Ravengro
Ravengro was founded in 4594 ar to support Harrowstone, a prison built to answer the growing need for a centralized repository for criminals in the county of Tamrivena (now known as Canterwall). Count Eigen Lorres, one of the last counts to rule Tamrivena before the county switched to its current government, was not a well-liked ruler.
In an attempt both to bolster his failing reputation and bring money into Tamrivena’s coffers, he announced the construction of Harrowstone, a prison that would not only
house all of the county’s prisoners (thus removing them from being incarcerated locally), but that for a price, would house dangerous prisoners from all over Ustalav. Count
Lorres’s plan worked perfectly—not only was the transfer of criminals out of local jails seen as a boon throughout the county, but other counties also responded well to the
invitation, sending caravans of payments to Tamrivena and caravans of prisoners to Ravengro. The town of Ravengro itself was always intended to be little more than support
for the prison. Not only would Ravengro provide a place for the prison’s employees to live, but it would also provide all of the supplies needed by the prison—food, water, tools, weapons for the guards, and anything else necessary.
Historians often point to Harrowstone’s unfortunate destruction in the fire of 4661 as one of the trigger events that eventually led to the entire region’s bloodless uprising in 4670—the prison’s loss, combined with the government’s inability to rebuild the site (or, more likely, its lack of interest in doing so), certainly disenfranchised the citizens of Ravengro, who by the time the region was ready to abandon hereditary rule were all too eager to accept the new democracy. Since that time, while Harrowstone has remained a constant reminder of darker times, the town of Ravengro has recovered remarkably. Today, the town is a quite healthy farming community blessed with fertile fields and orchards. The town’s chief products are wheat, barley, and corn. Because the town is close to the shore of Lake Lias (“The Great Blue Dot”), Ravengrians can supplement their food stores with fish, but fishing is not sustainable as a commercial enterprise.
Despite their success, Ravengro’s citizens are the town’s greatest hindrances to expansion. Insular, they take some time to warm to strangers and often damage new opportunities for trade with their standoffish attitudes. Yet as hesitant as the townsfolk are to talk to strangers, they are all too eager to talk about them. Rumor mongering and gossiping are traditional pastimes among the townsfolk, especially when it comes to strangers. Without a steady supply of unusual visitors to town, they’d be limited to whispers about illicit affairs, unwanted pregnancies, and speculations upon their neighbors’ prosperity—the arrival of strangers in town puts folk in an awkward state, in which their desire to avoid contact with possible troublemakers comes into direct conf lict with their curiosity about new faces. As a result, visitors who make plain their intention to stay in town for more than a day typically receive the bulk of Ravengro’s hesitant curiosity.
Historians often point to Harrowstone’s unfortunate destruction in the fire of 4661 as one of the trigger events that eventually led to the entire region’s bloodless uprising in 4670—the prison’s loss, combined with the government’s inability to rebuild the site (or, more likely, its lack of interest in doing so), certainly disenfranchised the citizens of Ravengro, who by the time the region was ready to abandon hereditary rule were all too eager to accept the new democracy. Since that time, while Harrowstone has remained a constant reminder of darker times, the town of Ravengro has recovered remarkably. Today, the town is a quite healthy farming community blessed with fertile fields and orchards. The town’s chief products are wheat, barley, and corn. Because the town is close to the shore of Lake Lias (“The Great Blue Dot”), Ravengrians can supplement their food stores with fish, but fishing is not sustainable as a commercial enterprise.
Despite their success, Ravengro’s citizens are the town’s greatest hindrances to expansion. Insular, they take some time to warm to strangers and often damage new opportunities for trade with their standoffish attitudes. Yet as hesitant as the townsfolk are to talk to strangers, they are all too eager to talk about them. Rumor mongering and gossiping are traditional pastimes among the townsfolk, especially when it comes to strangers. Without a steady supply of unusual visitors to town, they’d be limited to whispers about illicit affairs, unwanted pregnancies, and speculations upon their neighbors’ prosperity—the arrival of strangers in town puts folk in an awkward state, in which their desire to avoid contact with possible troublemakers comes into direct conf lict with their curiosity about new faces. As a result, visitors who make plain their intention to stay in town for more than a day typically receive the bulk of Ravengro’s hesitant curiosity.
