Lumberton

Theme Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-heSRbvCErU, Grizzly Hills

A major city on the western edge of the kingdom of Meridia. Lumberton was established as the westernmost border town for the kingdom 212 years ago within the woods at the feet of the Staggerpeak Mountains. As the fledgling kingdom grew, Lumberton served as a major provider of lumber and timber that was packaged and shipped east for other major cities' use. A decade later, nearby veins of mineral resources like iron and copper were found in the foothills west of Lumberton, and the kingdom began establishing mines before the Khaz-Merdan dwarves stepped forward, claiming the mines were in dwarven territory. What was initially a tense introduction led to a trade treaty between the two kingdoms, and Lumberton began to serve as a trade port between them in addition to its lumber and timber production.

*Secret: The city*

### Notable Individuals

* Rot-Tender Malris - the active leader behind the Rotborn Circle, hidden under the Grey Hills Cemetery catacombs. Working to perfect the mana-cradle as a means of infecting and subjugating an urban population by resurrecting the recently deceased and largely granting them their sentience from life - but also developing mana-cradle fungi within the bodies.
* Lynette Perellion - Academium alchemist who's studying the increasing cases of illness reported in Lumberton to discern the details of the "curse" that lingers throughout the town. Is working to be welcomed back into the Academium with her findings after being reprimanded for pushing the ethical boundaries of her experiments.
* Mayor Eustace Wist - Mayor of the town, and genial on the surface towards townsfolk who keep the peace - otherwise opinionated on rabble-rousers and those who disrupt Lumberton's "peace". Is actually being manipulated by the Rotborn Circle to calm the populace and maintain light external communications and trade.
* Balrik Gniesson
* Mi'era "Grinning" Rasht - local drow healer; begrudgingly accepted in Lumberton as one of the few prominent healers in the town able to fight against the local sickness. Suffered a burn in childhood that caused the left side of her mouth to turn upward.
* Bilder & Bolder Filligrus Rockbrow - local architects, stonemasons, and construction workers. Came from Khaz-Merda to further their stonecraft and architecture, and are saddened by how little Lumberton seems to need development. Considering taking their craft further into Meridia.

### Notable Resources

* Whisperwood (Elvish: "*Shi'ela*"; Dwarvish: "*Balmox*") - A magical flora found in the Staggerpeak Foothills around Lumberton. Copses of these trees dot the larger Lumberton wooded area, granting the forest its name. Whisperwood contains the magical property of nullifying sound in its immediate proximity. The larger the copse of trees, the more pronounced and definite the silence. It can be further enchanted and worked to carry this property after its been made into lumber, making it a prized type of wood for the doors of secretive or affluent entities.

### Notable Locations/Institutions

* The Grey Garden Church
* The Whisperwood - the forest that surrounds Lumberton and creeps into the central Staggerpeak Foothills. Most trails are marked with constantly lit lanterns and guards

* The Boughing Bow Inn

* The Out on a Limb Tavern
* Thistle & Root Apothecary

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* Witch's Eye Lake
* Rogzurt Bros. Lumber Yard