Briar Glen

Briar Glen is a small hamlet located near the "border" between Korlan and Wresten -wherever that may be. It is surrounded by the Fanrath Woods, belonging to the Regional Magistrate at Fort Crag. It neighbors a goblin village to the west; Honey Cove and Bear Wallow to the south. Approximate population is 40 people.

It's a fiercely independent community that values self-sufficiency and neighborliness. While generally Good(aligned) people, they have a "Live and Let Live" attitude towards law and differing cultural norms. Its small town charm occasionally pulls in visitors from around Wresten. Most of its economy stems from its agriculture and honey based products.

The seat of authority in Briar Glen is ostensibly the druid appointed by the regional magistrate. In actuality, many affairs within Briar Glen are managed either by a public committee or by discrete mutual agreement. The community members with effective power have been referred to as the Neighborhood Watch. The current Neighborhood Watch does, in fact, include the newest druid to have the appointment.

## Events in Briar Glen

### Market Day

Market Day is a weekly event where residents bring their goods into town for sale and purchase. It is best summed up in the words of local resident and old cook, Moritas.

> *"Marking Day? No there is no Marking Day in Briar Glen that I know of. That's more of an orc coming of age ritual in Korlan. OH! Mark-ET Day! That we do have, and its just the bees' knees. That's the day when all my good friends from the area come to see old Moritas and to also sell some old odds and ends. We have all the best people there! We have that Dan Friss and his great plants. Not to be outdone by Dan, Lars Hjort also bring in a whole bushel of vegetation to compete with Dan. You see Dan and Lars kinda got a thing going. They act like they don't like each other, but secretly I bet they're best friends. Friend and Enemy type...friendemies? Yea friendemies. And we got Jeppe Storgaard selling those stinky ol' animals and Orla with her gorgeously ripe melons. You definitely can't miss that cute Gert Frost and her somehow always perfectly chilled wine. I know Bruno never misses a chance to try that sweet nectar. Did you ever hear about the time that Bruno got so drunk off that wine that he acquired the powers to move things with his mind? We'll you see he drank so much wi...I mean you're not really interested in that, you want to know about Market Day. Or was it Marking Day? Marking Day? No there is no Marking Day in Bri..."*
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### Equinox Celebrations

The community of Briar Glen celebrates to major events in a single year in Toivoa. The two equinoxes before the weather changes. The first happens just before the first freeze of the year in celebration to Enten and the second just after the ground unthaws in respect to Emesh. During the first equinox celebration the inhabitants of Briar Glen gather in the town square to bury homemade gifts for another member of the community. The gift is supposed to be personal and specific to the person its being given to. The gift is assigned by random through a hat and paper located in Creaky Stool Bar. These gifts are later dug up during the second equinox. After receiving their gifts the community then proceeds to have a dance and party until exactly midnight in celebration of a new season.

## Points of Interest

* The Creaky Stool
* The General Store
* Moritas' Funeral Home
* Graveyard
* The Mill
* Market Square (home of the stage, bell, and puppet shows)
* The Druid's House
* The Rumor Mill run by community collective
* The Smithy
* The Fountain of Prisms (formerly known as the watering hole, until it attracted a crystal dragonborn)

## Notable People

* Broc Meale (Deceased)
* Caraway - Trapper
* Fillion Darville - Trader
* Quinn Darville - Medicine woman
* Moritas Moritas - Groundskeeper
* Nait - Miller
* Old Bob Barkfeather - Former Druid
* Ketlin Redpath - Handy Person and Guardian
* Kwaq -Store Owner
* Therault Cloudborn - Smith
* Fillan - Barkeep
* Young Thomas "Tom" McCain - Druid
* Joseph Sanders - Poultryman
* Hjalmar Sondergaard - Woodcrafter
* Aubrey Knox - Candlemaker
* Gert Frost - Winemaker and Tamale Maker
* Bruno Thrane - Cook
* Dan Friis - Horticulturist
* Lars Hjort - Horticulturist
* Jeppe Storgaard - Rancher
* Orla Thorsen - Gardener/farmer
* Otto Martin - Farmer
* Tilly - Child
* Bjarke
* Frida
* Stacey
* Lisa - Child
* Martha - Child
* Craig - Child
* David - Child
* Kagar (Deceased) - Miller

## Notable Neighbors

* Captain Wolderiss
* Cletus Darville
* Luther (Visiting Vendor)

## Current Events

*"Have you heard? I'm not one to spread gossip, but Master Sondergaard says Dan was doing some business with Old Moritas who had quite a tale of the recent events..."*

Though Briar Glen remains a peaceful and well-organized town of which anyone can take pride of their membership, there have been several cases of unrest and un-neighborly disturbance immediately surrounding Briar Glen. Thankfully, the Neighborhood Watch has been quick to respond. Their goal has been to keep most of the fuss out of Briar Glen, so we don't have to disturb the children or good business.

