02 - Iron Kingdoms W.. - Captain Spud Is Amazing

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great surprise when the Mayor of Fisherbrook threw
down his chain of office in 593 AR and nobody took
it up. In fact, it hangs to this day above the bar in
the Woodsman’s Folly. Since then the town has been
under military rule.
Noted Persons
Captain Phineas Montfort (male Midlunder Ftr9):
Montfort is the de facto leader of Fisherbrook. It is not
a job Montfort ever wanted, and he long surrendered
hope that a job well done will lead to a promotion and
a way out of this town. He is sincere and hard working,
but there is something dead in the man’s eyes. It is as
if the poor captain wants to die every day he gets up
in the morning, and there seems to be much more
to his story. In spite of his barely suppressed apathy,
Montfort asks his men to take their jobs seriously,
and they usually do. Often he and his troops are busy
stopping rowdy citizens and drunken mercenaries
from getting out of line. He turns a blind eye to the
smuggling, however. He has to; it is just too much.
Anyone who works to make Fisherbrook a better place
will earn his respect, and anyone who does not had
better not need his help.
Locales of Fisherbrook
Gobber’s Mill: This sprawling structure was at one
time a small neighborhood of middle-class merchant
homes. The once abandoned houses have since
become home to most of the city’s gobbers who have
connected the houses with crude bridges, catwalks,
ropes, and pulleys. The Mill—so called by the
Morridane Brooksmen because of the frequent clank
of machinery and the rhythmic thumping of the large
wooden wheels installed by the gobbers to grind their
grain and provide motive power for winches—is the
only place in Fisherbrook where one is guaranteed
to see smiling faces moving about in a flurry of
activity. The gobbers seem to be the only citizens
left who have not yet been overcome by apathy, but
it is unlikely that they will be able to revitalize the
town. Even the gobbers will admit that Fisherbrook
is doomed to fade away, but they are enjoying the
town and the small trickle of work it provides while
it lasts. Although it looks like a confusing jumble at
first glance, the mill is the best-maintained structure
in Fisherbrook and is very sound.
Tharn encampment: Although the Tharn are widely
believed to have been wiped out by Cygnaran knights
and plague, anyone who lives near Thornwood knows
that this is just wishful thinking. What very few realize
is that parts of the shattered tribe have begun to gather
in a secret location inside the forest. Woodsmen have
spread rumors that dozens have been seen traveling
through the trees, but they are inaccurate. In fact
there are scores, maybe hundreds. The change is the
result of an enigmatic new leader, a black-robed druid
calling himself Serpent’s Tooth.
Winds of War
bad things are alWays stirring in the thornWood aCCording
to the loCal superstitions. hoWeVer, things haVe gotten
Worse in reCent months both in fisherbrook and the entire
nearby region. outlying homes and farms haVe been burned to
the ground, and reports haVe Come that this is happening to
the southWest as Well, as many small Villages betWeen point
bourne and orVen haVe had to endure terrible attaCks. some
of the loCals presumed these Were the Work of the tharn or
similar old terrors, but noW it is belieVed these are the aCts
of Cryxian raiders Who may haVe established strongholds
in the region. the soldiers at stonebridge Castle haVe
been asked to inVestigate these random aCts of ViolenCe as
haVe those at fort WhiteroCk. many loCals in fisherbrook
belieVe Cryxians haVe inVaded the thornWood and possibly
the gnarls as Well although hoW they got there and What
they are doing is unknoWn. some people haVe suggested that
blaCkClad druids should be approaChed about helping to
deal With the problem—most Consider this a lunatiC notion.
desperate times may Call for unusual solutions and the
druids surely Cannot approVe of neCromantiC intruders in
their forests.
Highgate
In Power: Highgate City Council, Lord Mayor
Baniger Stromroy, and Lord General Vincent Gollan
Population: 60,000 (mostly human, with several
hundred dwarves and gobbers and a few ogrun)
Military: Highgate is a military outpost first and
foremost and very well garrisoned. Almost a fourth of
the city’s population is in the service of the military,
and they keep a wary eye on Cryx and the movements
of their ships. Highgate is home to six fully stocked
battle galleons bristling with cannon.
Imports: Ale, coal, food, iron, weapons
Exports: Copper, fish, sulphur, textiles
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