Picketville is a minor settlement of wild gnomes, located in the southern reaches of the Great Moors in the nation of Nordmaar. The gnomes of the settlement are focussed on agriculture and nature, and are exceedingly knowledgeable about the Great Moors and all its inhabitants. The town is set out in a square formation, with large rows of vegetable patches, fruit groves and a creek running along it’s outer limits. The buildings in Picketville are all single-story dwellings, with a smattering of sheds and a large open canvas tent in the centre, which is filled with benches. The roads of the hamlet are laid with large rock slabs and loose gravel, and plant life is prevalent through the entire village. Flowers and plants of every kind keep the village looking bright and fresh, whilst at night Picketville is lit by the glow of phosphorescent fungi.
Origins[]
Picketville was founded in 384 AC by the gnomish botanist Picket and his assistants, who fled the Clocktower following the Chaos War. They first established the settlement as the Mount Nevermind Remote Horticultural Research Colony, but later called it Picketville after their founder. The gnomes of the settlement all acted under the supervision and direction of the commune leader Picket. However in 399 AC, with the arrival of the black dragon Mohrlex, the gnomes were quick to send delegates to ally with him to ensure their own survival. Eventually a treaty was signed, and the wild gnomes become the subjects of Mohrlex. In 418 AC, the gnomes discovered a curious glass concave disk, which they enlisted the aid of Mohrlex’s draconian servant Barathrutus and his bakali warriors to drag back to their camp. On learning of Mohrlex’s illness in 422 AC, the gnomes began searching for a cure to aid their master. Shortly after, a war party of bakali attacked, but were driven off by a wandering party of adventurers, who spoke with Barathrutus (who mysteriously appeared), and took the glass disk, which in truth was the Great Lens of Solinari to the ruins of Mohrlexctlan.
Buildings of Picketville[]
References[]
- Spectre of Sorrows, p. 110-118