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Wenton

Wenton is a large farming and craft town on the Island of Aurei, 80 miles north of Feasgar and about 554 feet above sea level. Its grain and hemp fields feed the town's distilleries and workshops; ceramics and preserved foods travel south by road. An eastern apiary supplies honey in quantities that make the distillers unusually influential. Wenton's public records are orderly, except for unexplained omissions and the rumored Dark Alley.

Settlements
Town · Central Aurei

Wenton

A town of honey, hemp, and careful omissions.
Population
3,836
Rule
Todi
Wealth
Modest overall
Defence
Moderate

Overview

Wenton is a large farming and craft town on the Island of Aurei, 80 miles north of Feasgar and about 554 feet above sea level. Its grain and hemp fields feed the town's distilleries and workshops; ceramics and preserved foods travel south by road. An eastern apiary supplies honey in quantities that make the distillers unusually influential. Wenton's public records are orderly, except for unexplained omissions and the rumored Dark Alley.

Atmosphere

Wenton smells of malt, wet clay, and honey smoke. The town is busy from first light, when farm carts crowd its lanes, until late evening, when distillery fires glow through the mist. People speak carefully about missing visitors and streets that appear where no street stood before. Todi's watch keeps order, but residents know that some doors open only for those who already know their names.

Culture

EthosThe town values useful work, reciprocal favors, and keeping one's word in public. Private promises are treated with suspicion, since Wenton's oldest records have gaps that seem to swallow inconvenient agreements. People will lend tools or food readily, but expect the debt to be named and witnessed. Outsiders who ask too many questions about vanished streets are watched rather than openly challenged.
Faiths
  • Local household and harvest rites
  • The faiths brought by travelers from Feasgar
Peoples

Humans, River elves

PastimesWenton's best-known entertainment is competitive storytelling in distillery yards, where a tale must be finished before a small cask runs dry. Potters make painted honey jars, and traveling musicians from Feasgar play at harvest gatherings. Residents prize practical skill over polish. A good cook or a reliable witness earns more invitations than a rich stranger, especially in the Eastern Slums.

Economy

WealthModest overall, with several prosperous distillers, merchants, and landholders
Work

Grain and hemp farming, Distilling, Ceramics, Food preservation, Beekeeping

Exports

Distilled spirits, Ceramics, Preserved foods, Hemp goods, Grain

Imports

Iron tools and hardware, Fine cloth, Salt, Specialty goods from Feasgar

ScarceGood iron, salt, and skilled metalwork are costly. Honey is plentiful in season, but the apiary's output is tightly contracted to the distilleries, so ordinary households often pay more than expected for it.

Geography

RegionCentral Aurei, 80 miles north of Feasgar
ClimateCool, damp weather is common, with mist gathering over the surrounding farms and forested slopes. Summers are mild enough for grain and hemp, while wet winters make the northern road slow.
TerrainA forest-fringed rise roughly 554 feet above sea level, bordered by grain and hemp farms. The eastern apiary occupies warmer, sheltered ground beyond the town's denser streets.

Ways in and out

The main road south leads to Feasgar, about 80 miles away.
Farm tracks connect Wenton with outlying hamlets and fields.
A rough northern road passes through forest and is difficult in wet weather.

Places to see

  • The Dark AlleyThe Dark Alley does not appear on maps and is said to be summoned by the Thieves' Guild. Its entrance may appear between familiar buildings, then vanish after a single passage. Residents disagree about whether it is a safe route, a trap, or a place where the town's missing people have been hidden.
  • Purple HillPurple Hill holds older civic homes and overlooks the market approaches. Its residents insist the hill's name comes from the color of local clay after rain, while traders claim the best distillery leases are controlled from here.
  • SilkcreastSilkcreast is a well-kept district where merchants and prosperous craft workers display fine cloth and ceramics. Its tidy streets contrast sharply with the crowded eastern lanes, and its residents prefer disputes to be handled through Todi's clerks rather than the watch.
  • Old DistrictThe Old District contains the town's earliest storehouses and narrowest streets. The Storehouse Fire began here according to official accounts, though the surviving foundations do not match the written description of the buildings that supposedly burned.
  • Eversoul BouroughEversoul Bourough lies among the farms beyond the town's denser streets. Its residents grow grain and hemp, and its boundary records are among the documents Pryce has been asked not to revise.
  • Light StairLight Stair climbs from the lower farm track toward Wenton's southern approaches. Carts use it to avoid the busiest market lanes, though its steep steps become slick after rain and difficult for heavily loaded wagons.
  • Eastern SlumsThe Eastern Slums press against the farm roads near the apiary route. Seasonal workers, porters, and people with disputed household records find rooms here. The district's residents know which wagons arrive before dawn, but will not share that knowledge without reason to trust a stranger.

