Herufal

HERUFAL

Founded by a Wolves of the Shadow family from The Southern Unclaimed Lands, Herufal is a quiet town of loggers, fishers, and woodworkers scratching out a living on the edge of the world. The town’s buildings and docks bear carvings of wolves dragons, lions, and goats that pay deference to the Clan crest, which featured a wolf and a dragon.
Roughly half of Herufal’s able-bodied residents hunt for game, while most of the others spend their days in the forest felling and hewing the trees that are used to construct boats and buildings. Herufal’s timber is taken by cart to be sold in other settlements, Grenivic  and Holfjola  in particular.
While the original founders and most of the Wolves of the Shadow’s clan members abide by law and honor, over the last few years the town has attracted the some of the shadiest characters in the Finnarlands The thick forest looming behind it conceals the dark and sordid dealings that sometimes transpire there.
Despite its attraction to criminals and miscreants, Herufal 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.

Herufal in a Nutshell

Friendliness ❄❄❄ Services ❄❄ Comfort ❄❄
Population. 100. Jarl: Nimsy Huddle (female Enro) speaks for the townsfolk. Ever since the local inn closed its doors, Nimsy has opened her heated attic to visitors looking for a place to crash for the night. She bakes enro-shaped cookies and brings them to meetings of the Council of Speakers.
Sacrifice to Hellfrost: Food

Locations in Herufal

Herufal has no inns or other places for visitors to rest, except for the town Jarls's house, which has a spacious, heated attic that can accommodate characters looking for a night’s rest. Other residents of Herufal value their privacy and are much less inclined to welcome strangers into their meager dwellings.

The Happy Woodworker

Shop
This little shop facing the docks sells the tools of the scrimshander’s trade: needles and knives in a wide array of shapes and sizes, inks in a rainbow of colors, and wax used to seal an engraving when it’s done. The shop’s owner is a doughy spinster of few words named Iriskree Harrowhill (retired adventurer Wolf of the Shadow). She doesn’t talk about her past except to speak fondly of people she once knew who have since died.

The Lucky Liar

Tavern
Hunters and woodcutters gather here in the evenings to weave tall tales—the more outrageous and embellished, the better. From time to time, patrons whose tongues have been loosened by drink let slip valuable or dangerous secrets.
The tavern’s raven-haired barkeep, Danae Xotal (Half Orc Jotunn Son), snarls quietly as she goes about her serving work with quiet circumspection.

Ramshackle

Closed inn This aptly named building—which used to be the only inn in town—closed after its last owner, a retired sawyer named DeGrootz, hanged himself in the common room two years ago. Some locals believe that DeGrootz’s hanging was staged to conceal his murder at the hands of some old “friends” of his. Townsfolk are currently using the vacant building for lumber storage, but anyone interested in refurbishing and reopening the old inn is welcome to try.