A few miles south of Drakkenheim lies Emberwood Village, a humble crossroads along Champion’s Road surrounded by forsaken farmsteads and dark pine forests. Many residences are abandoned and slowly deteriorating with their windows and doors nailed shut.

However, the village centre is alive with activity. Conversation, laughter, and music resound from several taverns along the main thoroughfare. Amidst a bustling market square, a small crowd of adventurers, merchants, and prospectors busily traffic all manner of weapons, equipment, coins, recovered treasures, and a few strange glimmering crystals. Even the light of the Sacred Flame still glows within the modest stone chapel at the heart of town.

Summary

• 5 miles south of Drakkenheim
• Became gathering point of adventurers to enter the city
• Supplies like equipment cost double, food cost 5 times as much
• Exotic supplies over 500GP need 21 days to deliver here
• Factions gather here to recruit helping hands
• Law is self-enforced, occasionally by Hooded Lanterns, Silver Order or even the Queen's Men
• Villagers are cooperative in boycotting the bad adventurers

• Two decades ago, just a small farmers market of locals
• Now bustling because meteor destroyed everything nearby, leaving villagers blinded or deafened
• Buildings collapsed, windows shattered, so now abandoned
• All fertile lands and dense wood are turning barren

General Tips

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• Allow player characters ample time to get familiar with Emberwood Village. Ensure characters gather a few Rumours, make contact with at least two or three of the major faction agents, and encounter one or two groups of rival adventurers.
• In addition, player characters can take this opportunity to get to know one another more, and perhaps snoop around town for any information related to their personal quests.
• Eventually, several townsfolk may begin asking characters if they’ve been to the ruins yet or tried their hand at collecting Delerium shards. Boastful rival adventurers could even set up a wager.
• If characters are looking for advice, NPCs might recommend characters seek out:
  • Caravan Court
  • Gainsbury Expeditionary Supply Company for equipment and information on harvesting Delerium,
  • Fairweather Trades and Exports about selling whatever they manage to dig up.
  • Marlowe's Provisions for fresh rations and water against the fast decay in the Haze.

Location Parts

Shops in Emberwood Village