Vörgåsen

Vörgåsen (also known in Yupiisut as Wo:gasa or ᕘᒐᓴ) was a small Rakkimarran village in the eastern hills of the island of Setfjall, two days trek from Kalyr. Mount Set was visible on the western horizon on a clear day. 
It was inhabited by a small population of around a few hundred or so in the 1400s, but just over a thousand by 1520 and perhaps three thousand by 1550. Most of the inhabitants were trappers, hunters, loggers and stoneworkers. They lived a simple but earnest life. The town was under the ward of Clan MacDeídhre, but it was so small that there was hardly any clan presence there. The local laird was Aislinn MacDeídhre, since the 1510s. 
It had a large expanse of deep frozen marsh to its north known as the Iskárlar (Icemarshes). The wastes and woods around the town were also inhabited by the Værdnr, a nomadic group of hunters of Qagqaalit ethnicity. Another notable resident was Jens Jensensteen, an ex-cultist from the 1521 endeavour who reformed and became a tanner.
== Never the Same ==
'There beneath the willow tree / I learned a lot about the way of things...'- The Oh Hellos, 'There Beneath'.
In early 1521, a white-clad ear-mutilating cult called The Song set up there, after they found an ancient being called the Fallen Branch frozen there beneath. The cult recruited devotees and fed them to the eyestalk that had popped up in the middle of the street, one root of the Tree of Death. The song of this ancient evil being meant people who died were forgotten. The lost included the butcher, the butcher's wife who happened to be the smith's daughter, and the doctor. The barkeep also turned tail and left when things got weird. The West Marchers came into possession of the tavern's deeds.
The West Marchers came to the town in early-mid 1521 after hearing rumours, and investigated. They found conflicting evidence pointing to the disappearances, and then stumbled upon the single eyestalk. The group battled the cultists, armed with cotton wool to stuff their ears so they could no longer hear the song of the monster. Nevertheless, they lost poor Bernárd Atir, but liberated the village. They returned a week later with support from Clan MacDeídhre and led an assault on the Tree itself in the frozen swamp, which was a bloody but successful endeavour where the cult was wiped out. The town took some time to recover from this event, which shook the community. 
== A Strange Future Indeed ==
'My friends, you may know of the land of Rakkimar, but in the far off north, in the stormy mountains of the islands, there are so many storms that the locals have taken to capturing the lightning and using it for their own ends, to heat and illuminate their own homes.'- Henri Angier.
During rebuilding and rejuvenating efforts, the shops were repaired. They included a tanner, inn, butcher, smith, some loggers, and more. The Friendly Reindeer Inn was renamed to the Horse and Horn, and it was owned by the now-elderly al-Kantar, assisted by one small babbling goblin named Sheila. They had some stories to tell indeed. Lona the black-bearded stout dwarf still owned the smiths, and now Jens ran the tannery. Few people ever visited the town - it was incredibly quiet. 
Sometime in the early 1540s, the scientist Dr. Brandine Waldenstromm moved to the town with her eager assistant, Melli. They built a small house up in the wooded hills, and in return for the scientific and creative space to work with, they powered the small town with their new invention - electricity. The whole small town was wired up to a grid for heating and lighting. 
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