Bomilhald

Bomilhald is a hold to the south of the Faarowt lands, near the Sleep Poppy fields.
== History ==
Decades ago, Edoard Bomilha's fall from grace closed many doors but opened a window. A man of merchants turned minor nobility married upwards, and his contemporaries' wine always spilled from cup to cup. Breaking into a Marquisiate family was a great achievement for the Azan native. The repeated failure to conceive with his wife Evelyn Geldholm-Bomilha was overlooked in society due to his affability. to even suggest sickly Evelyn of the Marquisates was barren would end a physician's career.
The son he always wanted would not happen in this life. 
A night of citrus wine and Geldholm Sr. hospitality during another of evelyn's ill episodes would have left Edoard in bed without a woman were it not for the foreign visitors. The one night stand producing a healthy half breed undermined the Geldholms. The childs mother claimed she had been exiled with not much more than her daughter and the clothes on her back rode to the Geldheim-Bomilhan residency. For a few weeks the mother lived with the servants. Edoard never learned which of his marquisiate family funded her murder.
He too was exiled with some of his friends at court arranging a modest hold for him and his daughter to look over bordering the poppy fields on the mainland. Paranoid thoughts crept in of the Geldholms following him south and Edoard took great care to teach his child how to defend herself, and later to protect others. Edoard also had been tasked with looking after children that marquisiates brought him, no questions asked of course. With little other idea of what to do with them, they trained alongside his daughter. Other than a handful of visits to his homeland, having grown up near the Jibaro wetlands, Edoard rarely left the safe haven created in the south of Faarowt. we now know of this place as Bomilhald.
Other than the strong sense of purpose and family, the hold is otherwise unremarkable. The seers and mils lead simple lifes. Beginner to militia martial training given by the seers to the mils takes up morning and late afternoon sessions, sandwiching luncheon and basic education, with the day ending in choring and preparation for the days ahead.
Some mils are simply lost within their own community, and look to live with other outcasts, others are sent as punishment or for other reasons by their purer relatives. There are always murmurs of high ranking men sending their half breed children here, it is in their best interests to keep the products of affairs hidden in plain sight.
Men across several kingdoms use their influence to keep the settlement afloat, even on the highly desirable arable land. Exact patronage is not always known, and taxmen always seem to have better things to do than pore over the financial records. The established hold finds its way onto maps for personal use by noblemen and influential figures, even at resolutions where only cities and larger towns are marked.
Graduated guards are not elite, but competent and may choose to adopt the bomil title. taking up the bomil name is to become fully independent from the hold, those who stay as mil are always welcome to return for a bed and meal in times of need in exchange for labour. The ceremony consists of the chosen title branded on the mil or bomil's shoulder blade. this branding is understood continent wide as non-entry into noble or ruling families.
In certain circles (particularly the flamboyant people in the marquisiates who historically oppose the geldholms) it is fashionable to bring an 'exotic' bomilhald chaperone to lower risk social events, and even sometimes in addition to the usual muscle when there is more danger. For this reason, the route the the coastal lands that worship Gunther's namesake is well trodden in both directions, although Edoard did not return to the marquisiates.
Half elf and half amazon girls make up the most of the folks with a minority of half goblins and a scattering of drow and tiefling mutts. It is common for graduated half elves to wander the northern realms and relinquish their post, whereas the inner amazon sense of duty creates a few more 'lifers'. Over the years a handful of exceptionally bright sparks have even acquired sponsorship for academic study at a mage guild before completing training. Some that are less of mind but have more talented hands and tastebuds leave to the Golden Sea and join the wheat edifice almost at their doorstep. this may come in part to the bi-yearly harvesting season volunteering that allows for a few months away from Bomilhald. Wheatfolk have an agreement with the seers to make this possible, their usual recruitment methods are a bit more aggressive.
It is said that blind Renne of Azan lineage has a hand in the workings of Bomilhald at the foot of the ascent to Florinthian highlands.
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