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	* [[Because they must]] - 387YE Autumn wind of war		* [[Because they must]] - 387YE Autumn wind of war
	* [[If one be gone we carry on]] - 387YE Summer wind of war		* [[If one be gone we carry on]] - 387YE Summer wind of war
	* [[Over western hills]] - ~~387YE Spring~~ wind of war		* [[Over western hills]] - 386YE Winter wind of war
	* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE Autumn wind of war		* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE Autumn wind of war
	* [[Standards]] - 386YE Summer wind of war		* [[Standards]] - 386YE Summer wind of war

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	* [[If one be gone we carry on]] - 387YE Summer wind of war		* [[If one be gone we carry on]] - 387YE Summer wind of war
	* [[Over western hills]] - 387YE Spring wind of war		* [[Over western hills]] - 387YE Spring wind of war
	* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE ~~Winter~~ wind of war		* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE Autumn wind of war
	* [[Standards]] - 386YE Summer wind of war		* [[Standards]] - 386YE Summer wind of war
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	* [[Because they must]] - 387YE Autumn wind of war		* [[Because they must]] - 387YE Autumn wind of war
	* [[If one be gone we carry on]] - 387YE Summer wind of war		* [[If one be gone we carry on]] - 387YE Summer wind of war
	* [[Over western hills]] - 387YE Spring wind of war		* [[Over western hills]] - 387YE Spring wind of war
	* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE Winter wind of war		* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE Winter wind of war
	* [[Standards]] - - 386YE Summer wind of war		* [[Standards]] - 386YE Summer wind of war
	[[Category:The Marches]]		[[Category:The Marches]]
	[[Category:Gazetteer]]		[[Category:Gazetteer]]
	[[Category:Jotun]]		[[Category:Jotun]]
	[[Category:Imperial Territory]]		[[Category:Imperial Territory]]

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	'''OOC Note:''' It is not possible to play a character who was from Whittle.		'''OOC Note:''' It is not possible to play a character who was from Whittle.
	===Jonah Gold===		===Jonah Gold===
	Not a point of interest so much as a ''person'' of interest, Jonah Gold is a possibly-legendary figure whose story dates from the time of the [[The Marches history#Joining the Empire\|Cousins' War]]. Jonah is said to to have been born in the [[#Ore Hills\|Ore Hills]] long before the Mournwold was part of the Marches proper; in some versions he is the son of a [[Tassato\|Tassatan]] immigrant and a Marcher sheep herder. Stories say that Jonah was a miner who quarried out metal of such quality that his weapons turned the tide of war for his household during the short-lived Marcher civil war. A jealous friend betrayed him to the enemy, and for a heavy purse of coin staged a mining accident that trapped him behind a rockfall where he presumably perished. Over the centuries, a number of legends and stories have been attributed to Jonah - if the man had participated in all the stories attributed to him he would have been so busy moving around the Marches, southern Wintermark. and northern Brass Coast he would never have had time to do any actual mining!		Not a point of interest so much as a ''person'' of interest, Jonah Gold is a possibly-legendary figure whose story dates from the time of the [[The Marches history#Joining the Empire\|Cousins' War]]. Jonah is said to have been born in the [[#Ore Hills\|Ore Hills]] long before the Mournwold was part of the Marches proper; in some versions he is the son of a [[Tassato\|Tassatan]] immigrant and a Marcher sheep herder. Stories say that Jonah was a miner who quarried out metal of such quality that his weapons turned the tide of war for his household during the short-lived Marcher civil war. A jealous friend betrayed him to the enemy, and for a heavy purse of coin staged a mining accident that trapped him behind a rockfall where he presumably perished. Over the centuries, a number of legends and stories have been attributed to Jonah - if the man had participated in all the stories attributed to him he would have been so busy moving around the Marches, southern Wintermark. and northern Brass Coast he would never have had time to do any actual mining!

	His stories do not end with his death. His ghost is said to haunt the mines of the Marches, especially the green iron mines of the Mournwold. Superstitious miners say that to see Jonah Gold presages disaster - whether his appearance causes a catastrophe reminiscent of the collapse that killed him, or if he simply warns against them varies from legend to legend and place to place. There are even a few stories of sightings of what sounds a lot like Jonah Gold in the hills of [[Kahraman]], and the old mines north of Tassato.		His stories do not end with his death. His ghost is said to haunt the mines of the Marches, especially the green iron mines of the Mournwold. Superstitious miners say that to see Jonah Gold presages disaster - whether his appearance causes a catastrophe reminiscent of the collapse that killed him, or if he simply warns against them varies from legend to legend and place to place. There are even a few stories of sightings of what sounds a lot like Jonah Gold in the hills of [[Kahraman]], and the old mines north of Tassato.

