Barony of Stoneway

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The **Barony of Stoneway** has long stood abandoned, destroyed by the Knights of the Gold Coast (with the help of Thane Beolrik Orcgrinder) during the Quarry War. In the years since, the ruined land found itself the refuge of numerous brigands, including the infamous Joe Esoteric and his Coyote Hordes. Recently Duke Nathul Furlbrow has bestowed the title of Baron of Stoneway to Fragan Trahaern, a loyal Knight of the Gold Coast, and tasked him to finally rebuild and restore the barony to its former glory.

## Culture

The people of the Barony of Stoneway (those who remain) share many of the customs of the people of Ambercrest County.

### Religious Beliefs

Some residents can be considered superstitious, but most believe in the Church of the Holy Light.

## Economy & Resources

The economy is in shambles. In terms of money, they have no money. The land however is rich in base metals and fertile lands ideal for cattle.

## History

### Founding

The Barony was founded long ago during the height of the County of Ambercrest.

### Destruction

At the height of the Quarry War the Knights of the Gold Coast, with the help of Thane Beolrik Orcgrinder, utterly destroyed the barony.

## Geography

### Amber Reach

The Amber Reach is the fertile grassland nestled between the Nameless Hills and the Warding Woods. The rolling plains are exactly what one would expect in Westfall. The small village of Salisbury once stood at the heart of the Reach. The village's name is derived from serving as the burial place of the Tidesage Salis, who was said to be one of the last to follow the Old Ways.

### Bloodstone Lake

Bloodstone Lake is a stagnant body of water with no outlets that sits at the heart of the Warding Woods in the eastern part of the barony. Along the eastern shores of the lake is the ruined village of Lockwood.

### Nameless Hills and Dells

The southwestern edge of Stoneway is home to the northern edge of the Nameless Hills and Dells which stretch from Stoneway proper to Ambercrest in the south, running near parallel to the Old Quarry Road. This area of the barony has long been unexploited due in part to local legends of a darkness buried there, so horrific that the original name of the hills was stripped from history.

### Warding Woods

The Warding Woods is the name of the large forest that occupies the majority of Stoneway's area, stretching from the Amber Reach all the way to Gold Hill, although Stoneway's portion of the forest ends at the outskirts of Amberton. More akin to the dense woodlands along the Nazferiti, the Warding Woods have long retained an air of mystery dating back to the settlement of the Gold Coast by Kul Tiran exiles. No one seems to remember where the forest got its name despite this. At the heart of the forest sits Bloodstone Lake, a stagnant lake with no outlets. Along the eastern shores of Bloodstone is the ruined village of Lockwood.

### Weeping Cliffs

The Weeping Cliffs mark the entire northern border of the barony, running from where the quarry meets the sea to the eastern edges beyond the Warding Woods. The crags are said to have earned their name long ago when the settlers sacrificed their own in hideous rituals to ensure bountiful harvests and rich mineral veins. The very land was fed by the blood and tears of her own people. Subsequently this area is home to nearly all of the barony's mines, rich in hematite deposits. It is imperative that the quarry rights for this area stay with Stoneway.

## Settlements

### Stonewatch-by-the-Sea

The old castle was known as Stonewatch. In order to avoid confusion with the much more famous Stonewatch of Redridge, Fragan has renamed the castle Stonewatch-by-the-Sea.

### Stoneway

Stoneway is the planned town outside the castle walls. Ideally placed to serve as both a port town and mining town due to being positioned where the Quarry meets the sea, only time will tell if the town of Stoneway will become prosperous or remain a ruin.

### Salisbury

Fragan has already made plans for a farming settlement in the southern grasslands of the barony.

### Lockwood

Once a small village on the shores of Lake Bloodstone, now nothing more than ruins.

## Houses

House Trahaern rules from Stonewatch-by-the-Sea. While the Trahaern family has held numerous lands in the past, the Trahaerns of Westfall are new to nobility, elevated by the grace of the wise Duke Nathul Furlbrow.