Ravengro
Corruption:
0
Crime:
-1
Economy:
0
Law:
1
Lore:
0
Society:
0
Qualities: insular, rumormongering citizens
Disadvantages: cursed (haunted, –4 Society)
Danger: 0
Demographics
Government: Council
Population: 311 (281 humans, 12 halflings, 8 elves, 7 dwarves, 3
half-elves)
half-elves)
Notable NPCs:
Councilman Vashian Hearthmount (LN male human aristocrat 1/cavalier 1)
Councilman Gharen Muricar (N old male human expert 3)
Councilwoman Mirta Straelock (NG female human commoner 4)
Councilwoman Shanda Faravan (LG female human expert 3)
Sheriff Benjan Caeller (NG middle-aged male human ranger 2)
Vauran Grimburrow (N male human cleric of Pharasma 7)
Professor Petros Lorrimor (NG old male human wizard 7; deceased)
Marketplace
Councilman Vashian Hearthmount (LN male human aristocrat 1/cavalier 1)
Councilman Gharen Muricar (N old male human expert 3)
Councilwoman Mirta Straelock (NG female human commoner 4)
Councilwoman Shanda Faravan (LG female human expert 3)
Sheriff Benjan Caeller (NG middle-aged male human ranger 2)
Vauran Grimburrow (N male human cleric of Pharasma 7)
Professor Petros Lorrimor (NG old male human wizard 7; deceased)
Base Value:
1000
Purchase Limit:
5000
Spellcasting:
4th
Minor Items
| Item | Quantity |
|---|---|
| masterwork full plate | 1 |
| +1 light steel shield | 1 |
| +1 silver morningstar | 1 |
| +1 rapier | 1 |
| incense of meditation | 1 |
| 1 | |
| ring of feather falling | 1 |
| wand of cat’s grace (13 charges) | 1 |
| wand of cure moderate wounds (19 charges) | 0 |
Medium Items
| Item | Quantity |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| scroll of restoration | 1 |
| wand of slow (6 charges) | 1 |
Major Items
None
Buildings
A. Town Square
B. The Posting Poles
C. The Laughing Demon
D. Ravengro Town Hall
E. Temple of Pharasma
F. Ravengro General Store
G. Ravengro Forge
H. Jominda’s Apothecary
I. Ravengro Jail
J. The Silk Purse
K. The Outward Inn
L. The Unfurling Scroll
M. Council Member’s Home
M1: Councilman Vashian Hearthmount
M2: Councilwoman Mirta Straelock
M3: Councilwoman Shanda Faravan
M4: Councilman Gharen Muricar
N. The Lorrimor Place
O. Harrowstone Memorial
P. The Restlands
Q. Gibs Hephenus’s Shack
R. Harrowstone
B. The Posting Poles
C. The Laughing Demon
D. Ravengro Town Hall
E. Temple of Pharasma
F. Ravengro General Store
G. Ravengro Forge
H. Jominda’s Apothecary
I. Ravengro Jail
J. The Silk Purse
K. The Outward Inn
L. The Unfurling Scroll
M. Council Member’s Home
M1: Councilman Vashian Hearthmount
M2: Councilwoman Mirta Straelock
M3: Councilwoman Shanda Faravan
M4: Councilman Gharen Muricar
N. The Lorrimor Place
O. Harrowstone Memorial
P. The Restlands
Q. Gibs Hephenus’s Shack
R. Harrowstone
Factions
Rumours
Maps
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Ravengro
Type
Town
Included Locations
- A. Town Square
- B. The Posting Poles
- C. The Laughing Demon
- D. Ravengro Town Hall
- E. Temple of Pharasma
- F. Ravengro General Store
- G. Ravengro Forge
- H. Jominda’s Apothecary
- I. Ravengro Jail
- J. The Silk Purse
- K. The Outward Inn
- L. The Unfurling Scroll
- M1: Councilman Vashian Hearthmount's Home
- M2: Councilwoman Mirta Straelock's Home
- M3: Councilwoman Shanda Faravan's Home
- M4: Councilman Gharen Muricar's Home
- N. The Lorrimor Place
- O. Harrowstone Memorial
- P. The Restlands
- Q. Gibs Hephenus’s Shack
- R. Harrowstone
Owning Organization
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