Twiggy at 13:03, 3 March 2026

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	The liberation began after the [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Mourning_Wind\|Autumn Equinox 379YE]]. The [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Tusks\|Tusks]] and the [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Bounders\|Bounders]] were joined by both [[Imperial Orcs\|Imperial Orc]] armies and the [[Highguard\|Highborn]] of the [[Highguard_military_concerns#The_Seventh_Wave\|Seventh Wave]] at [[Mournwold#Overton\|Overton]]. The initial attack saw the liberation of [[#Ore Hills\|Ore Hills]], and parts of [[#Freemoor\|Freemoor]], but also exposed the Empire for the first time to the knowledge that the Jotun had human soldiers fighting alongside them - mostly young folk who had grown up under the occupation.		The liberation began after the [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Mourning_Wind\|Autumn Equinox 379YE]]. The [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Tusks\|Tusks]] and the [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Bounders\|Bounders]] were joined by both [[Imperial Orcs\|Imperial Orc]] armies and the [[Highguard\|Highborn]] of the [[Highguard_military_concerns#The_Seventh_Wave\|Seventh Wave]] at [[Mournwold#Overton\|Overton]]. The initial attack saw the liberation of [[#Ore Hills\|Ore Hills]], and parts of [[#Freemoor\|Freemoor]], but also exposed the Empire for the first time to the knowledge that the Jotun had human soldiers fighting alongside them - mostly young folk who had grown up under the occupation.

	The Imperial advance [[380YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#This_Far.2C_No_Further\|quickly faltered]] in the face of the rage of the Jotun. Angered by the broken treaty between themselves and the Empire, the Jotun reinforced their positions in the Mournwold and brought the Empire's armies to a standstill. Three thousand Imperial soldiers died, and perhaps twice that many Jotun - a bloody cost that would set the stage for the bloodshed to follow. The [[380YE_Summer_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Heralds_of_Mourning\|Jotun counterattack]] drove the Empire back out of Ore Hills and Freemoor - leaving the partially completed fortification there to be claimed by the orcs. The Tribute was quickly claimed by the Jotun, and became a key part of their defence of the territory ~~inthe~~ coming months. Indeed, the force of the Jotun push was sufficient to drive the Imperial forces back to Overton, nearly costing them the ~~Greenward~~. By the start of the Autumn Equinox 380YE, the Jotun had [[380YE_Autumn_Equinox_winds_of_war#Loyalty_to_Great_Things\|taken Overton]] as well, claiming complete uncontested control of the Mournwold for the first time. Their victory was short-lived - Imperial heroes managed to recapture Orchard's Watch and Overton during the Autumn Equinox, but at great cost.		The Imperial advance [[380YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#This_Far.2C_No_Further\|quickly faltered]] in the face of the rage of the Jotun. Angered by the broken treaty between themselves and the Empire, the Jotun reinforced their positions in the Mournwold and brought the Empire's armies to a standstill. Three thousand Imperial soldiers died, and perhaps twice that many Jotun - a bloody cost that would set the stage for the bloodshed to follow. The [[380YE_Summer_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Heralds_of_Mourning\|Jotun counterattack]] drove the Empire back out of Ore Hills and Freemoor - leaving the partially completed fortification there to be claimed by the orcs. The Tribute was quickly claimed by the Jotun, and became a key part of their defence of the territory in the coming months. Indeed, the force of the Jotun push was sufficient to drive the Imperial forces back to Overton, nearly costing them the Greensward. By the start of the Autumn Equinox 380YE, the Jotun had [[380YE_Autumn_Equinox_winds_of_war#Loyalty_to_Great_Things\|taken Overton]] as well, claiming complete uncontested control of the Mournwold for the first time. Their victory was short-lived - Imperial heroes managed to recapture Orchard's Watch and Overton during the Autumn Equinox, but at great cost.

	After the Winter Solstice 380YE, the Greensward in southern Mourn was the site of [[381YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_.28Mournwold.29\|some of the most terrible battles]] in recent Imperial history, when the Imperial host laid a trap for the Jotun armies. With powerful magical support, an immense number of humans and orcs lost their lives and most of the structures in the Greensward were levelled including the town of [[#Overton\|Overton]] and the castle of [[#Orchard's Watch\|Orchard's Watch]]. At the same time, Spring plague and Winter magic accounted for perhaps a sixth of the remaining population, and half the people still living in the Greensward. The Jotun and the people of the Mourn alike were [[Watered with fears\|unprepared for the ferocity]] of the Imperial assault.		After the Winter Solstice 380YE, the Greensward in southern Mourn was the site of [[381YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_.28Mournwold.29\|some of the most terrible battles]] in recent Imperial history, when the Imperial host laid a trap for the Jotun armies. With powerful magical support, an immense number of humans and orcs lost their lives and most of the structures in the Greensward were levelled including the town of [[#Overton\|Overton]] and the castle of [[#Orchard's Watch\|Orchard's Watch]]. At the same time, Spring plague and Winter magic accounted for perhaps a sixth of the remaining population, and half the people still living in the Greensward. The Jotun and the people of the Mourn alike were [[Watered with fears\|unprepared for the ferocity]] of the Imperial assault.

