Ceaster Pool
Ceaster Pool, named for the natural lagoon formed behind the town’s bay, was nearly raided and looted into oblivion before the Monrovians developed their watchtower and militia system. Faced with readied, massed crossbow-wielding peasants backed by armored knights, vikings set their sights elsewhere and the town was able to rebuild, becoming a popular stopover for longships heading for easier prey. Over the generations, the people of Ceaster Pool learned that trade with the fearsome Northlanders was beneficial and so came to welcome the sight of longships pulling into the bay.
In 3516 I.R., the Duke Jean d’Auberville of Monrovia transferred the town into Jarl Magnus Hrolfson’s hands as part of a payment for nearly 5,000 Northlander mercenaries who served in the duke’s wars against his southern nobles. Due to political infighting within the Hrolf clan, rulership of Ceaster Pool passed to Jarl Nafni, a rather traditionally minded Hrolf. Jarl Nafni has since set about turning the town and its surrounding lands into a Northlander jarldom, freeing some serfs, establishing a Thing, and in general upsetting the local culture — especially the local nobility. Rebellion is brewing among all the classes as Jarl Nafni has gone so far as to tear down the “womanly and weak” Southlander churches and build godi houses in their place.
Settlement
Ceaster Pool, Town of
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Town
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