County of Malwood

**Ruler**
 **Ruling House**
 **Resident Houses**
 **Seat**
 **Settlements**
* Brambleback Farm
* Larkspur Hamlet
* Shaewood Village
 **Beliefs**
 **Founded**
 Demographics
Est. 5,000+
**Language(s)**
Common (Official)
**Ethnic group(s)**
82% Human
6% High Elf
5% Dwarf
4% Half-Elf
2% Night Elf
1% Gnome
**Religion(s)**
80% Church of Light
10% Holy Light (Non-Denominational)
9% Secular
1% Other

The county of Malwood is a narrow one, just north of the passage to Stormwind, nestled in the woods on the very edge of endless tracts of farmland, it's occupants are slim. The county contains a single Manor, two farmsteads, a textile mill, and a handful of cottages, with a single hall church between them. It also possesses a small silver mine within the reaches of the forest, that has been defunct for some time now.

## Culture

### Religious Beliefs

The beliefs Malwood county are typical of the Stormwind citizenry, the Human and half-Elf populations have a strong affinity for the Church of the Holy Light, and are the largest demographics. There is however a small enclave of dwarvish nobility in the only village the county oversees, to whom the honorable former Duke known merely as 'Dolph' maintains relations.

### Local Holidays

The holidays of the county are consistent with the holidays celebrated throughout the Kingdom of Stormwind. Children's Week, Harvest Festival, Winter Veil Midsummer, Fire Festival, and the Hallow's End celebrations.

## Economy & Resources

As listed prior the economy of the Malfeur county isn't in it's best stride at present. Though for the small amount of land it does oversee, the people who live on it enjoy a higher standard of living than most.

## History

The county of Malwood was granted to it's original founder Elcksus Mir Malfeur by King Adamant **Wrynn** III in 565 K.Y. when House Malfeur was elevated to nobility in July of that year. The county was created out of part of the original brokerage that saw his family granted titles for their part in the defense of Stormwind. It has since been considerably reduced in size to it's current state.

## Settlements

### Larkspur Hamlet

A series of irrigation trenches, vine covered aquaducts, and sleepy farmer's cottages border the space between Shaewood village and the Malwood proper. These lands have been tilled for so long by the same families that they have their own graveyard.

### Shaewood Village

Shaewood village numbers a mere 2,100 inhabitants, and is the only settlement within the county of Malwood. The village contains prominent jewelers, fletchers, four blacksmiths, and a single alchemist. Lalender senior maintains a rather massive town hall here, which doubles as a secondary home for the extended Malfeur family and their servants when it is needed. The Church of Saint Elcksus Mir sits in the very heart of the village, and is attended to by a single priest who participates in religious ceremony and services.

### Brambleback Farm

Brambleback Farm is the oldest piece of land in the county, being the site of the original Malfeur manor, it was gifted to it's current inhabitants by Alexis Mir Malfeur II in 593 K.Y. for their services in defending the county from the original orcish invasion and rousing the alarm. The family has taken good care of the manor through the generations, and their farmland is the most productive in the entirety of Malfeur lands.

### Argus Mine

Argus Mine was once a silver mine whose production was so efficient that it retroactively boosted the living standards of everyone in the county. However after a freak accident that resulted in a massive collapse of the main vein into the mountain at the end of the forest, it has laid in ruins. There are rumors the current Patriarch of house Malfeur intends to, in this century, get it operative again.

### Malfeur Estate

Malfeur estate is a vast, pre-invasion mansion situated in the depths of the Elwynn Forest, within the county of the Malwood. It is owned by it's Patriarch Lalender Malfeur senior, who with his four sons, oversee the majority of the Malwood county proper. They live with a servant family who own four cottages within the walls of the estate, and the interior has been described as 'tastefully lavish', and 'giving into taste more than money'.

## Houses

House Malfeur rules the county of Malwood.