Hogswallow

Hogswallow is a small village in southern Zargon. It is surrounded by numerous farms, from manors to subsistence farms.

Demographics

Mostly Kaian, with the Lord Mayor and their administration all Zaru.

Government

Government is run via an appointed mayor and their administration. This includes holding court to hear grievances and make rulings on defense, harvest festivals, and other goings-on.

Defences

The village is guarded by a platoon of Queen Selene's army. No Iron Guardsmen or knights, just simple footmen and archers.

Industry & Trade

The village relies on trade in agriculture, especially trading raw for finished goods.

Infrastructure

The town proper is home to a forge, a watermill for the grinding of flour, and the courthouse next to the mayor's house. The Royal Road cuts through it toward Crossroads and Bel-Zargon in the north.

Assets

Hogswallow is responsible for maintaining a number of farms which keep the southern lands fed.

Guilds and Factions

The mayor and their administrators share power with the Kaian-led town council. This is an experimental arrangement introduced by order of Queen Selene, determined to grant the Kaians equal rights.

History

Hogswallow was founded in 1288 as a farming community for Kaians to settle apart from the Zaru. As the Zaru tried to increase their influence, the Kaians fought back in a peasant uprising. This uprising was finally put down in 1293 at the Battle of Travellers Forest. Since then, Hogswallow remains majority-Kaian, but the populace has no more will to rebel. At least, they appear that way. Queen Selene's reforms have improved relations between the Zaru and the Kaian peoples, though some among the Zaru nobility resent Hogswallow's prosperity. Some of Thraxus's troops raided Hogswallow during the Zargonese Civil War.

Architecture

Many of the home are simple wattle and daub constructions. The mayor's house is made of timber and brick, as are the forge and the courthouse.

Geography

The land is mainly flat, watered by the wells and streams branching from the River Reed. There are some spots of forest, but most the land is cultivated for farming.

Natural Resources

Wood, grain, chickens and other livestock

Type

Village

Population

10,000

Inhabitant Demonym

Hogswallowers

Location under

Kaian Plains

Owner/Ruler

Queen Selene the Black

Owning Organization

Kingdom of Zargon