Gallowmere sits in a bowl of dead wheat where creaking scarecrows stand like silent wardens and the villagers move like shadows; children play nervously under their mothers' watch while the wind mutters through straw and sewn rag faces, and everyone looks as if they are waiting for something to finish them.
A husk of a village watched by a thousand stitched eyes.
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Matriarch / Council Head
An angular woman with stitched hands and a voice like dry grain who always wears a shawl threaded with straw.
Scarecrow Stitcher
A gaunt man with needle-scarred fingers and threadbare clothes whose eyes dart as if listening.
Miller / Grainkeeper
A stooped man with flour-dusted hair and a perpetual scowl who clutches ledgers like talismans.
Witch and itinerant healer
A small figure with mismatched eyes and a satchel of strange roots who speaks in riddles.
Child Carer and Toy-Maker
A thin halfling with quick hands, a basket of toys, and haunted, careful eyes.
Scarecrow and Charm Shop
A low shed of patchwork curtains where Merek binds charms to rag faces and whispers new pacts into straw eyes.
General Provisions
A cluttered mill annex where Jarven dispenses the village's treasured stores with an iron hand.
Mostly adults from the village, a few wary travelers in the rare weeks the road is open.
A low-ceilinged common room smelling of onion broth and straw smoke where villagers exchange terse news at dusk.
Craft/Religious
A group of dedicated artisans and ritualists who sew, chant, and guard the scarecrow rites.
Reformist
A small but vocal faction led by Ysolde that believes the bindings are cruel and worsen the blight.
Militia
The makeshift militia of farmers and retired craftsmen tasked with patrols and enforcing curfews.
A patch of field so dense with scarecrows their ragged arms form a maze of motion at dusk.
A shallow pit lined with what villagers claim are the bones of unknown beasts and fitted with a bell used to summon watchers.
A narrow path to the river where children whisper secrets into reeds and leave tiny dolls as offerings.
An old millwheel that turned no water but is hung with talismans and used as a communal clock during rituals.
One scarecrow is actually a trapped fey bound by an old bargain that keeps the blight from spreading.
Elda Thorn can unmake a scarecrow but fears that doing so will remove the village's fragile protection and invite whatever cursed the fields back.
Jarven's hidden grain cache includes an old map to a nearby fertile spring long thought dry.
The Answering Scarecrow
Villagers speak of a scarecrow that answered a stitcher's name in the night and now a child has gone missing; find out if the scarecrow is protector, thief, or something worse.
Ysolde's Bargain
Ysolde offers to free the bound fey at the cost of losing the scarecrow ward, forcing the party to choose between freeing a spirit and risking the village's scant safety.
The Hidden Spring
Jarven's ledger hints at a spring where fertile water still runs; recover seeds from the spring's guardian and bring hope back to the fields.
The Stranger's Ring
Investigate the stranger found dead in the straw ring to uncover a caravan's secret cargo or a cult intent on retaking the fields.
