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## **Heraldry**

**Realm Tree: **Duchy of Midnight Rose**,** Kingdom of Rolling Hills, Turtle Island

**Royal Gentry:** Unestablished; Stewardship of King Greenman

**Crest:** New Kingdom

## **Notable Places**

* County of Maumees Crossing
	+ Barony of Trumball
* County of Conkles Hollow

## **Folklore**

***The New Kingdom:*** New World Kingdom in the East Central region of the United States covering approximately, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware. There are only a few known Fae that have awakened with the Spring Thaw at this time and no known established hierarchy.

***The Old Kingdom:*** Midnight Rose began as the Duchy of the Howling Wind, first established under Duchess Katerina Morganna, a powerful Sorceress who created a Tower of Wizardry in the middle of the Great Winding Forest (the Wayne National Forest). The Duchy was a place of peace and calm, until the magical disease struck, reducing the Duchy's occupants to almost nothing. Thankfully, the King and his Sorcerer helped end the plague, and bring back some order. During the Fimblewinter (some say the pre-Long Winter era), the entire Tower of Wizardry her entire tower collapsed upon itself, destroying Duchess Morganna with it. In early 1999, King Maxwell Silverhand elevated Rhufan mac Kiernen as the Howling Wind's new Duke. Before the Long Winter, the last recorded ruler was Duke Taliesin Mathwyn, sometime after the Duchy had been renamed to Midnight Rose; he too succumbed to the sleep of Long Winter never to re-awaken.

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## **Heraldry**

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**Realm Tree:** Kingdom of Rolling Hills, Turtle Island
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**Royal Gentry:** Unestablished; Stewardship of the High Crown of Knockmaa Hill.
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**Crest:** New Kingdom, Circular triple braid of Laeg (green), Vert (light green) and Pale on a swooping hillside Ordinary of Laeg (green) with Tree standard, crowned.
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## **Notable Places**

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**Duchy of Midnight Rose**
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* County of Maumees Crossing

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* + Barony of Trumball

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* County of Conkles Hollow

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Duchy of Bluegrass
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Duchy of Steelrail
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Dragon Reserves
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## **Folklore**

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***The New Kingdom:*** There are only a few known Fae that have awakened with the Spring Thaw at this time and no known established hierarchy.
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***The Old Kingdom:***New World Kingdom in the East Central region of the United States covering approximately, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware. In the Old Kingdom, it was ruled by King Maxwell Silverhand but he succumbed to the Long Winter and never awoke with the Spring Thaw.
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The New Kingdom is now governed by King Greenman, newly appointed after the relighting of the kingdom's balefire in July 2023.
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'*Dryad Birch Sap '***Chewsticks** Silver Birch have a unique quality about them in that they produce a type of liquid sap that is flavorful for consumption. The roots of the Silver Birch absorb the water from underground, drawing up into the tree trunk. One can obtain the Birch Sap by drilling a hole in the base of the tree, which will allow the sap to pour out. It must be tightly corked up when done or the tree may suffer infectious fungus.

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Be careful however, for the Silver Birch may be home to a Dryad. These are a type of Faerie that inhabit the living trees. Indeed, it may have been a Dryad that embraced Rip Van Winkle in her roots, wrapping him in Faerie for 100 years!
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They are thought to be guardians of the forest and woodlands, for this reason, it is unwise to harm a tree without first asking the permission of its inhabitant and caretaker.
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It is said that one distiller discerned the approval of a “tree spirit” or Dryad, when snapped a small branch from the tree, and her sap poured forth. Putting the twig in his mouth to chew on as he worked, he noted the delicious taste, and began soaking the twigs in Birch Sap, thus creating flavored chewsticks, predecessor to the modern toothpick!
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