Power

4 factions

Government

FormArcane rule supported by appointed clerks and a civic watch
LeaderTodi, a human sorcerer whose precise magic and careful ledgers have made him indispensable. He is secretive and dislikes being contradicted in public.

Laws

Distillery output and honey purchases must be entered in town ledgers.
Carrying weapons openly within the market is restricted.
Farm boundary disputes must be witnessed and recorded before harvest.

Trouble

  • Missing households in the town ledgerTodi's ledgers omit several houses and their residents, though those homes still stand and are occupied. He insists the gaps are clerical errors, but each correction risks exposing a past decision he made to keep the town's trade stable. Eigen wants the records reopened; Todi fears that doing so will reveal how the Dark Alley became part of his private bargain with the Thieves' Guild.
    Involves

    Todi, Eigen, Cora

  • A dangerous honey shortageThe eastern apiary's honey deliveries have fallen, and the Honey Factors blame theft while smallholders accuse them of hoarding. Without honey, distilleries will miss their contracts and seasonal workers will lose wages. Todi is delaying a public inquiry because its records overlap with the same disputed land entries that his clerks have been ordered not to amend.
    Involves

    Todi, Eigen, Munira

Factions

  • Honey FactorsTrade coalition
    The distillers and larger farmholders coordinate their contracts and press Todi for predictable taxes. They claim their arrangements keep work and food moving through town, but their control over honey purchases leaves smaller producers with little leverage.
    GoalsKeep the apiary's honey contracts exclusive and preserve the town's current trade arrangements.
    Allies

    Wenton Watch

    Rivals

    Eastern Smallholders

  • Eastern SmallholdersMutual aid association
    Tenant farmers, smallholders, and food preservers share supplies and information outside the main contracts. They resent the Honey Factors' control of prices and suspect the town's records are being altered to make certain land claims disappear.
    GoalsOpen honey sales to all local producers and restore disputed farm claims.
    Allies

    Eigen

    Rivals

    Honey Factors

  • Thieves' GuildCriminal network
    The Thieves' Guild is rarely seen as a public organization, but its couriers and lookouts know how to find the Dark Alley. Some members use it to move people and goods; others want its secret kept as a source of leverage over Todi and the watch.
    GoalsKeep control of the Dark Alley's appearance and prevent the watch from learning how to summon it.
    Allies

    Cora

    Rivals

    Wenton Watch, Crimson Syndicate

  • Crimson SyndicateVampiric pirate gang
    The Crimson Syndicate is a gang of vampiric pirates, known in Wenton mainly through rumors of missing sailors and bloodless bodies. Its alleged lair has not been found. It may be using town trade and the Dark Alley to hide people, cargo, or both.
    GoalsMaintain a concealed foothold in Wenton and secure safe passage between the town and the coast.
    Allies

    Unknown local contacts

    Rivals

    Thieves' Guild, Wenton Watch

Defences

ReadinessTodi can raise a modest town watch quickly, but its members are spread thin between farm roads, storehouses, and the crowded districts. Vinda helps drill volunteers, while Conne patrols the outer lanes with Daci. The watch is prepared for raiders, not for a hidden lair inside town. When residents report a street that should not exist, the patrol is told to wait for Todi's instruction.
Walls and works
  • A timber palisade surrounds the older market approaches, though farms and newer districts extend beyond it.
  • Watch posts overlook the northern road and the eastern apiary.
  • The Dark Alley is not shown on any official defensive plan.
ForceWenton Watch
SizeAbout 40 regular watch members, with roughly 70 volunteers available in a crisis
About the forceA watch force of local guards, supported by trained volunteers and a small number of mounted patrols. Vinda organizes drills; Conne handles difficult patrols.

