Chaunelfiel

Chaunelfiel, also known as Motard's Vineyard, is a large, picturesque agricultural town of steep, shaggy foothills at the base of the grand mountains to the north. It is located right on the southern edges of the Ring, where the temperatures become frigid on the peaks. However, in the ice-streaked mountains nearby are grown what has made the town famous; the unique cold-loving grapes used to make frostwine.

Population: 1,836; 97% human, 2% dwarf, 1% trleetrlaa

Primary Language: Common

Year of Establishment: 3050 YoF

Important Events: 

Government
Government: The people of Chaunelfiel swear allegiance to the Motard family, the first settlers in this land. They tilled the first dirt and planted the first grapes. Over several generations the vines thrived and required more workers to care for them with each passing year. Those who came to Motard's Vineyard to work were treated well and the wages given were fair.

Within another two generations the small farm had grown into a village and then a town. Forests were planted in the lower lying sections; saplings brought with much care from the river-side woods of Gelid Falls. They grew and the Motard Manor, a great house, was built from its first downed logs along with great the stone of the mountain. Other crops were sewn as well so that they would not have to risk the shipments from the capital, but what brought them to fame was their frostwine. This wine is kept within vast caverns beneath the estate, specially chosen for this purpose. The Motards eventually became one of the wealthiest families of the Ring, but always they remembered their humble beginnings, taught from son to son, and they treated those who aided in the toil of the vineyards as equals.

Government popularity: The Motards, amongst their own people, are rarely ill received, though their success and popularity have made them enemies of the envious.

Army/Defenses: Chaunelfiel is guarded by the Blue Phoenices in greater numbers than any other human town for its size. Always having treated the organization with respect, a full base was established closeby the frozen vines within the heights above the town proper.

As well, a wall surrounds the foothills alongside the Emporer's Highway. Those who wish to climb the steep roads must first past through a number of guarded archways along the length. Fog lanterns also line the top of the walls to aid merchants coming and going.

Primary Enemy: Chaunelfiel has a variety of those who wish them ill, particularly the Nerra allied with the Winterhaunt.

Fighting Style: See Blue Phoenices

Society
Slavery: Slavery is outlawed within Chaunelfiel, though almost all within its borders work, in some way, for the Motards.

Constabulary: Only trusted friends of the Motard family are allowed to join the small but effective guards of Chaunelfiel. They are little more than rangers with a keen knowledge of the land, and walks the forests, hills and vineyards without any strict pattern, keeping an eye out for odd happenings. Those they find disobeying the laws of the Emperor and tenets of the Motards are judged by said family.

Laws:

Murder - Murderers of Chaunelfiel are banned from the town, never allowed to return. If one performs multiple murders however he is sent to Gelid Falls for punishment, hauled aloft within the talons of the mount of a blue phoenices.

Rape - Rape within Chaunelfiel is dealt by branding a deep scar within the forehead and hands of the offender. He is then left to beg on the streets, stripped of all belongings and tends to starve to death, for all know what the mark means.

Theft - Theft results in the thief being given the more dangerous, strenuous or plain unpleasant tasks. Those who perform multiple thefts regardless are banished with the mark limited to his hands.

Organized Crime: The lands about Chaunelfiel are commonly watched by bandits ready to ambush shipments of wine to and from the town. They are not in any great numbers, but the roads between towns are long and even the Blue Pheonices would be hard pressed to guard its entire length.

Common skills of inhabitants: Vineyard tending and the trades of the wine industry are an art that citizens of Chaunelfiel have few equals in.

Clothing: Similar to other towns, though often with the symbol of the Motards somewhere upon them; a shovel and an ice-cycle crossed above a grape leaf.