Laragus

## LARAGUS *{lair-ah-gus}*

### DESCRIPTION

In the middle of the woods and by the large southern river, Laragus is a town focused on timber and carpentry services. Additionally, it takes ore components shipped from Mianad to create varieties of products, like armor and weapons.

There have been a few newcomers to Laragus looking to make their own profit by investing in the wood and carpentry sector. These sorts of people encourage fighting between Laragans and the Daisugi, since it distracts the locals from the reality that their mills are being bought up by outsiders.

### LOCATIONS

**The Stunted Moon Tavern**

The tavern is a plaster big building, with a reinforced wooden door and roughly hewn wooden furniture. It is well-lit by a few magical torches. It contains cobwebs in the corners and a large harp by the hearth.

**The Hammer and Head Smithy**

The blacksmith is a stone-walled big orb-like building, with several shuttered windows and a big brick chimney. A cat serves as a mascot and greets customers. It contains a large open floor with pillars and a large hot forge in the middle of the shop.

### NOTABLE PEOPLE

**Eve Kinsley**, owner of the Stunted Moon.

**Faith Oken**, bartender of the Stunted Moon. Her face is long and her arms reach a bit too closely to her knees.

**Catriona Devine**, a tiefling woman with blood-red skin and black hair pulled into a messy bun. Her skin is rough and lightly scarred, her nose is small and broken in the past, and her mouth holds chipped and missing teeth. She's a buyer from out of town.

## DAISUGI *{die-sue-gy}*

### DESCRIPTION

The **Daisugi** is a Druid Circle located in the forests around Laragus. It is filled mostly with humans, wood elves, and few of other races fond of nature like firbolgs. They are very concerned with the growth of the logging industry in their town.

Since Kitarryn is whispering about warring with the up and coming state of **Haldir**, the state has been gathering more wood to create armaments, carts, ships and etc. People living within the town are enthusiastic about the business prospects and eager to cut down full trees to amp up production and make money while their services are in demand, but are ignoring the future sustainability of the forest.

Daisugi, in group rituals to elevate their magic power, sing to trees to grow them longer, straight shoots of limbs that can be cut off without hurting an old tree and provide adequate wood for normal function. Lumberjacks in the city consider the process too slow and believe the trees can just be replanted and sung tall in the future, once things calm down. This debate sometimes ends in a fistfight, especially when alcohol from the tavern is involved.

### NOTABLE PEOPLE

**Artiya'il Waldman,** a boy adopted by elven and half-elven parents and raised as a druid. He has recently set off to become an adventurer.

**Lance Waldman** is a half-elf man, around 112 years old. He is one of Arty's fathers. He's a bit of a burly woodsman sort with a proud beard. He is intense about his bonsai tree growth; he's not a druid, so he must carefully tend to the trees. He's skilled with an axe and follows all druid laws.

**Erdan Waldman** is a wood elf, around 120 years old, but appears in his 40's. He's friendly and makes tree jokes. He sings wonderfully, but has difficulty lifting and working an axe well. He works with his husband to sustainably grow and cut down lumber for the nearby town. His hair is medium length, but in twists pulled into flowing organic shapes across his head.

**Ecaeris Woodhorn** is a human woman and druid, looking to be in her mid-thirties. Her hair is light brown and braided. Her hair is embellished with a single blue flower. Her armor is mostly leathers, but she wears a breastplate that looks like wood but shines like steel. She is very interested in health and healing via smells. Her side-hobby is candles.