Law and order

CrimeModerate, with theft and contract fraud more common than open violence. Missing-person cases are handled quietly.
Who keeps the lawThe Wenton Watch patrols markets and roads, while Todi's clerks oversee trade disputes. Vinda encourages visible, fair procedures; Conne is sent where a patrol may meet resistance. The watch has no reliable method to locate the Dark Alley, and Todi discourages public searches that could provoke the Thieves' Guild.
PunishmentFines, repayment, and public labor are common. Serious violence brings confinement and a hearing before Todi, though residents suspect that wealthy traders can negotiate lighter terms.

People and places

12 entries
  • Town ruler and sorcererTodi

    Human Male

    A human sorcerer whose formal coat is always buttoned to the throat. He speaks softly, and his fingers twitch when someone asks about missing households.

  • Fighter and patrol leaderConne

    Human Male

    Conne has messy auburn hair and sharp brown eyes. He wears banded mail, carries a bastard sword and javelins, and is rarely without Daci, his silver dog. He taps the sword's guard with one finger when listening.

  • Cook and scofflawEigen

    Human Male

    Eigen has uneven auburn hair and hazel eyes. He wears sturdy clothing and carries a hawthorn staff. A cooking spoon hangs from his belt, and he tastes every pot before deciding whether it needs more salt.

  • ScholarCora

    Human Female

    Cora is rough in appearance, with uneven blonde hair and sharp amber eyes. She wears tailored clothing under a dragonscale cloak. She scrapes a thumbnail along the cloak's scales whenever her sister is mentioned.

  • PaladinVinda

    Human Female

    Vinda has uneven grey hair and soft blue eyes. She wears banded mail and carries a halberd. Mora, her black warhorse, follows her closely; Vinda checks the horse's tack whenever a conversation turns toward danger.

  • Aristocrat and trade patronMunira

    River elf Female

    Munira is a tall river elf with cobalt skin, black hair, and silver eyes. She wears fine raiment and jewelry, but never sits with a blade in view. She moves a chair or turns a cup to block the sight of knives.

  • General goodsHempwright Supply

    Kept by Zshela

    A compact storefront selling sturdy farm tools, jars, and household hardware. Its shelves are carefully arranged, with expensive imported iron kept behind the counter. The owner knows which farms have missed deliveries and quietly extends credit to workers who are owed wages, though she dislikes being asked to explain who has been absent from town.

  • CeramicsKiln Shelf

    Kept by Qhent

    A warm, clay-dusted workshop shop where local potters sell cooking vessels, lamp cups, and honey jars. Orders for large batches take priority, especially those placed by distilleries. The keeper wants ordinary residents to retain access to useful wares, so some imperfect pieces are set aside for families who cannot pay full price.

  • TavernThe Honey Measure

    Kept by Bhett

    A crowded eating house where the benches are scarred from years of farm tools being set down hard. Eigen cooks here often, and people come as much for his meals as for the drink. Conversations are lively until someone mentions an unlisted home or a person who disappeared, when the room tends to quiet all at once.

  • TavernThe Late Cask

    Kept by Shthani

    A narrow taproom near the Old District where travelers can rent a room above the kitchen. Its windows face a street that seems ordinary by day and oddly quiet after sunset. The keeper asks no questions about late arrivals, but keeps a close count of who leaves by the front door and who does not.

  • Town hallWenton Hall

    Run by Pryce

    The town hall holds the market court, tax office, and the ledgers used to record farms, contracts, and households. Its public room is kept scrupulously clean, but clerks move older books into locked rooms whenever Todi calls for a review. Residents come here to settle real disputes and to learn which disputes the town has decided not to acknowledge.

  • StorehouseEastern Apiary Store

    Run by Shessa

    The eastern apiary's central storehouse is built with deep eaves and narrow openings to protect its honey from rain and marauding animals. Workers weigh every jar in front of a factor's witness. The apiary's records are treated as private business, although a bad harvest there can affect wages and distilling across the whole town.