* A new druid, Young Tom, has come to Briar Glen. After a bit of hub-bub with his strange hobby of changing into animal shapes and threatening to create bag limits, he put forth a reasonable plan to relax Old Bob Barkfeather's tyrannical rules and keep the account books open to the public.
* Broc and Miller Kager died. The mill was overrun with giant rats and an infestation of strange flowers. It took 2 days to make the mill safe again.
* A new miller, Nait, has arrived -far more quickly than anyone expected. He plans to charge more, but says he can mill much faster.
* Tilly's home was attacked by imps or demons. The Neighborhood Watch destroyed a summoning circle in the back yard and cleaned up the mess. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. Apparently, there was some kind of strange writing at the scene.
* The Neighborhood Watch went to investigate the disappearance of a young pair of travelers. It seems they died in a cave filled with monsters and more strange writing. Caraway brought back a manticore pelt to show off.
* At Market Day, Luther ran over one of Chicken Joe's crates. The chickens went everywhere. It seems Caraway couldn't resist the impulse to kill one of them while collecting them back up.
* Nobody in Briar Glen escaped The Night of Terror! What was even happening? Massive beasts, possible lycanthropes, creatures of nightmare, breaking down doors, dropping the bodies of that goblin tribe from across the river,... Everyone in Briar Glen was disturbed, though still safe, by morning. Was it a warning? A declaration of war?
* The Neighborhood Watch tracked lycanthropes to a cave in the south. Apparently those monsters were trying to summon a demon named Pikachu. Obviously, the guardians of Briar Glen stopped it before it could become a bigger mess.
* The Watch checked in on the Waterbug Tribe, after that horrific mess during The Night of Terror. Unfortunately, most of the tribe is taken over by hobgoblins and demons. Well, that's what they get for living as they do. It will probably be harder to trade with them from now on.
* There was a bit of commotion during Market Day. It seems like one of Moritas' strange friends was on the run from the Korlan army. He was going about, killing civilians and trying to restart the war. Quite an unsavory fellow. Well, the Neighborhood Watch spoke with the centaurian patrol and took care of it peaceably. It's such a shame to see folks who can't move on from the past like that.
* Bear Wallow was destroyed. Those poor people were killed and hung out. I feel so bad for Fillion -you know his family. The Neighborhood Watch cleaned up the site and Moritas conducted funery services. They brought that handsome Cletus in; I think they were worried about him living alone with so much violence going on out there.
* There's been some kind of upset at the druid's house. First it was a cursed chair that bled. Now ghosts are attacking poor Caraway. Therault and Moritas decided it was some kind of spell left over from Old Bob Barkfeather's days. Sometimes I just don't understand druids; why can't they just grow an herb garden or something?
* Ketlin ran into some kind of trouble with the bulletes over night. The Neighborhood Watch went to her rescue, and they all stumbled into a cult gathering. The strangers were trying to rip Briar Glen right out of the earth and float it into the air. Obviously, that couldn't stand. Fillion explained in detail the right way for prospective neighbors to behave.
* That business with the cultists and all the demonic activity got the Neighborhood Watch thinking they ought to let Fort Crag know what's going on. (Probably Young Tom's idea. You know what government officials are like; can't pass up a chance to make a report.) The whole Neighborhood Watch and some cultist prisoners went up north. They even met the Wandering King. Nothing came of it though. At least they made such an impression that Fort Crag's aerial knights flew them home in style.
* Did you hear the rumor that Bob Barkfeather was up creating a fracas at Fort Crag recently? The Neighborhood Watch came back with a lot of questions of Miller Nait. The young miller might have been sent by Old Bob. Is Barkfeather still around? Has he gone crazy? At least Nait seems like a sensible man.
* CPT Wolceress proved that good neighbors will always trump changing national politics; he came down to warn Briar Glen that the new demoness ruling Korlan is planning to attack. He took quite a beating to get here too. He's a good man; alright by me. The Neighborhood Watch organized the resistance and Briar Glen sent those flaming cats neatly back to whatever plane they came from. Fillan opened the taps and we all had a proper toast to the best town anywhere.
* That demon queen that tried to burn Briar Glen claimed a demon named Pikachu was planning to establish a foothold in Briar Glen. Of course, none of us were willing to team up with that woman after how she tried to touch Doctor Quinn. So the Neighborhood Watch went out to investigate Pikachu's plan on their own. They bought a bunch of torches and climbing gear and went out like they have a plan.