Wisenwood Domain

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Wisenwood Domain
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  • Terrain: Plains
  • Features: Small Town, Road

The majority of the manors in the Wisenwood domain are simple barley farmers and cattle herders. The vast majority of them are simply collections of farms around a central square (often with a well for those estates that do not abut a source of easy water), without a proper manor house. Truth be told, it isn't entirely necessary - the Lord's Demesne is maintained in each estate, without much fuss. Of course, several of these are of a size where they might need a manor and someone to watch over them in a generation or so.

Communities

Features

  • Wisenwood: The Wisenwood is a small wood that once entirely surrounded Wisenwood Town, but trails and other construction have basically split it into two smaller woods. These woods are heavy elm and oak, with the occasional weirwood in their midst.

Estates

Aderly

Population: 118
Households: 27
* Craftsmen: 4
* Villeins: 12
* Cottars: 11
  • Manor: Aderly Manor. Aderly Manor overlooks Aderly Pond, the major watering hole for the cattle and other livestock on the manor. It is held by Dowbry.
  • Notable Persons
    • Dowbry, a retired captain of the Bulls originally from Aderly. He was made master of Aderly for his long years of service.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Root Crops (10%), Rye (10%), Barley (40%), Berry Bushes (10%), Stalk Crops (20%), Nut Trees (10%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (60%), Sheep (10%), Swine (10%)
    • Craftsmen: Miller, Charcoaler, Metalsmith, Tanner

A large cattle-herding community.

Bannock

Population: 124
Households: 27
* Craftsmen: 4
* Villeins: 14
* Cottars: 9
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons
    • Domyn Small, the current Reeve and innkeep of the Sheaf & Bullock.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Nut Trees (10%), Barley (50%), Stalk Crops (10%), Root Crops (20%), Fruit Trees (10%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (70%), Goats (10%)
    • Craftsmen: Innkeep, Miller, Metalsmith, Timberwright

The largest fields of barley in Wisenwood are found in Bannock Place and its neighboring West Bannock. Bannock is verging on a size where it will certainly need a manor and someone to oversee it directly soon; its current Reeve is overworked. It hosts an inn called the Sheaf & Bullock.

Donnershire

Population: 103
Households: 20
* Craftsmen: 2
* Villeins: 13
* Cottars: 5
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons
    • Horton, current Reeve of Donnershire, and a pig farmer.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Barley (20%), Herbs (30%), Root Crops (20%), Stalk Crops (10%), Berry Bushes (10%), Fruit Trees (10%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (30%), Sheep (10%), Swine (20%)
    • Craftsmen: Miller, Metalsmith.

Best known for the strange diversity of its crops, it seems as though Donnershire has a little bit of everything in its fields. With most of its acreage dedicated to barley, various spice and healing herbs and neeps, it also grows a little flax, a little blueberries and has a small cherries and peaches orchard.

Filton

Population: 76
Households: 18
* Craftsmen: 3
* Villeins: 9
* Cottars: 6
  • Manor: Filton Manor. Filton Manor is a small hall with several small outbuildings, surrounded by a wooden palisade. The manor is somewhat run-down and currently unoccupied.
  • Notable Persons
    • Dillyn, Reeve of Filton, and a cattle farmer.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Oats (40%), Fruit Trees (10%), Barley (20%), Ground Crops (10%), Root Crops (10%), Herbs (10%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (20%), Goats (30%), Sheep (20%), Swine (10%)
    • Craftsmen: Miller, Charcoaler, Woodcrafter

A small estate south of the Wisenwood, Filton is a cattle herding community. Filton is well-known for its cheeses.

Grenham

Population: 103
Households: 23
* Craftsmen: 1
* Villeins: 10
* Cottars: 12
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons
    • Broughsley Smith, Reeve of Grenham, and the estate metalsmith.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Ground Crops (10%), Rye (20%), Barley (20%), Oats (50%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (10%), Goats (10%), Sheep (40%), Swine (20%)
    • Craftsmen: Metalsmith

A small sheep-herding community.

