Titicus
20-02-2006, 21:29
Main IC thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10459003#post10459003
Map:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6060/feudalmapii1su.jpg
OOC:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=467211
Castle Tereforte
The country around the castle Tereforte is conspicuous for its general lack of major physical features, but that does not nearly mean that the region is bleak. The land is marked by low rolling hills that travel through the center of the area, serving little purpose except to shield the eastern and western portions from marauding armies. A broad but shallow and fordable river also passes through the region, perpendicular to the hills, creating a small ravine north of the castle. The river is a bustling trade route for trading.
Most of the region is very green, quite fertile agricultural land which produces many crops from wheat to a variety of vegetables. The region is a fairly major exporter of foodstuffs, but has very little in the way of minerals. To the far south of the castle is a moderately sized forest where most of the building materials come from. Only one major road passes through the terriotory, from border in the southern forests to the main town and then to the northeast.
The actual castle of Tereforte is the only strong point in the area, being built of broad logs imported from the north. The logs are built onto high heaped stone pilings to make them more difficult to approach and to support their base. The keep is built on a man-made mound on an island in the middle of the river 18 feet tall and fairly thick with two very squat wooden towers that also serve as armories and barracks. The walls radiate in a star shape along the shore to help fields of archery fire. Inside the walls is a long but narrow manor house created only for luxury as the main walls are expected to hold all the resistance. The house is drafty and cold in most seasons, but it stands out and respresents the lord's power.
The size of the castle counterbalances the small garisson of knights, some 64 heavily armoured men who fight on horseback with long curved swords, but are trained with bows to defend the walls just as well.
The agrarian nature of the land means that the people are more spread out than many states, the main town being adjacent to the island keep containing only 170 people. There is a small town north of the forest with 50 people as well, with the rest of the people (250) in smaller hamlets spread across the region, the majority in the south.
The lord of the keep is John Weisen, 44, and his wife Delilah. John's brother Terin runs the town to the south where his sister Lydia also lives. The couple has three sons and a daughter, aged 24 through 13.
Southwest of the center of the lands
Map:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6060/feudalmapii1su.jpg
OOC:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=467211
Castle Tereforte
The country around the castle Tereforte is conspicuous for its general lack of major physical features, but that does not nearly mean that the region is bleak. The land is marked by low rolling hills that travel through the center of the area, serving little purpose except to shield the eastern and western portions from marauding armies. A broad but shallow and fordable river also passes through the region, perpendicular to the hills, creating a small ravine north of the castle. The river is a bustling trade route for trading.
Most of the region is very green, quite fertile agricultural land which produces many crops from wheat to a variety of vegetables. The region is a fairly major exporter of foodstuffs, but has very little in the way of minerals. To the far south of the castle is a moderately sized forest where most of the building materials come from. Only one major road passes through the terriotory, from border in the southern forests to the main town and then to the northeast.
The actual castle of Tereforte is the only strong point in the area, being built of broad logs imported from the north. The logs are built onto high heaped stone pilings to make them more difficult to approach and to support their base. The keep is built on a man-made mound on an island in the middle of the river 18 feet tall and fairly thick with two very squat wooden towers that also serve as armories and barracks. The walls radiate in a star shape along the shore to help fields of archery fire. Inside the walls is a long but narrow manor house created only for luxury as the main walls are expected to hold all the resistance. The house is drafty and cold in most seasons, but it stands out and respresents the lord's power.
The size of the castle counterbalances the small garisson of knights, some 64 heavily armoured men who fight on horseback with long curved swords, but are trained with bows to defend the walls just as well.
The agrarian nature of the land means that the people are more spread out than many states, the main town being adjacent to the island keep containing only 170 people. There is a small town north of the forest with 50 people as well, with the rest of the people (250) in smaller hamlets spread across the region, the majority in the south.
The lord of the keep is John Weisen, 44, and his wife Delilah. John's brother Terin runs the town to the south where his sister Lydia also lives. The couple has three sons and a daughter, aged 24 through 13.
Southwest of the center of the lands