Overlook
Rising to form a small hill, the land on which Overlook was built allows a view of much of Eldevere Forest, if one is willing to climb high enough into one of the trees. The trees here grow in a wild pattern, completely unlike the carefully planted trees of Oakhall. Cottages dot the area, as do small, burrow-like homes belonging to some of the gnomes that live here. A small wooden palisade surrounds the majority of the homes, but there is little in the way of an organized defense. A simple, ancient temple to Solanus is managed by a traveling cleric who saw it in a dream and came here to serve the people of the area.
In addition to logging the sturdy oaks of Eldevere Forest, Overlook is also home to several small silver mines owned and run by the Steelsong family that also controls the village. The gnomish miners get along well with the other residents and provide steady, fair leadership. Waeira Steelsong and her son Khorin do not like Roese Bloodsight or the activities in Bottomborough, but they do not have enough wealth or military might to do anything about it. They give him their support and send their goods through Bottomborough (though they have little choice). One small act of resistance they perform is to support refugees from Oakhall by providing them work in the forest as they can.
Wilder and, somehow, more primitive, the forest here frightens the guardsmen in Roese’s employ, so Overlook is largely free of their predation. Villagers do not wander too far into the forest because the deeper woods are home to a group of highly xenophobic druids. So far, the druids have kept to themselves and not interfered with the logging in this area. Waeira is wary of the threat the druids and the forest might carry but also the threat of being conquered the way Oakhall was, so she does her best to provide trade goods as needed to Bottomborough to avoid any conflict.
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Overlook, Village of
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Village
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