Sevendor/Gurisham

At the beginning of Magelord

At the beginning of Magelord

One of the original yeomanry of Sevendor Vale.

## Gurisham

A bonded community led by the Reve, Headman Brandine. They were all villeins or other bondsmen and deeply in debt to the Castle.

*“This is the Magelord’s hamlet of Gurisham,” Sir Cei informed me, helpfully.  “A bonded commune.”  I didn’t need to be reminded; I’d studied the map for hours.  But according to the reports there should be thirty to forty families here.  If there were more than seven or eight then I’d forgotten how to count properly.  We passed by the depressing little settlement without interacting with anyone – I wanted to get to the castle, proper."*

## Summary

### Magelord

Even though they are a timid lot they still made room for some of the initial Bovali to camp on their commons and they set aside 5 more plots if they could receive help to re- build their aging silo.

At the first Yule court when Brandine swore his oath to Minalan, Minalan rewarded them by forgiving their debt and awarding them 20 ounces of silver to build a new Manor hall that would become Brandine home as well as a communal hall. They were also given 20 spears meaning that they would have to field that many in times of war.

When Olmeg the Green recommended different grains and new types of vegetables to plant to increase their harvest they embraced the changes and as a result prospered.

Instead of resisting changes as others of the original Sevendori had they eventually embraced the changes. As a result that had to build new silos and root sellers to store their surplus.

#### Castle Cambrian

Sixty men from Gurisham followed Minalan to relieve The Siege of Castle Cambrian, but half of them, include Headman Brandine didn't return with the survivors.

### High Mage

Guris a Bovali farmmer was appointed as yeoman over Gurisham.

Because of the need for laborer's the community of Gurisham has prospered and with the increase in the yield of their crops they are able to start holding twice-weekly market days to sell off their surplus.

Due to their increse in prosperity they are able to replace most of their huts with sturdy longhouses and tear down their rickety fence so that their Hamlet could grow.

### Enchanter

Yeorman Guris wisely invested in the infrastructure of the village and used the plowing and harvesting wands, which resulted in the villagers spending less time in the fields and able to spend more time in the village. This actually created problems since as bondsmen their economy depended on how much time was owed to the castle, time which was usually spent in the fields.

> *Technically every man in Gurisham owed service to me, but when the plowing and haying that used to take days was now done in hours, a lot more time was owed than was necessary.  That led to peasants showing up to magically-harvested fields and standing around all day, in fulfillment of their service.*
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Until Minalan could figure out a way to permanently fix this he had Guris put the villagers to work cobbling the road between Sevendor/Boval Village and Sevendor/Sevendor Town.

At the Yule Court Minalan granted 20 of the leading families Freeman status, which would force them to renegotiate their arguculture obligations and fees. He also granted them the license for an Ale House to be overseen by their yeoman.

### Necromancer

The first tavern in Gurisham was called "The Rusty Plow", due to the increased use of magic for plowing and harvesting.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Magelord: Book Three Of The Spellmonger Series (p. 14). Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Enchanter: Book Seven Of The Spellmonger Series . Kindle Edition.