People and stories

Ringlord Greyshield leads Thymerock, and Seneschal-Marshal Siltwater leads Brinehold. First Speaker Vellis Caille leads Grasse-Verdenne. First Physician Madame Caille leads Fennmarche. Vellis and Madame Caille share a surname, but are not related.

Roquelle's chief archivist is Vellum. Keeper Sennet handles the Archive's work with visiting adventurers. Archaffineur Crennel sits in the Chamber of Seven. Their conversations reveal disagreements within the Blue Guild.

Amelia is remembered as a healer who made sheltered clearings for travellers. The sanctuary stories say she refused to serve one faction alone and kept tending her refuges as her health failed. No body was found. Some believe she became part of the forest, while others remember the work she left behind.

Delver Crumb the Elder was a Third-Age scholar. His Book of the Caves is dated -189 in Compact reckoning. Delver Crumb the Younger is his present-day descendant.

Heartha founded Hearthmere in Year 12 of the Compact. The story begins in Year 41, 29 years after the village was founded.