Duncton Wood

Duncton Wood is a mole system divided by the Eastside, the Westside, Barrow Vale, the Pastures, the Marsh End and the Duncton Stone.
== Landscape ==
Most of Duncton is known for a large hill which is flanked on the southeast by a cliffside of chalk. At the summit of the hill itself lies the Stone, and beside it a single beech tree. The roots of the tree entwine and grow around the Stone which has caused it to tile to one side. Below the summit of the hill lies the Ancient System used by Duncton moles long before, abandoned due to the danger that gradually rose from the area and the scarcity of soft soil. Further down the hill, where the beech trees give way to oak and ash trees and thick fern banks, is the main system of Duncton.
In the center of the system, a place where the oaks thin out and is warmed by the summer, is Barrow Vale, a gravelly patch of safety - a place for chatter, community and gossip, a hub for where most moles can be found in their day-to-day activities.
To the west of the hill begins the Pastures. In the west side of the system lives a group of moles, the Westsiders, known for their tough, aggressive nature (which is possibly due to the Pasture moles further west). To the east of the hill live the Eastsiders, who inhabit the drier soil near the cliff's edge and are smaller in number and much less aggressive than the Westsiders.
Northward, the waterlogged soil of the marsh proves a dangerous territory for moles, essentially a promised death to any who venture there. Next to it lies a stretch of wood called the Marsh End, where the soil is drier and inhabitable and the moles who live there, the Marshenders, are feared and reviled for treachery and disease.
== Landmarks ==
=== Duncton Stone ===
=== High Wood ===
The forest that circles around the clearing of the Duncton Stone.
=== Duncton Library ===
An underground library, lined with many, many texts of moledom, including the Stillstones.
== Notable events ==
* The Elders of Duncton side with the will of Mandrake that the way of the Stone and its ceremonies are no longer needed. Hulver, the elder who still believes of the old ways, keeps quiet under the threatening glare of Mandrake and Rune; however, he still feels that what Mandrake is doing is completely wrong. Bindle, his good friend, still holds faith to the old ways, and with his and Hulver's help, they celebrate the long lost rites of the Stone, with Bracken, Hulver's apprentice, hidden away. Bracken escapes heavily wounded by Mandrake and his henchmoles, and comes into the care of Rose the Healer.
* With Hulver and Bindle now killed, Mandrake rules over Duncton Wood, with Rune aiding him. However, Rune is simply biding his time under the leadership of Mandrake and swears to take his place. He plans to take Rebecca, Mandrake and Sarah's daughter, as his mate to gain more power. Meanwhile, Bracken recovers from his wounds and eventually finds a mate in Rue, with whom he has pups with.
* With Rebecca a captive to her father after having mated with Cairn, a Pasture mole, she sinks into a long depression during and after her pregnancy when her pups are killed by Mandrake.
== Notable inhabitants ==
=== Natives ===
=== Immigrants ===
=== Visitors ===
* Avens
* Chervil
* Mullion
* Nightshade
* Noakes
* Pansy
* Raistow
* Rose the Healer
== Quotes ==
== Trivia ==
* It is based on Wytham's Great Wood.
== Gallery ==
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