The Stuck Pig
This tavern sits on the main road that leads South from Maylhof toward
Giehselhoff.
More to come.
The Old Watchtower
Built where the woods border the Fae Marshes.
More to come.
The Auld Ryding is a small shire comprised of three villages, Stoodhof being the
largest of the three.
Stoodhof is typical of many small settlements in the Empire,
it is self-
It is home to the local watch and as such is the
administrative centre for the shire.
In the town square there is a statue of Jeziah Fuchs, a wealthy merchant whose commercial
endeavours helped raise the town out of the mire.
He passed away defending his town
from a chaos warband and the townsfolk made this statue to honour him.
Maylhof, which
sits on the banks of the Aver Reach, here the order of the day is fishing.
It also
engages in some logging and floats the timber down the river where it is later collected,
and the monies sent by coach each month to Stoodhof.
Averridge is the last of the three and is where the Lord of the Manor and current
Marshall of the Ryding resides.
He has a small garrison of militia and they are responsible
for the safety of The Auld Ryding in times of conflict.
Not far from Averridge is
a shrine to Morr which sits on a small island on Virginia Lake.
Mist seems to perpetually
hang over the lake.
The interior of the Auld Ryding has been cleared of trees and
is mostly hilly.
On the edges of the shire the dense thick dark black trees common
in the Empire form a brooding border.
The barrow hills are shunned by the locals who
believe them haunted, or worse, the resting place of the undying.
There is an old
watchtower that has fallen into disrepair over the years.
The Fae Marshes are a wild
and desolate expanse of swamps and marshland, again the locals refuse to go anywhere
near them.
The Thule Farm
On the edges of the Auld Ryding past Stoodhof is the farm belonging to Alfred and
Eva Thule.
Simple folk who keep mostly to themselves, they are the first true citizens
of the Auld Ryding you encounter when coming from the north.
The Auld Ryding
