Sparkie
Dark Lord
Name: Dirk Moorstead
Barony of Overmoor
Age: 25
Tenure: 3 years
Married to: --(widower)
Children: Guy Moorstead, M, 7
Parents: (deceased)
Siblings: Dyet Moorstead, F, 19
Current Heir: Guy Moorstead
Other Relatives:
Immediate Overlord: Count of Alsno
Other Overlords: Duke Svaendag of Juliberg
Retainers
seneschal: Wallace Coke, M, 43
exchequer minor: Harlan Hull, M, 25
reeve: Hamish Braun, M, 46
ensign: Bran Poole, M, 23
chamberlain: Dyet Moorstead
castellan: Mala Lerned, F, 30
physician: Aya Lerned, F, 28
Astrologer\Interpreter: Gwyn West, F, 63
Residence: Moorstead Tower
Military: one archer unit, one light infantry, one light cavalry
Arms: Rock Badger
“Always noticeable, if not by name, then certainly by limp.”
“So sad, really. First his wife was taken by the plauge, then his brother, then his parents, then his daughter. No wonder he seems ill-tempered.”
“He’s an alright sort, if a bit standoffish. His sister is a friendly one, though. Always see her flitting about, even with the bad arm. It’s a real shame about his boy. I hear he can’t even walk.”
“I guess he’s doing better. He went from a crutch to a cane. Still, the illness kept him out of the right circles for far too long. He’s not a likely contender anymore. Perhaps that’s why he’s still dangerous.”
Location: eastern half of County of Alsno (map ref# 144), Duchy of Juliberg, near center of northern border of empire
Region: Northmark (1)
Population: 65 peasant, 10 craft
Town: Kaerbijn; marketplace, small church, vineyard
Villages: Dystervin; chapel; distillery
Hamlets: two
Improvements: Stone Mine
Major resources: Brick, Stone, Wine, Fine Spirits
Crafts:
Major vassals: Baronet: Carl Lerned, Lord: Georg Krull
Short Description: The Barony of Overmoor lies on the eastern border of Juliberg, a former march that has recently been doubled in size and elevated to a duchy, where it meets with the similarly recently-promoted Duchy of Sjaermund and the much more venerable Duchy of Evanstad.
The north of the barony rises abruptly out of the plain into steep hills leading to mountains that have shielded it from cross-border incursions by the Kingdom of Lorthegnar; numerous streams running off these provide abundant water, gathering in progressively greater numbers of pools until they somewhat unfortunately become a sizable swamp in the barony’s southwest. The limited good farming land is quite fertile, though, and is noted in particular for the abundance of spices that can be grown there. In combination with an unusual commercially-exploitable flower crop and the availability of wine-making berries, this has led to the beginnings of a specialty liquor industry, though this is yet in its infancy… and the attempt to exploit the berries, most of which still grow in the swamps, has led to some nasty episodes of disease recently.
A reliable clay deposit presently feeds brick-making, and could be developed into ceramics or tile manufacture; there is known to be a deposit of good building stone in the mountains, though so far attempts to find anything more valuable have been frustrated.
A much smaller than normal aristocracy contrasts with a somewhat larger than normal commercial class.
Barony of Overmoor
Age: 25
Tenure: 3 years
Married to: --(widower)
Children: Guy Moorstead, M, 7
Parents: (deceased)
Siblings: Dyet Moorstead, F, 19
Current Heir: Guy Moorstead
Other Relatives:
Immediate Overlord: Count of Alsno
Other Overlords: Duke Svaendag of Juliberg
Retainers
seneschal: Wallace Coke, M, 43
exchequer minor: Harlan Hull, M, 25
reeve: Hamish Braun, M, 46
ensign: Bran Poole, M, 23
chamberlain: Dyet Moorstead
castellan: Mala Lerned, F, 30
physician: Aya Lerned, F, 28
Astrologer\Interpreter: Gwyn West, F, 63
Residence: Moorstead Tower
Military: one archer unit, one light infantry, one light cavalry
Arms: Rock Badger
“Always noticeable, if not by name, then certainly by limp.”
“So sad, really. First his wife was taken by the plauge, then his brother, then his parents, then his daughter. No wonder he seems ill-tempered.”
“He’s an alright sort, if a bit standoffish. His sister is a friendly one, though. Always see her flitting about, even with the bad arm. It’s a real shame about his boy. I hear he can’t even walk.”
“I guess he’s doing better. He went from a crutch to a cane. Still, the illness kept him out of the right circles for far too long. He’s not a likely contender anymore. Perhaps that’s why he’s still dangerous.”
Location: eastern half of County of Alsno (map ref# 144), Duchy of Juliberg, near center of northern border of empire
Region: Northmark (1)
Population: 65 peasant, 10 craft
Town: Kaerbijn; marketplace, small church, vineyard
Villages: Dystervin; chapel; distillery
Hamlets: two
Improvements: Stone Mine
Major resources: Brick, Stone, Wine, Fine Spirits
Crafts:
Major vassals: Baronet: Carl Lerned, Lord: Georg Krull
Short Description: The Barony of Overmoor lies on the eastern border of Juliberg, a former march that has recently been doubled in size and elevated to a duchy, where it meets with the similarly recently-promoted Duchy of Sjaermund and the much more venerable Duchy of Evanstad.
The north of the barony rises abruptly out of the plain into steep hills leading to mountains that have shielded it from cross-border incursions by the Kingdom of Lorthegnar; numerous streams running off these provide abundant water, gathering in progressively greater numbers of pools until they somewhat unfortunately become a sizable swamp in the barony’s southwest. The limited good farming land is quite fertile, though, and is noted in particular for the abundance of spices that can be grown there. In combination with an unusual commercially-exploitable flower crop and the availability of wine-making berries, this has led to the beginnings of a specialty liquor industry, though this is yet in its infancy… and the attempt to exploit the berries, most of which still grow in the swamps, has led to some nasty episodes of disease recently.
A reliable clay deposit presently feeds brick-making, and could be developed into ceramics or tile manufacture; there is known to be a deposit of good building stone in the mountains, though so far attempts to find anything more valuable have been frustrated.
A much smaller than normal aristocracy contrasts with a somewhat larger than normal commercial class.
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