Woodhurst

Woodhurst is a small town that lies in the glacial regions of Vastiaria. While not large or particularly notable, the town has done well for itself and managed to exist independently for many centuries. This is due to a number of reasons. It is far away from most other countries and its main source of income, wood, is valuable, but not so valuable as making the town too tempting to take.
In relatively recent time, the town has also gained a small amount of fame, lying on a natural crossroad that makes it a natural crossroad. This makes it a perfect stopping point for travelers and this in turn has given growth to new industries to take advantage of this. This as begun splitting the town between the villagers who preferred isolation and the villagers who see this as a welcome change.

Government

The town is loosely run by a collective of elders and a few toughs serving as their enforcers.

Defences

Simple palisades surround the place. Local militia members take turns being lookouts and guards.

Industry & Trade

Most of the villagers are either hunters or loggers. The former bring in extra food and keep the place supplied with pelts. The latter brings the timber that is the village's main export. As the roads have become more busy, Woodhurst has also invested in servicing traders, through a large inn and a trade posts where travellers can meet and exchange goods.

Infrastructure

In recent times, a woodmill as been built to help process the logs brought in by the workers. A large inn and tradepost have also been built to support the traffic going through the area.

Guilds and Factions

The city is primarily divided between the traditional jobs, loggers, hunters and the like, and the newer traders and inn workers. The former tend to be conservative, insular and prefer things how they were. The latter tend to be more open, welcome and look to change things.

History

Woodhurst started as a logging camp in 2145 AIT, built to exploit the until then unutilized local woodland. This camp quickly grew as the work attracted people and by 2161 AIT, Woodhurst officially became a town. In 2204 AIT, the town was raided for the first time by the Blacksting clan of vampires. The village would be targeted by the marauding bloodsuckers several times over the next centuries, but never had the means to effectively fend them off. In 2632 AIT, the increase in traffic from the founding of Rostordia brought more and more travelers through. This lead enterprising merchants to build the towns inn, a large building that offered both food and rooms.

Tourism

Explores, pioneers and settlers often travel through woodhurst to explore the frozen lands, though rare is the person who comes just to see Woodhurst itself.

Architecture

Sturdy log cabins make up most of the structures, all with at least one stone chimney.

Geography

Woodhurst lies with forest on one side and lowering hillsides on the other, which leads to the sea. The forest has slowly been thinned and pushed back by the village over many years of logging, but is still easily visible from its walls.

Natural Resources

The large amount of woodland surrounding the town is its primary asset and where most of their income comes from. Their second most important asset is their location, as Woodhurst in built on a crossroad and sees plenty of traffic.

Founding Date

2161 AIT

Type

Village

Population

Roughly a hundred or so people