Abavale

Abavale (Euluska: Abavël, Falon: Abavella, Fallonese: Aberfell), previously known as Lyberg, was a small, notable sheep-rearing town in the central Fallo/Horn/Turmish area. It was quaint and quiet.
== History ==
Before the year 0, a small Euluskan religious cloister monastery was built on the modern site. It was built next to an overhanging tor (a large rocky outcrop), quite striking. The monastery and the small number of houses that accompanied it became known soon as Luöko vërka vël in Old Euluska, meaning 'the monastery by the hook-shaped tor'. 
By the time of the 300s TE, the Lusken Empire built a small castle around the monastery to protect the manuscripts within from raids by neighbouring city-states and raiders. By this point, the name had been reduced to Luöverk, and in Middle Euluska/Falon this became just Lyberg /lʏ.bɜːg/. The town was known as Lyberg until the 1500s, and it grew throughout this time. The townsfolk made their livelhood by sheep farming - the Lyberg White and other associated breeds were regionally famous breeds of sheep, bred for mutton, wool, and ewe's milk. Sheep and their wool were important to local culture, as much as the monastery was, or even more so.
In the early 1500s, when the Lusken Empire fell and the Fallo splintered back into city states, Lyberg wanted to shake its Euluskan name, and change to its name in the local dialect of the Falon language. Its local name was Abavella, also written in Euluska as Abavël. This name was also transliterated as Aberfell in Fallonese, a different language to Falon.
In 1579, the Moomyn adventuring company stayed in town. During the night at the Weary Walker, their companion, the Harper (monster-hunter) Zasenna Salmastrien was murdered by the Moor Rider Ioreth. In addition, the Moomyns chased their prisoner Elluin Ethanderal through the Sheriff's secret tunnel to Abavale Gorge, where they had a fateful showdown that led to Elluin's death. It was the most excitement the town had had in years, honestly. Years after the event, Zasenna was canonised by the Archon of the Euluskan church into one of the most recent canonised saints, and Abavale gained a small number of pilgrims and tourists to the place of the saint's death. They commemorated her with a golden statue in the town centre by the fountain - Saint Zasenna, patron of the underdogs.
== Notable Locations ==
Abavale was clustered around the ancient Lyberg Castle built on Moliocco Hill next to Hook Tor; the castle was an Euluskan fort built in the 300s TE to defend the monastery it enclosed from barbarians and coastal raids. This monastery, known as Lyberg Cloister, was older than the castle, and held historical records of the surrounding area, including ancient land surveys and handwritten copies of stories and manuscripts. Further down the hill in the bulk of the town lay The Weary Walker, the town's only inn built around two large ancient trees, which lay next door to the Abavale Dovecote, a large white stone building full of hundreds of messenger pigeons to relay post and letters across the Fallo. It was bordered by the Summer Market, a cluster of colourful stalls selling many things including local tapestries and woollen garments - Abavale was primarily a sheep-farming town, after all. Abavale Gaol was situated near the outskirts of town next to the Sheriff's Office, and there was enough capacity for two cells of two, or a few more at a squeeze. An ancient tunnel under the Sheriff's Office led through the abandoned tin mines of the nearby landmark Abavale Gorge, emerging atop a sheer cliff. Finally, a garrison and tall watchtower stood on Moliocco Hill containing one of the Beacons of Lusken, a network of mountain relay beacons made to signal across the continent in times of danger. 
== What Abavale was Famous For ==
* The deathplace of Saint Zasenna Salmastrien the Brave, which garnered some annual pilgrims
* Its breeds of sheep, some fat and juicy, others with tough wool in white, cream, grey, golden brown or black
* Its woollen products - scarves, carpets, clothing, and other textiles both for art and utility, some of the best wool in Indratera was spun here
* Its mutton and lamb food, and its ewes' milk cheese
* Its regionally famous Lyberg Wine, made by the monks of the monastery
* Its cloister's ancient manuscripts, including original copies of the Saga of Luska
* Its other locations of interest (see above)
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