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	'''OOC Note:''' It is not possible to play a character who was from Whittle.		'''OOC Note:''' It is not possible to play a character who was from Whittle.
			===Jonah Gold===
			Not a point of interest so much as a ''person'' of interest, Jonah Gold is a possibly-legendary figure whose story dates from the time of the [[The Marches history#Joining the Empire\|Cousins' War]]. Jonah is said to to have been born in the [[#Ore Hills\|Ore Hills]] long before the Mournwold was part of the Marches proper; in some versions he is the son of a [[Tassato\|Tassatan]] immigrant and a Marcher sheep herder. Stories say that Jonah was a miner who quarried out metal of such quality that his weapons turned the tide of war for his household during the short-lived Marcher civil war. A jealous friend betrayed him to the enemy, and for a heavy purse of coin staged a mining accident that trapped him behind a rockfall where he presumably perished. Over the centuries, a number of legends and stories have been attributed to Jonah - if the man had participated in all the stories attributed to him he would have been so busy moving around the Marches, southern Wintermark. and northern Brass Coast he would never have had time to do any actual mining!

			His stories do not end with his death. His ghost is said to haunt the mines of the Marches, especially the green iron mines of the Mournwold. Superstitious miners say that to see Jonah Gold presages disaster - whether his appearance causes a catastrophe reminiscent of the collapse that killed him, or if he simply warns against them varies from legend to legend and place to place. There are even a few stories of sightings of what sounds a lot like Jonah Gold in the hills of [[Kahraman]], and the old mines north of Tassato.

			Some scholars who have taken the time to study the stories of his ghostly appearance disagree with the accepted wisdom that Jonah Gold is a ghost. While there is plenty of precedence for so-called "warning ghosts", these scholars argue that the sightings are actually of an [[Astronomancy\|astronomantic]] [[Astronomancy#Tulpas\|tulpa]] rather than a restless spirit - but their argument is undermined by an inability to agree on which constellation the tulpa represents.

			Jonah's name has also been given to a variety of apple commonly grown in the Mournwold. Heavy, green and sweet, with a sharp bite, the "Jonah Gold" variety is used extensively in cooking sweet pies and apple sauce, and traditionally is buried with miners from the Mourn, particularly those who quarry green iron.

			His story is immortalised in the [[Jonah Gold\|popular song that bears his name]].

	==Regions==		==Regions==

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 During Summer 385YE, Jarl Haakon [[Shallows_and_miseries#Choices_.28Conjunction.29|returned to Southmoor]] along with a small warband. The Jotun were apparently establishing hidden stores of food, caches of weapons, and makeshift palisades ready for when the armies of the Jotun once again invaded the Mourn. The [[Bailiff of the Downs]] led a contingent of Imperial heroes to confront the Jarl, but he and most of his band managed to escape. The location of the caches is unknown, despite the best efforts of the local [[beater|beaters]]. A year later, the majority of the caches were removed by the beaters of the Marches along with [[The_wild_wind_rises|support]] from the unconquered of Highguard.
 <!--{{CaptionedImage|file=SenatorMournwold.jpg||caption='''Simon "Chordwangler" Willow''', last Senator for Mournwold|align=left|width=300}}-->
 {{Senate Elections|Senator_for_Mournwold|Territory=Mournwold|Season=Spring|Controlled=is}}

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 During Summer 385YE, Jarl Haakon [[Shallows_and_miseries#Choices_.28Conjunction.29|returned to Southmoor]] along with a small warband. The Jotun were apparently establishing hidden stores of food, caches of weapons, and makeshift palisades ready for when the armies of the Jotun once again invaded the Mourn. The [[Bailiff of the Downs]] led a contingent of Imperial heroes to confront the Jarl, but he and most of his band managed to escape. The location of the caches is unknown, despite the best efforts of the local [[beater|beaters]]. A year later, the majority of the caches were removed by the beaters of the Marches along with [[The_wild_wind_rises|support]] from the unconquered of Highguard.
 <!--{{CaptionedImage|file=SenatorMournwold.jpg||caption='''Simon "Chordwangler" Willow''', last Senator for Mournwold|align=left|width=300}}-->
 {{Senate Elections|Senator_for_Mournwold|Territory=Mournwold|Season=Spring|Controlled=is}}

