Lesser Bogs

Lesser Bogs is a cluster of dugout dwellings and stilt houses rising from a treeless mire. Three massive timber-framed manors dominate the center, each guarded by a towering wooden monolith carved with weeping faces. A crumbling stone tower looms over the settlement, serving as a lookout. The air smells of wet earth and simmering stew, while children who never age play in the muck. It is a place where every shadow seems to watch your step.

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Outpost

Lesser Bogs

The mire keeps what the water claims.

TypeOutpost

Population65 permanent residents

WealthModerate

GovernmentMatriarchal Coven

ReadinessHigh

“Oppressive and humid with a constant smell of peat and old copper.”

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Connections

Geography

RegionThe Weeping Reaches

ClimateTemperate and foggy

TerrainTreeless swamp and grassy wetlands

Travel Links

The Sunken BoardwalkThe Mud-Barge TrailThe Hidden Sluice

Culture

Survival through deception and honoring the ancient pacts of the mud.

Races

Half-HagsGoblinsHumansMinotaur

Religions

The Bog MotherSpirits of the Silt

Arts & Entertainment

Effigy weaving and competitive mud-wrestling are the primary pastimes.

History

Grandma Bulabuga established Lesser Bogs over a site of ancient power where ley lines intersect beneath the peat. The settlement serves as a sanctuary for half-hags and a laboratory for dark weaving. While the surface looks like a pathetic collection of huts, the roots of the village go deep into the earth. The ruined tower once belonged to Paladins, now serving as a grim warning to intruders who dare bring light to the dark.

The Silt AgeThe Siege of MossA knightly order was drowned in the bog and their tower was claimed as a trophy.

The Crimson BloomThe Raising of the MonolithsThree households were bound to the swamp by the blood of the founding coven.

Government

LeaderGrandma Bulabuga

Matriarchal Coven

Key Laws

Never harm the children.Blood tithes are mandatory.Secrets must remain in the muck.

Problems

Missing Child

A goblin disguised as a child has vanished near the monoliths.

The Hunger of Luugma

The charmed minotaur is becoming resistant to her calming enchantments.

Economy

Industries

AlchemyPeat HarvestingCurse-Breaking

Scarcity

Dry Timber

Wealth LevelModerate

Exports

Rare Bog-LiliesFermented PeatWitch-Charms

Imports

SaltIronLivestock

Defenses

ReadinessHigh

Fortifications

Ruined Stone TowerThree Wooden MonolithsHidden Pit Traps

The Mire-Guard(10 warriors)

A group of elite fighters and swamp beasts led by powerful twins.

Law & Order

crime Level: Low
enforcement: Magical binding and physical intimidation.
typical Punishment: Transformation into a toad or being fed to the lizard-horses.

Grandma Bulabuga

NPC

Village Matriarch

A hunched woman with skin like cracked mud and eyes that glow yellow.

Ulm

NPC

Guardian

A towering mountain of muscle with grey skin and tusks.

Gulm

NPC

Guardian

Identical to Ulm but wears a belt made of human ears.

Sul-Elma

NPC

Apprentice

A pale girl with seaweed-like hair and one milky eye.

Luugma

NPC

Village Guardian

A massive white-furred minotaur adorned with swamp flowers.

Father Kael

NPC

Thrall Overseer

A gaunt man with a permanent slouch and scarred hands.

The Sludge Apothecary

Shop

Alchemy Shop

A dugout shop where shelves are lined with jars of pulsing organs.

The Sunken Cask

Tavern

Half-hags, disguised goblins, and weary travelers.

A tavern built half-submerged in the mire with floating tables.

The Coven Hand

Faction

Ruling Circle

The true hags who pull the strings of the village.

The Silt-Stalkers

Faction

Rebel Thralls

A hidden group of human males and goblins seeking freedom.

The Weeping Monoliths

Point of Interest

Three massive wooden pillars that bleed sap when a crime is committed.

The Lizard-Horse Corrals

Point of Interest

Fenced areas holding aggressive reptilian mounts used for swamp travel.

The Pit of Whispers

Point of Interest

A deep dugout where the hags dispose of their failed experiments.

Calendar of Events

First of Mid-Spring

The Night of Green Mist

The swamp exhales a hallucinogenic fog that causes shared visions.

The visions are actually memories of the hags' future victims.

Secrets

The monoliths are anchors for a planar rift.

RegionalFaint purple light emanating from the cracks in the wood at midnight.

The children are actually aged goblins under a permanent illusion.

LocalOne child's illusion flickering when they sneeze.

Rumors

Luugma the minotaur was once a queen from a faraway land.

Grandma Bulabuga eats a human heart every full moon to stay young.

The ruined tower contains a map to a sunken city of gold.

Plot Hooks

The Missing 'Child'

Find the goblin child who vanished near the monoliths before Bulabuga gets angry.

InvestigationSul-ElmaA bag of rare alchemy ingredients.

The Minotaur's Horn

Steal Luugma's horn back from Bulabuga's manor to break the minotaur's charm.

StealthFather KaelThe location of a hidden treasure cache.

Slay the Mire-Twin

Assassinate Gulm to weaken the village defenses for a coming raid.

CombatAn anonymous note1000 gold pieces.

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