Whittlesbourgh

Whittlesburgh is a town that used to be very prosperous before 5460 when it used to harvest precious Cedar wood from Ryin Forest as well as trading with the Wood Elves from Ryin. It continues to produce high quality Cedar products but that are now even more premium due to the low quantity of them that are made, it is also a stop along the way between Tarcheck and The Divided Regions of Bestaria for merchants who buy and sell as they travel as well as some traders, but travellers don't tend to make the detour themselves as Whittlesbourgh is over a days travel from the main road and this limits revenue into the town. There is, however, a large number of wealthy people come to the town normally in early Denta through to mid Layft, during this time they hold a number of auctions and buy and sell antiques especially those that have been refurbished here while just to the east of the city they hold equestrian events like dressage and races.

### Demographics and Population

Whittlesbourgh is populated mainly by humans but there are a fair number of Half and even some full elves here, every few years a group of warriors from Ryin will exit the Forest with a half-elf baby who is deposited at a guard post with no further comments. After the failed rejuvenation project in Ash Grove a number of less desirable species have moved from Yister into that part of town, as well as some gnomes but town guards often try to keep people from Ash Grove to wander free in the town proper other than for work, since many of them make for very cheap employees.

### Law

During Denta and Layft the number of guard patrolling the streets swell with extra mercenaries and guards that come to the city with wealthy visitors and finally a detachment of Town guard come up from Tarcheck to bolster the contingent that is normally there. However, out side of these two months there the enforcement of the law seems to remain mainly in Ghost Wood Orchard and Cedar Thicket with only the ocational patrol through Pine Crescent

### Industry

Much of the industry within Whittlesbourgh is still centred around wood, either the carving and manufacture of the small amount of wood that they are allowed to chop, but more commonly they are focused on the repair and restoration of wooden objects. This has caused Whittlesbourgh to become a hub for antiques that attracts the some of the wealthier people of Duthgar to own second homes here, which creates a number of jobs, but not services that the residences get to partake in.

The influx of Goblins and Gnomes brought with them the skills and nimble fingers to begin creating delicate locks.

### History

The official records say that in late Dendra 5459 the city of Ryin made a series of impossible demands that Whittlesbourgh was just unable to forfill, then they got mad when their demands where unmet, others at the time suggested that it was more likely something that the mayor had done. Whatever caused the feud it wasn't long before Ryin declared that no one else is allowed into the their forest, at first King Dremar the 3rd said that this wasn't acceptable and that Ryin would have to allow Whittlesbourgh to continue harvesting wood but when he sent Prince Farlin to force the elves to comply, but he was distracted and never actually made it to the forest.

The Eleves ban on outsiders within their forest was thus unchecked and was pretty well established by the time a different detachment of the army got there, and not wanting to enter into what could become a drawn out conflict the decided that Ryin did have the right to exclude people. This led to many of the people in Whittlesbourgh whose jobs depended on the wood suddenly with out work, the next nearest town with an ample supply of wood was Bluelog. Many moved north and resettled there especially since the wood that had to be supplied by Whittlesbourgh needed to come from somewhere and thus work was quickly available in Bluelog.

By 5483 an agreement was agree, the mayor was replaced and a small number of trees were allowed to be felled each year for the use within Whittlesbourgh,

In 6598 the mayor was Gailen Norro and he began a major rejuvenation project within the city renovating a large portion of Maple Grove, he raised funds even getting a grant from Tarcheck as well as a considerable portion of his own wealth, however, he started this work shortly before his term was up and he hoped that the next mayor would continue, but his hopes were in vain. Emmlin Gikcith became the mayor after Gailen and quickly began funnelling money from the project and cutting corners within the work, at first this wasn't massively noticed, until some of the brand new buildings were finished and people began using them and then a two story hostel collapsed in on itself and questions began being asked, not long after that Emmlin disappeared and fled to The Kingdom of Gold. Much of the building work was left unfinished and what had been finished soon fell into disrepair and became dilapidated, very quickly people began calling the Maple Grove, the Ash Grove instead as

### Districts

Pine Crescent

Cedar Thicket

Ghost Wood Orchard

Ash Grove