Talonmoor is a compact plains village on the Old Road, a day's travel north of Redfaire, where travelers, farmers, and a few traders cluster around a muddy square and an ancient cairn that marks old pacts.
A cairn on the Old Road where promises are tied and travelers rest.
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Council Chair
A steady elder with weathered hands who recalls every treaty and insult.
Tanner and trader
A broad-shouldered man who negotiates hard and gossips harder.
Caravan leader
A wiry traveler always checking straps and soot, with keen eyes for honesty.
Cairn Keeper
Quiet and watchful, Nona is often at the cairn before dawn.
Innkeeper of The Stump and Star
Warm-handed and quick to pour ale, she keeps the inn lively and safe.
Militia Captain
A lean woman with a stern gaze who trains villagers in spear and song.
General goods
A cramped stalls where one can buy ropes, cured meat, and odd trinkets from travelers.
Farmers, caravaners, weary travelers, and the occasional passing bard.
A low-ceilinged inn with a roaring hearth and benches scarred by years of trading cards.
Civic
An elder council that guards village custom and settles disputes quietly.
Trade
A loose network of traders and caravaners who prefer payment in good terms and safe passage.
Religious
A small, secretive order who maintain cairn rituals and ask favors of travelers.
A shallow ford where travelers leave small coins and charms for luck.
A wind-bent copse used as a meeting place and impromptu staging ground for militia drills.
An abandoned cart half-buried in a hummock rumored to contain hidden papers.
A crude mile-marker carved with names from long-past caravans.
Brem Solen secretly holds a cache of grain set aside for his kin in lean times.
Jory smuggles small relics for collectors in Redfaire and uses Talonmoor as a drop.
The cairn's 'answers' are amplified by a hollow beneath the stones that carries sound.
Children say the cairn hums when a liar walks past.
A merchant hid a map to a meadow of glass in a tanner's barn.
The winds sometimes carry a woman's voice calling travelers by name.
The Cairn's Answer
The cairn's hum grows loud and a traveling scholar requests aid to interpret it.
Debt and Leather
Gideon's creditor arrives with mercenaries and the village must raise a ransom or risk bloodshed.
The Whispering Child
A child goes missing after claiming to follow a whisper from the Old Road cairn.
Road of Claims
Caravaneers accuse someone in Talonmoor of theft and demand justice before abandoning the route.
