A small farming village nested in a living canopy of jade-leaved trees, known for terrace gardens clinging to slopes and lantern festivals that coax shy forest spirits to the edges of town.
Lanterns of jade light the paths where foxes and old stories cross.
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Steward
A woman with moss-green hairwraps and a ledger of planting circles under her arm.
Herbalist and elder
A broad-shouldered man stained with herbal dyes and wrapped in vine cord necklaces.
Itinerant merchant
A lanky man with a patchwork cloak and satchel of strange herbs.
Weaver and basketmaker
Short, nimble hands stained with sap and an apron full of twine.
Warden captain
Broad-chested with a patched cloak and a bark-etched wooden shield.
Herbal apothecary
A low, vine-draped stall selling dried herbs, salves, and mushroom jars.
Weaver's workshop
A fragrant shed where baskets are woven and stories are hummed into the strands.
Farmers, wardens, and the occasional traveling merchant
Low-ceilinged inn with hanging green lanterns and a hearth cooked on wood-fallen embers.
Local militia
Citizen-soldiers who know the trails and hold nightly watches.
Artisan guild
A circle of weavers and dyers who train apprentices and certify goods.
Cultural society
Elders and performers who steward the village's stories and celebrations.
A shallow grove where the wind makes the leaves sound like voices and many leave offerings.
Stepped plots carved into a slope where vegetables and medicinal vines are tended communally.
A footbridge over a fern-choked stream whose planks are soft with moss and carved with lovers' names.
A toppled stone statue half-swallowed by roots that children climb and elders bless.
An elder keeps an old pact tablet that names a nearby grove as a dormant shrine to a forgotten spirit.
Tolan Vey has been buying rare spores to sell to a foreign apothecary with questionable rites.
The Old Bough sometimes bleeds a sap that can awaken dreams in sleeping villagers.
The Returning Lantern
Lanterns return with uncanny tokens that point to a lost grove and a sleeping spirit needing help.
Spores of Commerce
Unregulated spore trade threatens the village's market and health, and someone must trace shipments to their buyer.
Bridge of Moss
Mossbridge slowly collapses and a hidden cavern beneath reveals carved glyphs and a trapped ranger.
The Drying Spring
Water diverted by Thornweir threatens crops and only a delicate negotiation or sabotage can restore flow.
