Erone People

TENANT OFFICES (3 Households)

Erone has a full complement of tenant officers, all wealthy villeins.
Because of the abbey’s hands off style of management, they have considerably more power than on most manors.
The most important and powerful resident is the Reeve [26], Marthan of Aswedel. The Woodward [27], Alary of Saren, and Herder [28], Jurn of Churbel assist him.
They have about 40 acres each and the biggest homes in the village.

YEOMEN (5 Households)

Although the abbey does not have a resident knight, it does have a full complement of five yeomen, led by the Beadle [1], Harak of Pelwen.
A retired Laranian meken, the beadle is equipped as medium foot.
Two light foot [2,3] and two shortbow men [4, 5] assist him.
The beadle reports directly to the abbess and provides security to the abbey and manor. In an emergency, the Sheriff has ordered the Bailiff of the Hundred, in neighbouring Ulben Manor, to provide whatever assistance is required.
Harak keeps in close contact with his old friends at the Lady of Paladins chapterhouses in Caleme, Tashal and Wylain.
He is well known and liked by the members of the order who regularly travel the Genin Trail.
The beadle is also in charge of the village militia.
Perhaps surprisingly, Erone has the most active and best trained militia in the Hundred.
Since she has little to fear from revolt, the abbess permits her serfs to keep weapons in their cottages (though they must buy their own).
Twice a month, the beadle leads the militia in an afternoon training session, including spear and shield tactics and archery.
The Bailiff of the Hundred was most impressed by their performance at the last muster. In the unlikely event of an attack on the abbey, the militia would pose an unexpectedly formidable challenge.

CRAFTSMEN (6 Households)

One of the largest manors in all of Hârn (larger than many castle towns), Erone has more master guildsmen than most villages, including a
charcoaler [25] – Noraxa of Sosor,
bonded miller [D & 29] – Ustin of Asan,
woodcrafter [30] – Corlane of Aswedel,
timberwright [31] – Rayal of Aswedel,
salter – Janor of Narad [32],
metalsmith [33] – Kyse of Hensin.
In addition to supporting the abbey, they benefit from the steady stream of traffic travelling north – south along the Genin Trail.
Corlane does a steady business repairing carts and wagons. Rayal and Corlane are cousins of the reeve and part of the wealthiest common clan in the Hundred.

VILLEINS (28 Households)

As befits devout Peonians, the abbey is very generous with its tenants.
Almost half of the tenants are villeins with about 30 acres each.
Each has a large cottage on the south edge of the village [34 to 61].
Because of their enviable situation and experienced midwifes from the abbey, most villein families are large (2d6) with multiple generations in each house.
Four or five healthy children per family are common.
The Aswedel, Saren, and Churbel clans dominate the village. There are a half a dozen smaller clans, but most are content with the current power sharing.
Marthan is well liked; the division of labour is fair and the manor well managed. Few have cause to complain.

HALF-VILLEINS (11 Households)

Even the half-villeins of Erone live relatively well compared to other manors in Kaldor. Each receives 15 or more acres.
The fertile bottomland of the Kald River valley manages to provide sufficiently for their families.
The half-villeins tend to have smaller families, but their children are clean and free of the ailments and diseases brought on by malnourishment.
These families have cottages on the west side of the village [6 to 16].

COTTARS (8 Households)

The cottars who live in the village mostly work as familia (labourers employed on the demesne farm).
Five of the wives have banded together and do a profitable business selling hot meals to visitors on the small common.
Their homes [17 to 24] are small but well kept.

FARMERS (6 Households)

West of the village (off the map), along the river track to the hamlet of Telkwa, lie the outlying smallholdings of the abbey’s six farmers.
Each holds about 30 acres of fine land. All six have proudly maintained houses and sizeable barns with large herds of cattle and pigs.

HAMLET OF TELKWA (12 Households)

Located where Lyben Creek empties into the Kald River, a small hamlet of twelve cottar families makes their living fishing on the river. Many families also supplement their income by farming small plots and poaching game on the far side of the river.
The abbess and reeve have turned a blind eye to these activities as long as the cottars are discreet and do not flaunt their activities. The Deputy- Warden of Chelmarch has heard rumours of tended plots and signs of poaching. However, to date, he has not been able to spare men to investigate.