Mossholde

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Mossholde is a settlement within the Hollow Concord on the eastern fringe of Rydooni territory.

## Government

Sharing the same title as many chosen to rule over the outlying settlements of the Hollow Concord, the Teritarch of Mossholde holds responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the town, including the safety of all merchant caravans that travel the roads between the capital of Rydoon and Mossholde itself.

## Defence

Near the base of the Savage Creek Hills, Mossholde is afforded natural defences in the form of the surrounding crags and cliffs, but regular patrols of Evzos and Rydooni legionaries within the settlement and the roads to the south likewise serve to protect the settlement.

## Commerce

Mossholde is famed for its cultivation of Giadoese Peppers, the secret to their associated agronomy recovered some one hundred years ago. Over a dozen cultivars are now grown in the soils surrounding the settlement, though the fields cannot match the demand by chefs and cooks across the continent, and as such the price for both fresh and powdered peppers continues to rise.

## Organisations

Considering the renewal of understanding regarding the cultivation nothing short of divine intervention, the Mulberry Lord Buwello is highly treasured by the residents of Mossholde, and the first plant of each crop is deliberately left unharvested as an act of solemn appreciation to the deity. The rising demand for Giadoese Peppers has prompted several mercantile guilds to try to establish a presence in the settlement, though these efforts are frequently rebuked by the Teritarch under orders from the Hollow Concord itself.

## Description

Mossholde started as a military stronghold constructed to act as a watchpoint against invading forces from the east that might threaten the fields and farmlands of Feathergrass, and subsequently sprawled into a modest town serving the needs and interests of the soldiers, as well as a local market for the farmers to peddle their produce. Mossholde was particularly aggressively harried by a number of assaults orchestrated by The Hive, which resulted in the settlement's abandonment for a number of years, save for a small contingent of troops left to prevent its occupation by would-be bandits.

After the defeat of the Hive, the colony was reestablished in full, serving once more to protect the reclaimed and repopulated farms of the Feathergrass to the east once more. Coinciding with the changes in the soil and stone continent-wide, an emergence resulting in the creation of the Bristlebacks, the isles of the Brumal Deep and the Corrogo Archipelago and Perianth Isles, amongst other minor changes, a new crop was discovered to be growing amongst the hills just to the north of Mossholde, later discovered to be the peppers for which the settlement would soon become famed. By studying the growing patterns, the shrub yielded a bounty of seeds with further cultivars subsequently discovered. It is not yet known what makes the soil around Mossholde so suitable for the widespread growth of Giadoese Peppers, but few can deny that they have since become an unexpected and highly profitable export for the region, the finer details of their agriculture a heavily guarded secret by orders of the Concord for sake of maintaining a culinary monopoly on the crop.