Stoneleaf District - Valtaska
A mixed community with ample greenery, the Stoneleaf District started as a form of cultivated commons that many wealthy merchants took up to expand and add their homes. When Treesko joined the alliance of Tanaviak, they established a permanent embassy that also acted as a druidic school and charity hospital. Though massive donations, they helped build middle-and low-income homes that they rent out in order to keep a more equitable district. Most of the income is spent in maintaining the commons that the district is known for.
Within the Stoneleaf, various commercial streets exist that have a wide range of stores with the Treesko Embassy attempts to control the distribution of in order to encourage walking through the parks in order to reach every shop one may need to on their day-to-day outings. To aid in this traversial, there are numerous well-kept walkways that cut across many of the walkways and through alleys, each having their own local name.
Security and Encounters
Well watched, the Stoneleaf District has the usual assortment of patrols augmented by a smaller patrol of Treesko guard-pairs out of the embassay, a unit often consisting of a druid-knight or woodknight paired with a standar infantry. Though they don't stray too far from the Embassay, they do make a point of being present and alerting local security when they run into trouble. Further adding to this are hired guards by the wealthier denziens, though less common than in the Marble Community or High Market. These guards rarely step away from their employers, but will quickly shut down disturbances that would make those that hired them uncomfortable.Potential Threats
In the more commerical areas and the more secluded areas of the parks have the standard array of pick-pockets and thugs, but the truest dangers come at the edge parks that fade into wild-lands. Valtaska, lacking the standard fortifications around it that many of its contemporary allies have, is known to have the occasional monstrosity enter the city limits. This is most prevelant in the Stoneleaf District where the less-developed parks on the outer edges are less clear-cut from the forested fields beyond it. Though hardly common, creatures from the woods and mountains have come into the city through these areas numerous times, and while the guards often dispatch these threats quickly, there are still often fatalities and injuries among the citizens before the alarm is fully raised. Event Ideas- While passing through a smaller, less tended park behind some of the commerical buildings, the PC notice a Dryad draped over some dying bushes at the boundary of the park.
- A well to do woman comes running out of an alley screaming of theft. She points at the poorest looking individual around (possibly a PC) and declares they mugged her.
- While crossing through a less busy street, you notice muddy tracks of a beast that looks unfamiliar to you.
- A caller yells to take shelter as guards suddenly rush through the streets towards the outer regions of the district.
- You witness an argument between a Treesko Guard and a local Valtaskee Guard over a criminal they have apprehended.
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