Hvor Du Er

Society can be approximated as the sum of the actions of a large group of individuals -- which are, after all, what composes it. Unfortunately, the individuals work differently, each their own way. A noble, for example, is unlikely to purchase a wheelbarrow. A farmer is unlikely to own a sword. And so on.

The fact that wheelbarrows and swords both have a market doesn't have to tell us much about the society which makes it. Nowadays, for example, the wealthy are unlikely to have swords, and more likely to own a wheelbarrow than the poor are. (Depending on your definition of poor, perhaps. But go with me here.)

Claghen Provence is a coastal region on the extreme east coast of a larger continent, bordered to the west by an unfriendly wilderness. The westernmost point to which it is safe to travel is Cawfur's Peak, named for the explorer who first scaled it. An old forest, (mostly beech trees, lessened ground cover) spreads from the base of Cawfur's Peak to within five miles of the seaside, except where cleared for city-building purposes.

There are six major cities in Claghen Provence. The county seat, where Count Claghen lived a hundred-odd years ago, and where the Vines have recently taken up residence, is Dorkarle, an old word meaning River-bed. This is a city of nearly a million souls, and is the largest city on the continent.

This is also the city closest to the residence of one recently-assaulted wizard.

There are seven rivers, three worthy of note -- two (Brightwater, ) well up near Cawfur's. The third is merely an offshoot of the Brightwater, and was named Corrush, a word meaning "steady", because it never significantly floods downstream (floodwaters instead cause it to flow into its old riverbeds further upstream) and flows by Dorkarle, which is why we care about it at all.

Graham lives in a small tower built into an exposed hillside (he Stoneshaped himself one -- took almost a month for him to manage, too.) about four miles from the furthest outskirts of Dorkarle. He's well-known to the locals, as he often makes grocery runs (Being a wizard, he does have a cold-room, so he doesn't make the journey every day -- but still. He is a mostly solitary soul, having given up on human society as a whole some years ago in a fit of bad temper.




That he hasn't been terribly involved with the world around him recently tells us something too -- the attacker could be impersonating him because he's sufficiently not-well-known to where nobody remembers what actions would be in character for him. Or to prevent him from reacting to something. Or it could be an old grudge.

I suppose we'll have to keep learning things about this world, huh?