The Quiet Year

Spring 8: "An old piece of machinery is discovered, broken but perhaps repairable. What is it? What would it be useful for?" Large scale desalination machine is discovered but it is broken. MIGHT be able to repair it.   Start a Project: Revive the Artesian Long haired mountain Camel Cheese farms from the distant past founders of the town. 6 weeks

Spring Q: "What’s the most beautiful thing in this area?" A white marble, almost pearlescent chapel to Pelor within the village.   Hold a Discussion: What do we do about the Elf?

Spring 7: "How old are the eldest members of the community? What special needs do they have?" The Elf Jeffandrew the Veteran He needs isolation away from the rabble and assurance he isn't spoken of to outsiders. Discover Something New: The rear half of an ancient sea ship in the side of the mountain off the coastal edge

Spring K: "A young boy starts digging in the ground, and discovers something unexpected. What is it?" Whale Skeleton.   Discover Something New: A disabled Warforge

Spring A: "Are there distinct family units in the community? If so, what family structures are common?" Communal Matriarchal Groups.   Discover Something New: Some kids got lost and went upstream of the town and found green crystals at the base of the mountain where a very old landslide had broken off a chunk.

Summer K: Summer is fleeting. Discard the top two cards of the top of the deck and take two actions this week.   The First Week of Summer

Summer A: A contingent within the community demand to be heard. Who are they? What are they asking for?

Summer J: you are carless, someone goes missing. The elf.

Summer 9: A project Fails, Which one? Why? or Something goes foul and supplies are ruined. The metal search project fails The party comes back empty handed. The Desalination machine needs quarterly quarterly upkeep.

Summer 5: The weather is nice and people can feel the potential all around them. Start a new project

Summer 2: Someone new arrives. Who? Why are they in distress? A human woman that briefly introduces herself as Ursula before passing out. After removing her armor she is bleeding from several deep lacerations.

Summer 4: The eldest among you dies> What caused the death? or... The eldest among you is very ill caring for them and searching for a cure requires the help of the whole community Greta the old has passed rocking chair accident

Autumn 3: Someone leaves the community after issuing a dire warning. Who? What is the warning?   Project: construct smokehouses to preserve meat from small game A party arrives to the emerald vein and discovers empty eggs with the emeralds. large, dog sized emerald eggs

Autumn Q: Disease spreads through the community. a type of blister phage. it causes a painful and hideous outbreak of facial tumors and a sickening deterioration of the skin across the entire body, and also works on the minds of some, slowly driving them insane. health and fertility are scarcity. mike starts a project of weeks to find a cure for the disease

Autumn A: project finishes early.Which one? Why? The unknown metal is retrieved and tested sooner than expected. now to wait for results.

Autumn K: A natural disaster strikes the area. You focus on getting everyone to safety.   A project fails: pheasant pharm- The fire catches the pheasant farm and burns it to the ground. Surprisingly the eggs appear unharmed.

Autumn 7: Something goes foul and supplies are ruined. the emeralds disapear and nobody has heard from the miners in days. emeralds are now scarce.

Autumn 4 The strongest among you dies. What caused the death? or... The weakest among you dies. Who's to blame for their death? Tate a child in the town dies after falling into the cold water of the river.

Winter 7: What is winter like in this area? How do community memeber react to the weather? Lake Effect Snow. People are pretty much used to the weather in the area. Discovery: Black Bears in the region

Winter 6: As winter begins, people around town start to notice the local birds migrating across the cove back and forth. They seem confused as to whether it is time to migrate or time to nest. To the north on the other coast along the other shore large gysers of steam can be seen rising from the ground. Project: Investigate underground steam gysers.

Winter 5: Winter elements leave everyone cold. tired and miserable. life slows down and it becomes hard to finish projects   Mag the camelherd has found her great great great grandmam's recipie for caramel camel custard and wants to adapt it to make a frozen dessert. She's calling it Camel Moose.

Winter A: The Camel Creams project fails because of an unfortunate bacterial bloom in the Camel Caramel ... but it turned out to form a sweet, caramelized camel milk cheese - Cameltost

Winter 9: someone goes missing in the cold weather. the elven vet goes missing, never to be heard from again