largest of these buildings in town. Created by a powerful mage almost a decade ago. Larger on the inside than they are on the outside, but have no negative reaction to extradimensional spaces. Has entrances to two different levels of the interior building. The inside has 8 floors above ground, and another 8 below ground and the ground floor. The main floor has a lobby and atrium. The exterior size of the building is 600 feet diameter and nearly 4 stories tall.
Tyrion's Tannery: Home to a master tanner and leatherworker. Produces the highest caliber leathercrafts in the state. Has a contract providing a yearly retainer to provide repair services to the Fort's soldiers in return for gold and protection.
Strange Obelisk - South: One of three such obelisks around the Heartwood Forest. Covered in an unknown language that resists magical translation or magically learning the language.
Tourism
Visitors: Scholars, adventurers, and those drawn to the mysteries of the old world.
Accommodations: Military cottages, the Roadhouse Inn, and lakeside cabins.
Experiences: Dungeon expeditions, archaeological tours, and lakeside reprieves.
Accommodations: Military cottages, the Roadhouse Inn, and lakeside cabins.
Experiences: Dungeon expeditions, archaeological tours, and lakeside reprieves.
Architecture
Style: A blend of military functionality and rustic charm.
Adornments: The ruins themselves serve as a hauntingly beautiful backdrop to the outpost's structures.
Adornments: The ruins themselves serve as a hauntingly beautiful backdrop to the outpost's structures.
Geography
Terrain: Nestled between the Heartwood Forest and Liberty Lake, along a well-trodden trade route.
Views: Enchanting forest canopies, serene lakeside vistas, and the stoic mountains.
Views: Enchanting forest canopies, serene lakeside vistas, and the stoic mountains.
Climate
Characteristics: A microclimate shaped by lake and forest, generally mild with fog-laden mornings and crisp evenings.
Natural Resources
Ores: Primarily iron and copper from nearby foothills.
Crystals & Gemstones: Occasional finds of quartz and amethyst in the deeper dungeons.
Other Resources: Timber from the forest as well as fish and fresh water from the lake.
Crystals & Gemstones: Occasional finds of quartz and amethyst in the deeper dungeons.
Other Resources: Timber from the forest as well as fish and fresh water from the lake.
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Prideholme Region
Founding Date
842 A.C.
Population
Approximately 300, including a standing force of 100 soldiers, with the remainder being scholars, support staff, and transient visitors.
Inhabitant Demonym
Prideholmians
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