Arnvale Am See

The flag of Arnvale, instituted after the Everling's takeover

**Arnvale Am See** *(Common: Laketown by the River)***,** also known as **Arnvale By-the-Lake** by the men of Syene and Trader's Fortune, was a free town situated along the Ledos, on the southern bank of the **Arnmere**.

Since Arnvale extended into the lake and during the monsoon season more than half of the city was inundated with overflow from the Arnmere, most buildings and sidewalks were raised six feet off the ground, and deep gutters were dug down the middle of major roads. Transport of goods during these months was carried out via gondolas, though some of the richer families utilized arcanith-powered magitech flatboats.

## History

### First Founding and Destruction

The town was originally founded by a powerful archmage during the Age of Sanctity around his tower to provide him with the resources his arcane research required, but was abandoned when the mage died during an experiment gone wrong, triggering a magical explosion that wiped out most of the town, and carved out the lake that would later be named the Arnmere- yet left the tower itself standing atop a newly made island.

It was theorized by some scholars from the Academy that the magical explosion that ravaged Old Arnvale was either caused or amplified by unrefined arcanith. This theory was supported by the discovery of magitech instrument apparently designed to purify raw material into **arcanith** from beneath **Faldarrast Fields**.

### Rediscovery and Second Founding

The town stood ruined and abandoned until it was discovered by halfling refugees fleeing the destruction of **Jarylla**, who decided to make it their new home.

## Seal

Arnvale's seal depicted the river Ledos and the Faldarrast Fields, with a silver ring in the centre symbolizing the city itself.

After the Everling family seized control of the town, the flag was modified to include the Everling family seal.

## People of Interest

### Government & Aristocracy

**Ealdorman Everling:** Ealdorman Bree Everling was the self-appointed ruler of Arnvale. While most residents talked behind closed doors of the Everlings' violent takeover of the city and the rumored connections the family had with the Empire, none denied that under Bree's leadership the town had prospered and grown.

Bree Everling and his wife, **Istrid**, had one son, a boy they named **Josiah**; Bree's estranged brother, **Steadgast**, was the ealdorman of Three-Trails, a small village about two days journey west of Arnvale.

The Everling family was one of the few in Leveria that could trace their lineage to Jarylla, something that they made sure no one around them ever forgot.

### Clergy

**Dawnkeeper Ethel:** The Dawnkeeper, Mother Ethel, was the head priest of clergy of Solas.

**Duskkeeper Gilderoy:** Father Gilderoy was the Duskkeeper, and led the congregation of Luna.

### Merchants & Proprietors

**Serafina Goodbarrel:** Once a front line warrior of the **Verdant Bannerets**, by 1706 AD the halfling Serafina had long discarded her armour for more simple, civilian garb- though she still carried her trusty great-axe with her nearly everywhere she went. After her retirement she opened and ran the **The Good Barrel**, a general store in Arnvale.

**Barash Bjornsen:** A self-described adventurer-for-hire, the deaf dwarf Barash made his abode near the Grey Wastes. He was often hired by scholars and researchers to lead expeditions into the Skytouch Sierras or the Wastes. **Barash's Wall**, the ruined structure on the border of the Wastes, was named after him.

### Others

**The Shortstacks:** A rich merchant family that was often at odds with the Everlings.

## Places of Interest

**Utgash's Thorn:** Often called just **the Thorn**, the tall, ruined tower that stood in the middle of the Arnmere was seen as a symbol of the tyrant Exarch by the halflings of Arnvale. Most of the treasures inside had been looted by opportunistic tomb raiders soon after the archmages death, leaving only an ugly reminder of the town's first ruler.

**Faldarrast Fields:** Fertile farmlands and grazing lands southeast of Arnvale. Since the Thorn itself had been looted soon after its destruction and most of the city rebuilt by the halfling refugees, what little historians knew of Old Arnvale came from debris that had been flung past the city limits into these fields.

**Fools Gold:** The largest and most reputable tavern in Arnvale, operated by Alex and Alice Lake. While the Everling family had attempted many times to buy the tavern from the Lakes, the Lake family's high regard in Arnvale, and kinship with both the Shortstacks and Serafina kept Arnvale's premier watering hole out of the Everling's hands.

**The Good Barrel:** A general goods store owned and ran by Serafina Goodbarrel.

**Temple of Two:** The two main divines in Arnvale shared a temple, with the followers of Solas practicing their faith during the day and the followers of Luna at night.

## Appendix

### Glossary

Outskirts of Arnvale Am See, showing the raised housesOriginal seal of Arnvale, prior to the Everling's takeover