A crossroads market town ringed by fog and oak, Wickermoor Village is prosperous enough for comforts yet small enough for secrets to fester; ritual and routine mask a brewing conspiracy tied to the crooked estate above the town.
Where rituals warm the hearth yet something crooked watches the hill.
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Mayor
Officious, kindly, and surprisingly naive about the cult in his town.
Innkeeper
Polite proprietor who always calculates the cost of every kindness.
Constable
Stoic constable with a poet’s heart and an unflinching stare.
Barber-Surgeon
Charming barber whose bedside manner hides bloody caches below his shop.
Merchant
Suave trader who stocks both staples and forbidden trinkets.
Apothecary
Absent-minded herbalist plagued by blackouts and lost time.
General goods and curios
Large trading post with a front display of curios, locked backroom stocks, and private ledgers.
Apothecary
A cramped front shop of herbs, vials, and odd brews with a large back workshop for preparations.
Smithy
A smoky smithy forging tools, candlesticks, and simple weapons with an upstairs living space.
Farmers, traveling peddlers, and gossiping artisans who come for Ale and stories.
An inn with a tavern, small theater, and attached stable that acts as the social heart of town.
Hunters, the watch, and the occasional traveling preacher seeking warmth.
A quieter back-room tavern where tradesmen debate and the constable meets informants.
religious
Traditionalists who appease nature through ritual and occasional harsh sacrifices, most are benevolent but some form a secret cult.
religious
A pastoral sect that honors balance and rejects supernatural dabbling in favor of simple rites and communal stewardship.
religious
New monotheists who preach light and charity and wear bright clothing to symbolize their creed.
philosophical
Travelers, scholars, and artisans who prize reason, innovation, and progress over superstition.
secret cabal
A secretive cell within town that venerates the Crooked Queen and works to free her from the Crooked Tree.
A raised pavilion used for markets, public speeches, and clandestine meetings under its eaves.
A rickety clocktower whose bell occasionally tolls at odd hours and summons restless spirits.
A cold, black-marble funeral home where coffins are prepared and rumours gather with the dead.
A cracked stone quarry where Solomon Roderick extracts blocks for monuments and secret stones for rituals.
A dovecote filled with trained messenger birds and hidden enchantments that conceal a darker intelligence.
A cult of the Crooked Queen exists inside the town's respected professions and coordinates rituals to free Kehlenn.
Baltus funnels rare reagents and human trinkets to the cult under the guise of import business.
The Oak is a tether that binds Kehlenn's essence; if broken improperly the Crooked Queen's influence could spread beyond the hollow.
Alda cuts secret deals for lives offered as 'lodging fees'.
The Oak keeps faces that whisper hints to those who sleep beneath it.
The Dovecote sometimes walks when a moonless night is thickest.
Face for the Oak
The Oak has claimed another face and rumors point at a player; the town demands justice while the cult seeks a new offering.
The Pigeon's Letters
A tranche of altered letters reveals that the postmaster is not who she seems and the Dovecote may rise at night.
Baker's Dread
Holly the baker turns 35 soon and fears the family curse; someone offers her a bargain that could doom the town if accepted.
Rooms That Lean
The Crooked House's rooms shift and a servant begs for help after finding a ritual chamber with antlered-hare trinkets.
