Ansteedon

Ansteedon (Sir Aekris Tarandin, Bailiff) [J4]

Scarcely an arrowshot from Baseta itself, Ansteedon lies along the river road towards Olokand.
Its 1950 acres are devoted more towards livestock than is usual, and the manor boasts over 500 sheep and better than a thousand pigs.
Some traveling north along the road quip that Ansteedon can be smelled long before it is seen. The bailiff is a frequent hunting guest of Constable Eres Tereneth of Baseta, and the two men share an equal taste for venison.
Sir Aekris’ wife of 22 years has borne him fourteen living children, the eldest of whom has just been knighted. He has taken over from his father for the knight’s fee rendered to Baseta.

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Ansteedon has suffered three of the mysterious deaths over the last year, and many of the peasants have taken to going about discreetly armed with clubs or other implements

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