Events

Lately

  • Honey deliveries from the eastern apiary have fallen sharply over the last two weeks.Distillers have reduced their orders, and farm workers fear that seasonal wages will be cut.
  • A traveler from Feasgar failed to arrive at the inn where a room had been booked.Conne has begun questioning caravan guards, while Todi has asked the watch not to start a public search.
  • A street was reported between two familiar warehouses, then found to be a solid wall the next morning.Rumors of the Dark Alley have returned, and the Thieves' Guild has been unusually quiet.

Calendar

  • First day of springFirst MeasureFarmers bring the first hemp and grain tallies to the market, and distillers offer small cups of the previous year's spirits. Todi's clerks announce the tax rates for the season.
    The twist · GM only
  • MidsummerHoney ReckoningThe apiary's keepers lead a procession of covered bee skeps from the eastern fields to the town's honey storehouses. The distillers buy the new honey under public witness.
    The twist · GM only
  • Last harvest weekThe Long TableResidents share preserved food and grain bread in the Old District. Potters fire small lamps for the dead, then leave them burning in windows until dawn.
    The twist · GM only

History

Wenton grew from a hemp-trading stop into a prosperous town of farms, distilleries, potters, and food preservers. Its roads and stores made it useful to travelers bound between the interior and Feasgar. The official history praises practical cooperation, but the Storehouse Fire and Todi's rise left families questioning whose names the town is willing to remember. The Dark Alley is absent from every account.

  • Founding yearsThe Hemp RoadHemp growers established a stopping place on the rise, where carts could rest before the long journey to Feasgar. The first distillers followed, trading spirits for tools and salt.
  • Several generations agoThe Storehouse FireA major fire destroyed storehouses but spared the homes recorded in the official account. Several families later claimed their houses had burned too, and were told that no such households had ever been entered on the rolls.
  • Todi's riseThe Quiet SettlementTodi took authority after resolving a dispute between distillers and farmers with a sorcerous demonstration and a new system of public contracts. His account says the town accepted his rule unanimously; older residents remember a night of locked meeting halls.

Secrets

2 secrets · 5 rumours
  • Secret 1 · GM only
  • Secret 2 · GM only

Rumours

1The Crimson Syndicate keeps a hidden lair somewhere within Wenton, perhaps close to a route that reaches the coast.
2The Thieves' Guild can summon the Dark Alley, but each use costs more than coin.
3Todi's oldest ledger contains names written in a hand that belongs to no living clerk.
4Munira has banned visible blades from her private meetings because she once saw something in the apiary store.
5Eigen's cooking is so good that even watch patrols forget to ask where his guests came from.

Plot hooks

4
  • 1
    The Vanishing HoneyEigen asks the party to help prove that smallholders' honey is being diverted before it reaches the distilleries. The evidence points toward a locked apiary store and a missing delivery clerk. The hidden complication is that the clerk is alive in the Dark Alley and refuses to return, because the public ledger lists the clerk as dead.

    Investigation and negotiation · Starts with Eigen · Reward: A share of preserved provisions, local goodwill, and evidence that can force a public contract hearing.

  • 2
    A House Without NamesVinda asks the party to accompany her while she investigates an empty house whose occupants are absent from the town ledger. Inside, the furniture is still warm and food remains on the table. The hidden complication is that the residents chose the Dark Alley as refuge from a threat, and exposing their location may bring that threat directly to them.

    Rescue and moral choice · Starts with Vinda · Reward: A favor from the Wenton Watch and the trust of residents who have been erased from the records.

  • 3
    The Sister's LedgerCora wants help finding her sister, whom she believes betrayed her and helped alter Wenton's records. Her trail leads through a sealed archive and toward the Thieves' Guild. The hidden complication is that her sister may have erased names to protect those residents from the Crimson Syndicate, not to enrich herself.

    Investigation and confrontation · Starts with Cora · Reward: A rare scholarly text, a route to the Dark Alley, and Cora's assistance interpreting old records.

  • 4
    The Alley That Wasn'tTodi quietly hires the party to learn whether the Crimson Syndicate has a lair in town without alarming the watch. Several clues point toward a disused storehouse near the Old District. The hidden complication is that Todi's earlier bargain may have given the Syndicate access to the Dark Alley, and exposing the lair could also expose his role in creating it.

    Infiltration and political choice · Starts with Todi · Reward: A formal writ, a private payment, and access to restricted town records.

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