Hex 24

24. Hamlets (Southern Hex)

Along the road are scattered nine tiny hamlets, ranging from three to six houses in each, surrounded by a ditch and possibly a wooden palisade. Fields of crops, pastures and fruit trees stretch to the north and south of the road. 2d4 adults, 2d8 children and 1d4 elderly tend the animals and crops.

Typical farm implements, items of everyday life, and some small amounts of food can be found at any of the hamlets along with cows, chickens, sheep, etc.

If the goblins are rampaging the area, all of these hamlets will be abandoned, each with a 60% chance of having been ravaged by the goblins (crops will be burned, animals slaughtered, 50% chance that the people will have been butchered as well).

Hex 24

24. Lake Fincher (Eastern Hex)

At the top of a 100’ tall plateau the locals call Demalias Tor is a small lake called Lake Fincher. Here, on the western edge is a small fishing village, simply called Fincher or Lake Fincher. The village is home to seventeen men, eight women and eight children who live in 8 ramshackle huts. The men fish during the day with nets from boats which are pulled up on the shore at night. Nighttime the men gather in one of the huts to drink and tell stories. The villagers are rather xenophobic, shunning strangers to the point of aggression. The men will threaten strangers, but they are more bluster than bravery. Once a week the fishermen take their wares (fresh fish and dried, smoked and salted fish) and trade with the people of Tiresh Village (Hex 30A).

The women of the village are allies of the Witch of the West Wind (See NPC encounters) and two nights a month go off in the forest to dance pagan dances with the witch. If the village is molested in any way, the Witch of the West Wind will seek out those who bother her “innocent daughters” or their families. Indeed, there is a 5% chance that the Witch will be encountered near the village if she still lives.

The villagers have little treasure (2d6 sp and 4d12 cp) but each of the women has a tiny charm around her neck which offers protection from disease and can be used to call the Witch of the West Wind (by rubbing it and calling her Truename).

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