If you travel to Greenburrow I hope you like bread. They grow a variety of different crops on their large farms but they do grow most of the wheat for Naemore. The hills are topped with rustic homes and windmills to grind all that wheat into flour.
It is a place that feels old but not in the same way that Farpath embraces the past. In Greenburrow it just feels more traditional but that is probably only true to someone from a city who dreams of getting away from the fast pace of life.
The people are welcoming to travelers and will offer a drink or a meal but it is rude to not lend a hand on the farm in exchange - even if they politely decline your assistance.— Carlyle Westerward, Travel by Horse: Greenburrow
The Golden Sea
Located west of
Mount Kalna, Greenburrow is the most populous region of the capital and also the one that produces the most food. The families here have more children on average than any other part of the
capitol - The
Spine has the lowest average number of children per family. It is not uncommon to see three or even four generations all doing their share of the work around the farm.
When the harvest season draws near the gently rolling hills of Greenburrow turn gold with wheat and when the wind blows it looks like waves on a golden ocean. The people of the region call the wind in the wheat the passing spirits or the breath of the ancestors.
Levels of Beaurocracy
Being the most populous part of the
capitol has its advantages in agriculture and industry but it also has its drawbacks. There are more people in positions of administration, tax collection, and politics than even the
King's Ascent. Merchants may go village to village to purchase goods but someone has to ensure that taxes are eventually paid when those goods leave Greenburrow. To merchants this is the cost of running a profitable business but to the farmers a tax collector is a pain.
The general populace rarely think about the collectors, their bosses, and the bosses above them but when they do it is always with annoyance or anger about how their hard work lines the pockets of beaurocrats on up the line.
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