Barony of Xinderholdt

**Ruler**
 **Ruling House**
 **Resident Houses**
 **Seat**
 **Settlements**
* Levafort
 **Beliefs**
 **Founded**

The **Barony of Xinderholdt** is a small holding situated in the mountains between Stormwind City and Dun Morogh. The region -due to its altitude- is cold, as if constantly threatening to open the sky and bring snow upon the land.

At the center of the holding -in the settlement of Levafort- is an old clock tower, once allowed to run down into disuse until recently, when it has been renovated into a tower befitting the Archmage who now resides within.

## Culture

The people of the Barony of Xinderholdt are as resilient as they are clever. The cold and somewhat difficult terrain has forged those who have lived in this land into hard working, diligent, and wily people. To outsmart the very land around them to create a hospitable home takes a certain kind of cunning.

### Religious Beliefs

The religious beliefs of those in Xinderholdt vary from person to person. Some revere the Holy Light while others remain agnostic.

## Economy & Resources

The Barony's best land was reserved for vinting. The large Galefrost Vinyard is situated in a unique location that allows the chill of the mountains to keep the vines and the grapes on them in a state of borderline freezing. The vineyard workers keep the crops warm enough to grow through various tried and true practices that they keep closely guarded. These grapes are allowed to freeze at just the right time and picked in such a state. The grapes are used to make an incredibly sweet eiswein enjoyed across the Kingdom as a renowned dessert wine.
Most recently, the people of Xinderholdt discovered a rocky slope leading into a natural cave formation within the borders of the Barony. Baron Montierre's first order of business aside from the renovation of the tower was to order the excavation of the cave, seeking any sort of additional resource that may be added to their current export.

## History

### Founding

Xinderholdt was founded in 613 K.C. when a magus working within the city of Stormwind was elevated to nobility by House Wrynn. This magus rarely visited his barony; instead delegating its oversight to various advisors. Without stable leadership and oversight, the people were forced to adapt to a lifestyle of self-reliance.

### Present Day

During the Return of the Burning Legion in 626 K.C., the magus was slain at the Broken Shore. In fact, his people in Xinderholdt were not even aware of his passing until months after the fact. It continued as it always had. Providing the eiswein and allowing city appointed advisors to manage the oversight.
However, in the most recent days, the vacancy within Xinderholdt came to the attention of one Razavian Montierre. The former noble of Lordaeron sought out the appropriate parties and purchased the Barony at a discount upon his promise to not allow it to fall into neglect as it had under the "rule" of its former Baron.
The new Baron Montierre set to task in renovating the Clocktower at the center of the capital. Eventually settling into the tower and establishing it as the seat of the Barony.

## Settlements

### Levafort

Levafort is the capital of the Barony of Xinderholdt and is the trading centre for the export of eiswein and the import of various other goods from all around the Kingdom. Formerly a quiet capital, Levafort now bustles with tradesmen and miners seeking work within the newly discovered natural caves.

### Courlés Township

A small settlement nestled up against the highest point of their mountainous formation, Courlés has become a popular tourist destination for those outside of the Kingdom to visit and enjoy the view of the Elwynn Forest and the City of Stormwind from atop their hills.

### Galefrost Vinyard

Named for the colder climate of the area and the wind that blows through the mountains from Dun Morogh, the Galefrost Vinyard is the pinnacle of the Barony. The land is kept very well by the resilient and hard working people of Xinderholdt and it is consistently under guard by a militia force of volunteers from the nearby Courlés Township. Little is known of just what methods are used to keep the crops growing or how they make said crops into the well loved wines that are exported.

## Houses

House Montierre rules Xinderholdt from the Clocktower of Levafort. The house is young, but is currently known for its penchant for the arcane arts.

As of yet, there are no additional Households of note within the Barony.