Loza Hamlet
Loza is an old isolated settlement, founded initially as a fishing village around a thousand years ago. It later became Ilvirian Abbey but was abandoned in the wake of Ezar's War. However, tentative efforts are underway to recolonize it.
It is also an infrequent pilgrimage point for worshipers of Ilvir. Legend has it is that one of Ilvir's most fabulous creations, the Crab-Titian Obsidapor, was slain here by the Adaenum God Manaclir over a millennia ago.
Economy
The village economy is based on tourism. The occasional pilgrims are made welcome. It also supports several small flocks of hardy sheep and goats as recently some tentative cropping. Several villagers have also made a good living from crabbing.
Leadership
Reeve Collen Jioven manages Loza for the Bailiff of Moyn for Earl Ranald Milaka. If the settlement grows larger, the manor-house will likely be repaired and a full-time bailiff assigned.
1 - Church of Obsidapor the Fallen
The Temple is built on a distinctive red rock outcrop and accessed by an underground tunnel. The temples inside walls are lined with shelves filled with books, papers, and trinkets. A stature of Obsidapor stands in front of a stained glass window representing the Ilvir's Claw symbol.
The High Priest Roibert has led the Temple and the region's small Ilvirian community for over 20 years.
2 - Sepulcher of Obsidapor's Heart
The Sepulcher is a dome-shaped stone structure decorated with intricate carvings of Ilvir's creations. The inside is painted with an elaborate fresco of a giant crab-like humanoid monster being struck with a spear from an ugly man during a great storm. In the center is a recess that houses the Heart of Obsidapor. Or it did until it was recently stolen.
3 - Reeve
Reeve Collen Jioven cottage. He oversees the day-to-day running of the village for the Bailiff of Moyn.
4 - Yeoman
The villages have several yeoman, skilled hunters, and archers who will not hesitate to defend the settlement.
5 - The Blind Crab Inn
Owner: Gisella Failamb Staff: 4 Quality: Average Prices: Low Specialty: Crab Meat Cowder
Innkeeper Gisella is a skinny woman, who husband Howe is a highly successful crabber. Her younger brothers assist her. The Inn does not have an ostler.
6 - Glassworker
Owner: Teg Wyman Staff: 1 Quality: Average Prices: average Specialty: Glass Ilvrian Holy symbols and artworks
Teg is more of an artist than a businessman and is a devoted worshiper of Ilvir. He has just completed, free of charge, the restoration of the church's stained glass windows after they were vandalized by the Agrikians thirty years ago. He finds the variety of sands in Loza bay fascinating, but how he makes his living from such a small business with very few customers is a topic of much speculation.
7 - Ford
Small coastal and fishing boats are secured at the adjacent mooring pillars.
History
Adaenum tribesmen first have occupied Loza, then a fishing village, at least 1,000 years ago. It relatively lately assimilated into the Gemala culture.
577TR - After the fall of the Theocracy of Tekhos, Loza becomes an Ilvrian Abbey owing fealty to the Kings of Gemala. The Kings traditionally paid little attention to this settlement.
688TR - During Ezar's War the Kingdom of Rethem launched a surprise invasion of the Sarkum region. Loza was one of the last holdings to fall, so the temple had enough warning to hide all of its treasures in Korri Bog. When the Invaders arrived, they found the settlement deserted. With little loot available, they raised it.
692TR - The Rethemi army is defeated, and the Sarkum Region is freed. However, most of Loza's occupants move to other settlements. The temple is nevertheless reoccupied and struggles on for 20 years on merger donations.
714TR - After years of debate and opposition from the church of Larani, the Earl of Sarkum agrees to allow the settlement to be reoccupied, assigning responsibility to the Bailiff of Moyn. Only a small number of families migrated.
Early 724TR - The settlement's priceless treasure, the Heart of Obsidiapor, is stolen.
Clan Milaka
Loza Hamlet
Prominent NPCs
Reeve Collen Jioven
A nosy man, he discretely interrogates visitors to the village to assess if they are threats.
High Priest Roibert
A diligent and openhearted priest with a temper and a vast repertoire of profanities in half a dozen languages.
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