A clustered town along a swift mountain river built around mine headworks and smelters, lacking walls but ringed by watch posts and the distant silhouette of a knight's castle and a private estate, where labor and coal smoke define life and fortunes rise and fall on the strike of a pick.
Where the river sings through ore and hearthlight.
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Steward
A sharp-eyed administrator who grew up working the smelters and now runs town business with a tight fist.
Mine Foreman
A broad-shouldered dwarf with soot-streaked braids and a reputation for fairness underground.
Knight of Highstone Keep
A stern knight whose banners watch the valley from the rocky ridge above.
Healer and apothecary
Wears herbs in her hair and tends wounds with steady hands while whispering to the river.
Inspector
A thin man with ink-stained fingers who carries a battered rulebook and a worried look.
Smithy and toolshop
A smoky forge where miners trade ore for repaired gear and new picks.
General store
A cramped shop by the ford catering to everyday needs and winter stores.
Miners, foremen, occasional knights' men and traveling traders
A low-ceilinged tavern near the smelter filled with soot and loud stories.
Labor/Community
An elected body of foremen and veteran miners that negotiates with the steward and organizes strikes when pushed.
Noble Military
Mounted and foot patrols loyal to Sir Edrin who enforce the knight's interests and collect levies.
Craft Guild
A coalition of smelter owners who set prices and lobby the steward for favorable regulations.
The deepest known shaft with recent tremors and rumored untouched pockets of silver.
A collapsed sluice beneath the town that still channels sudden spring waters and requires constant watch.
A riverside strip of stalls where traders, prospectors, and bargain-hunters exchange goods each market day.
A raised stone perch with a clear view of valley approaches used by the Rivermoor Watchmen.
Hidden high-grade vein under the steward's terrace
Sir Edrin's debt to a distant guild
Tesa's forbidden tonic recipe shortens lifespan but soothes pain for days
The Missing Ventilation
A shaft's ventilation system has been sabotaged and miners whisper of a saboteur aiming to force closures for claim manipulation.
Debt and the Knight
Sir Edrin's debts threaten to convert mine levies into heavy taxation, and a merchant ledger in the manor could blackmail or free the town.
River Plague
Fish die-off and strange rashes point to deliberate pollution, and finding the source could save the town's water supply.
Claim of Silver
A prospector's dying words describe silver veins in the Old Floodgate tunnels, but reaching them risks collapse and angry smelter owners.
