Stagborn

## City Description

Stagborn is place and home to one of the most legendary order of knights in Ellarith, the Stag Knights. This brother and sisterhood of warriors are the topic of many heroic tales, this may be though the stories told or their very memorable and unique armour and helmets. A dark green and brown trim and horns coming from their helmets in an assortment of ways. Here in Stagborn is unsurprisingly where the order was created and where new recruits come every 5 years to go through the rigorous training to become a Stag Knight, however not just anyone can train you have to be chosen to train or have been recommended by an existing Knight. As a result this isn't a typical town its more of a keep where the knights train, live and use as a HQ. However a fair number of ordinary people do live here as well and part of the town acts like any other would.

### **Geography**

Stagborn is in quite a unique location. The fort/town is built into a mountain, a short distance to the ocean. It also has thick forest and the road leading towards the town is a flat grassland. In relation to other living places Knightsdale is only a week or so south Hayhill is also not too far but that’s just a small village that trains horses. Sungshen is geographically close however they are very isolated and tend to keep to themselves.

### **Weather**

Due to very powerful ancient magic different parts of the town have different weather conditions to help train the knights to battle and live in every terrain, from burning heat to freezing winds the weather changes a lot sadly there isn't an advance warning in the quick intense change of weather.

### **Gods**

There is quite a high number or Paladins and Clerics here and in the order, as a result lot of religions practiced here, but they all tend to be in a small number of the same gods, those being the gods of or battle such as, Tyr (god of justice), Dol Dorn (God of strength at arms) and Kord (Storm god and the lord of battle). There are others of course however not as popular.

## City Life

City life can be very tough, not too many people live here unless they are trying to become a Stag knight, or their ancestors were and planted roots. For the Everyday villager it can be a struggle it’s a very militaristic town however there is no pressure or martial law the Stag Knights have a strict code of honer. However if you are here because you're trying to train to become a Knight then life can be extremely difficult you either make it or what happens a lot is sadly you die. Stagborn was purposely created here due to its unique position and eclectic mix of different territory's/ biodome that you wouldn't find anywhere else and as a result you can train in number of different environments. Such as Mountain, underdark, forrest, costal and grassland. This is to train the Knights to fight confidently in any location and always have some sort knowledge and advantage in the terrain. Most days are spent training but there are a few days trainees can venture out and do what they like but due to not much being around they spend it training more or making connections with other initiates.

### **Demographic**

Although a high percentage of people here at Stagborn have some degree of similar mindset the races of the inhabitants differer massively. For example

## Notable Locations

*Shops/ Buildings*

**The Armorer** - An specialist armour smith and the place newly recruited Stag Knights go to get their new armour custom made and design to their specification.

**The Armoury** - A specialist weapon smith that serves the same purpose as the Armorer but obviously instead of armour it makes and designs weapons.

**The Stables** - Just like the previous two this is a place a newly promoted Knight comes to choose their type of mount. It's not just horses that the stables deal with, they have a number of different exotic animals and creatures.

**The Violet Bear Tavern** - A inn where travels would normally stay.

**The Messy Sword** - A pub where a lot of the recruits come to mix and relax when they have free time.

**Steel Base** - A blacksmiths deals with the rest of the towns every day life requests.

**Lands Gifts** - A small apothecary where you can get herbs and other natural remedies.

*Locations*

**Stagborn Fort**: This ancient fort is home to the order and has been its base of operations for hundreds of years since defeating Lilith Hart. Its seems very weathered and beaten by the environments over time but the order has tried it best to keep the foundations strong.

**The Proving Ground**: The Proving ground is the final combat arena that can make or break a recruit and helps the instructors see everything they need to know. From their strength, intelligence, speed to adaptability and even personality.

**4 Seasons Cross**: The 4 season cross is a chamber within the keep. It has 5 doors, each one leads to a different bio domes where Knights can train or hone their skills.

**The Tribute Hall**: This grand chamber is a library and even museum of of some sorts dedicated to The Order. It has a ledger of all Stag Knights throughout history, what they accomplished and how they passed. It also holds a collection of the founders helmets displayed. Below are a number of smaller miniature modules of the helmets of the greatest and most legendary warriors.

## Military

Being the home of an order of legendary warriors this small towns military could rival an army. Everyone in Stagborn is trained in some sort of combat and if needed the regular town folk could turn into a militia. Other than that there is still the knights that tend to the castle and teach new recruits and protect surrounding areas although its not every knight its still around 50 highly skilled and powerful fighters.

## History

The keep was originally a wizards castle and thats why the environments so different