Lonelywood
Lonelywood in a Nutshell
Friendliness ❄❄❄ Services ❄❄ Comfort ❄❄ Heraldry. Two narrow white triangles, one descending from the center top, the other rising from center bottom, almost meet on a forest-green field. The top triangle represents an icicle, denoting Lonelywood’s northerly location; the bottom triangle is an ivory horn, representing the town’s scrimshaw trade. Sacrifice to Auril. Food (see "Sacrifices to Auril"). Rivals. Bremen, Targos, Termalaine.Demographics
Lonelywood is a quiet town of loggers, fishers, and scrimshanders scratching out a living on the edge of the world.
For as long as Ten Towns has existed, Lonelywood has attracted the region’s shadiest element, from unrepentant thieves to cold-hearted killers. The thick forest looming behind it conceals the dark and sordid dealings that sometimes transpire there. Despite its attraction to criminals and miscreants, Lonelywood is not a place where folk murder each other in the streets. The realities of survival demand that the residents live and work together, and not dwell on history. A visitor can make many friends here but would be wise not to drudge up the dark deeds of anyone’s past in this small town.
Defences
Militia. Lonelywood can muster up to 50 soldiers and 4 veterans.
Industry & Trade
Roughly half of Lonelywood’s able-bodied residents trawl the lake for knucklehead trout, while most of the others spend their days in the forest felling and hewing the trees that are used to construct boats and buildings. Lonelywood’s timber is taken by cart to be sold in other settlements, Termalaine and Targos in particular.
History
Founded by a Sembian family from Urmlaspyr.
Tourism
Lonelywood has no inns or other places for visitors to rest, except for the town speaker’s house, which has a spacious, heated attic that can accommodate characters looking for a night’s rest.
The Happy Scrimshander Shop
The Lucky Liar Tavern
Ramshackle Closed inn
Architecture
The town’s oldest buildings and docks bear carvings of dragons, lions, and goats that pay deference to the family’s crest, which featured a chimera.
Geography
A three-mile-long snow-covered path connects Lonelywood to Termalaine.
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Lonelywood
Type
Town
Population
100
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