Hempton Fable & Folklore
Greyhounds, Agriculture, and Religion...
Recurring Theme, Lore, or Symbolism
- This is a deeply religious, conservative culture with a passion dogs and greyhound racing.
- The agricultural year of activities is memorialized here, more so than in other countries.
Local Creatures
- In the Dithmurge Swamp, in the Dith barony, there are a few knuckers. Hunters have learned to allow these creatures a wide berth. They are uncommon, but they can live for hundreds of years.
Historical Figures
- Kegin the Toy Maker is an (in)famous wizard who has a tower in Hempton Barony. His home is guarded by a moat with a sea serpent or wyrm. A small force of smoke aetherkin on patrol the walls, and Kegin keeps a decrepit wyvern as a pet. Visitors are unwelcome, but many student mages have spent time here under the Mad One’s tutelage.
Heroes & Monsters of Myth and Folklore
- Reptile Men or saurians long have been rumored to hunt the Dithmurge Swamp, in Dith barony, but this has never been proven. No one has encountered these beings in living memory.
- Festival Dog is a supernatural canine that has attended every major festival for centuries. He is a non-descript mutt, but it the same dog down through time. He is a mystery, but a welcome celebrity none-the-less.
- Barley Tom, a Sinister Harvest Spirit, must be appeased every Lammas, or he will summon foul weather or pests to destroy that year’s harvest.
- Bloodwrath “The Bane of Hempton” was a heraldic dragon who killed at least one palatine duke of Hempton. Bloodwrath is believed to be dead.
Historical Sites
- In the hills of Suthchester, facing the ocean, there is a Cyclopean salt cuttings called the Horse.
Magic on the Landscape
- Henrick Island, just off Hempton barony’s south coast, is a tidal island with a beautiful church and small village. You can walk there on low tide. The church and its attached community is an architectural wonder. It’s not magik, per se, but wondrous to behold.
Odd Competitions or Traditions
- Every year in Idorn at the Spring Equinox, there is the Running of the Bulls. Young men run ahead of the charging bovines and compete to impress the ladies, but there are casualties every year.
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