Bromeleon

Holder: Pelnala Rablar Oppias
Liege: Irreproachable Order
Saint Bromel had no intention of founding a large community when, in TR115, he built his tiny cell in this place of solitude in the Kingdom of Tarwyn. Over the following centuries others came and cleared land. The monastery was built by the Irreproachable Order in 420, with a grant from Aidrik III. It is a contemplative community that serves as a retreat for Reslava, ranking clergy and high-born benefactors. King Miginath combines his irregular visits to Brómelèon with his trips to Jédes. A mixed community of celibate clerics and lay families lives at Brómelèon. The clerics live within the monastery, and all others live in cruck-framed longhouses scattered around the base of Brómelèon Hill. The stone church has a dirt floor and a steeply pitched roof. The monastery has a magnificent herb and vegetable garden. The clerics alternate long hours in the fields with periods of prayer in the chapel. The lay families have a communal lifestyle, assisting the clerics and each other in all tasks. The peaceful clerics have never been attacked by the Pagáèlin, who shun the site. The monastery sits atop a gentle hill and is enclosed by a thick, eight foot “palisade” of gnarled red rose bushes. The rose bushes date back to before Saint Bromel’s time. Visitors to the site often remark on the sense of peace and tranquillity which is most noticeable within the “palisade” but which seems to extend to encompass the entire settlement. A well known local tale tells of four men hired to kill the Sheriff of Ósel, long ago, when Jédes was the Sheriff’s seat. The sheriff was visiting the newly completed monastery and temple. The first man stopped at the base of the hill, and refused to go further. The groups leader, enraged by this cowardice, struck him down and killed him. In a fury the leader took the other two onwards. The leader and a second man struggled through the rose bushes; both were scratched and snagged by branches as they struggled towards the monastery. The third man was unaffected, and forged on ahead. The second man eventually gave up and returned to the base of the hill, exhausted and bloodied. The third man, unaffected by the “magic” of the roses, walked into the monastery, threw down his sword, and confessed his intent to the sheriff and the Pelnala. He remained at the temple as an acolyte for the rest of his life. The leader was never seen again, some locals say that he will walk out of the rose bushes when his rage subsides. This widespread tale means that any visitor to the monastery who is scratched by the rose bushes is treated with suspicion by the villagers and many of the clergy; despite the Pelnala’s entreaties to the contrary. “Be good, or you’ll get taken by the roses,” is a common form of scolding to local children.
Market
A small local market is held in Brómelèon once each month on the 9th. Most months there will be a number of itinerant masters in attendance. The hideworker from Bôry usually attends.

Brómelèon
Gross Acres: 1660
Cleared Acres: 1490
Tenant Acres: 521
Demesne Acres: 799
Land Quality: 1.10
Fief Index: 1.25
Trade Index: 1.18
Households: 23
Free: 6 Households
Guilded: 4 Households
Unguilded: 2 Households
Serf: 15 Households
Villein: 9 Households
Half-Villein: 4 Households
Cottar: 4 Households
Population: 199
Village: 119
Abbey: 80
Guilds: Quality Price
Miller:  £££
Metalsmith:  £££
Woodcrafter:  £££
Salter:  £££
Yeomen: NONE

Type

Hamlet

Location under

Asolade Hundred