Prototype Game Rules

Aor (AYE-ore)

Population: 21,000

Races: Mostly Men and Hobbits (Tallfellows and Harfoots), with some ogres, oafs, lizardmen, and broavs.

Surrounding terrain: Flat grasslands, small rivers and gentle hills. Ample farmland in the outer ramparts.

Exports: Wheat, fish, manure, sand, glass, livestock, textiles, flour, hops, barley, luxury goods, wool, flax, trades, services, men at arms, labor, worked leather, horses, river rock.

Imports: Wood, stone, iron, steel, precious metals, gems, honey, fruits, spices, herbs, silk, salt, coal.

Buildings: Many buildings in this city reach up to 3 stories, and most all are made from wood imported from Gricola’s Dunnish Wood, with stone reinforcement. Rooves are made from thatch, and windows tend to be long and narrow. Most single story homes are built in in a long house style, being thin and lengthy. Windows do not have glass panes, but wooden shutters occasionally lined with furs or molded shut with a mud-based mortar. Bridges across the many rivers are built from river rock, and are usually multicolored and smooth because of it. Roads are also likewise paved with river rock.

Places of Interest: Dragon’s Fang Inn, who’s owner Bellford Dunnik (Human male, flat face, old, tanned skin, split beard, blind in one eye) claims to own one of the fangs of Kiskahvishiniir (ancient dragon slain by Erimgard, hero of Vanor)

Necropolis of Aor, a massive cemetery built in the fashion of the old elves, which holds some six generations of dead that live within the walls of the city.

Market District, home to a 2 stone mason, 5 woodworkers, 6 blacksmiths, a weaponsmith, an armorer, a gem cutter, a jewler, a toymaker, 3 fishmongers, 4 grocers, a glassblower, several general stores, and the like.

Offices of the Thane of Aor, in the southwestern corner of town is the official place of political business, governed by the Thane, Oswald Klam, himself. Not oft to make public appearances, the Thane is subject of much rumor. Nothing is known...