Mowbryham

Population: 115
Households: 24
* Craftsmen: 4
* Villeins: 13
* Cottars: 7
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons
    • Ardunn, Reeve of Mowbryham and a nut orchardsman.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Barley (10%), Rye (20%), Nut Trees (60%), Stalk Crops (10%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (60%), Goats (10%), Swine (10%)
    • Craftsmen: Miller, Charcoaler, Metalsmith, Woodcrafter

The nut-orchards of Mowbryham produce both walnuts and almonds, with a fine mill on hand to render them down into both flours and butter.

Plathshire

Population: 98
Households: 22
* Craftsmen: 4
* Villeins: 9
* Cottars: 9
  • Manor: None
  • Notable Persons
    • Eldon Miller, Reeve of Plathshire and the estate's miller.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Fruit Trees (50%), Herbs (10%), Oats (20%), Rye (20%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (70%), Sheep (10%)
    • Craftsmen: Metalsmith, Woodcrafter, Miller, Timberwright

Plathshire boasts extensive pear orchards, as well as a local furniture craftsman who makes chests, tables and chairs of the local woods, including pear-wood.

Suttonham

Population: 158
Households: 29
* Craftsmen: 3
* Villeins: 17
* Cottars: 9
  • Manor: Sutton Manor. A small manor house in the middle of the village greens. Its current master is Romyn White.
  • Notable Persons
    • Romyn White, Reeve of Suttonham. Romyn's father was a captain of the Bulls in Lord Waldren's day, and was given mastership of Suttonham for saving Lord Waldren's life in battle. When his father died, Romyn proved a capable leader of the community, and Lord Josian retained him as Reeve.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Rye (30%), Root Crops (10%), Ground Crops (10%), Oats (20%), Herbs (10%), Barley (20%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (50%), Goats (10%), Swine (20%)
    • Craftsmen: Miller, Charcoaler, Hideworker

Situated around Sutton Pond, the crofters of Suttonham are primarily cattle-focused.

Tarmon

Population: 104
Households: 23
* Craftsmen: 2
* Villeins: 14
* Cottars: 7
  • Manor: Crossroads House. Crossroads House sits in the very center of the estate, at the edge of the town square. Crossroads House is abandoned and somewhat run-down.
  • Notable Persons
    • Bartlyn, Reeve of Tarmon and a turnip farmer.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Rye (20%), Fruit Trees (30%), Barley (30%), Stalk Crops (10%), Root Crops (10%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (60%), Sheep (20%)
    • Craftsmen: Timberwright, Miller

A small crossroads croft, Tarmon is noteworthy because of the Tarmon Tree - a massive petrified weirwood that stands in the center of the croft's square. Tarmon's crofters are orchardsmen who tend the pear trees of the area.

Waverly

Population: 170
Households: 35
* Craftsmen: 5
* Villeins: 17
* Cottars: 13
  • Manor: Waverly House. Located on a hill that overlooks the manor, Waverly House has a half-stone, half-wood palisade and a smaller hill that leads up to it, with a drawbridge connecting the entry and the courtyard. This manor is held by Ser Ormun Ironsmith, the master-at-arms of Wisenwood.
  • Notable Persons
    • Ser Ormun Ironsmith, the master of Waverly Manor and master-of-arms at Wisenwood.
    • Marsdon, Innkeep of the Waverly Inn.
    • Tavers Wrightley, woodcrafter.
  • Yields
    • Produce: Nut Trees (10%), Root Crops (20%), Stalk Crops (10%), Barley (20%), Ground Crops (10%), Rye (10%), Oats (10%), Berry Bushes (10%)
    • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (40%), Goats (20%), Sheep (20%)
    • Craftsmen: Innkeep, Metalsmith, Salter, Woodcrafter, Miller

A mile down the road from Wisenwood Town, Waverly probably sees more traffic than any of the other estates. As a result, it is known for the Waverly Inn. Waverly's extensive fields grow all manner of hearty local grains.