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Further Reading

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	* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE Winter wind of war		* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE Winter wind of war
	* [[Standards]] - - 386YE Summer wind of war		* [[Standards]] - - 386YE Summer wind of war
	~~{{anchor\|Jonah Gold}}~~
	~~<box>===<div id="Jonah Gold">Jonah Gold</div>===~~
	Jonah Gold is a possibly-legendary figure whose story dates from the time of the [[The Marches history#Joining the Empire\|Cousins' War]]. Jonah is said to to have been born in the [[#Ore Hills\|Ore Hills]] long before the Mournwold was part of the Marches proper; in some versions he is the son of a [[Tassato\|Tassatan]] immigrant and a Marcher sheep herder. Stories say that Jonah was a miner who quarried out metal of such quality that his weapons turned the tide of war for his household during the short-lived Marcher civil war. A jealous friend betrayed him to the enemy, and for a heavy purse of coin staged a mining accident that trapped him behind a rockfall where he presumably perished. Over the centuries, a number of legends and stories have been attributed to Jonah - if the man had participated in all the stories attributed to him he would have been so busy moving around the Marches, southern Wintermark. and northern Brass Coast he would never have had time to do any actual mining!

	His stories do not end with his death. His ghost is said to haunt the mines of the Marches, especially the green iron mines of the Mournwold. Superstitious miners say that to see Jonah Gold presages disaster - whether his appearance causes a catastrophe reminiscent of the collapse that killed him, or if he simply warns against them varies from legend to legend and place to place. There are even a few stories of sightings of what sounds a lot like Jonah Gold in the hills of [[Kahraman]], and the old mines north of Tassato.

	Some scholars who have taken the time to study the stories of his ghostly appearance disagree with the accepted wisdom that Jonah Gold is a ghost. While there is plenty of precedence for so-called "warning ghosts", these scholars argue that the sightings are actually of an [[Astronomancy\|astronomantic]] [[Astronomancy#Tulpas\|tulpa]] rather than a restless spirit - but their argument is undermined by an inability to agree on which constellation the tulpa represents.

	Jonah's name has also been given to a variety of apple commonly grown in the Mournwold. Heavy, green and sweet, with a sharp bite, the "Jonah Gold" variety is used extensively in cooking sweet pies and apple sauce, and traditionally is buried with miners from the Mourn, particularly those who quarry green iron.

	~~His story is immortalised in the [[Jonah Gold\|popular song that bears his name]].</box>~~
	[[Category:The Marches]]		[[Category:The Marches]]
	[[Category:Gazetteer]]		[[Category:Gazetteer]]
	[[Category:Jotun]]		[[Category:Jotun]]
	[[Category:Imperial Territory]]		[[Category:Imperial Territory]]

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	<!--* There is a significant population of orcs in the Mournwold. They represent Jotun thralls left behind by the retreating barbarian armies. For the most part, they are not hostile - being culturally forbidden to wield weapons or fight. The question of what to do with these orcs is still under discussion as of the Autumn Equinox 381YE. The regions where they are most concentrated have the "Foreign orcs (Thralls)" quality, as detailed in the [[Tend_to_the_Flame#A_Common_Old_Song\|Tend to the flame]] wind of fortune.-->		<!--* There is a significant population of orcs in the Mournwold. They represent Jotun thralls left behind by the retreating barbarian armies. For the most part, they are not hostile - being culturally forbidden to wield weapons or fight. The question of what to do with these orcs is still under discussion as of the Autumn Equinox 381YE. The regions where they are most concentrated have the "Foreign orcs (Thralls)" quality, as detailed in the [[Tend_to_the_Flame#A_Common_Old_Song\|Tend to the flame]] wind of fortune.-->
	* The campaign to first recapture the Mournwold is recounted in the [[Recent_history\|Winds of War]] starting with [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Mourning_Wind\|Winter Solstice 379YE]]. There are also several Winds of Fortune detailing the problems following the liberation of the Mourn, including [[Watered with fears]] (Spring 381YE), [[All along the watchtower]] (Summer 381YE), and [[An apple that falls]] (Autumn 381YE).		* The campaign to first recapture the Mournwold is recounted in the [[Recent_history\|Winds of War]] starting with [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Mourning_Wind\|Winter Solstice 379YE]]. There are also several Winds of Fortune detailing the problems following the liberation of the Mourn, including [[Watered with fears]] (Spring 381YE), [[All along the watchtower]] (Summer 381YE), and [[An apple that falls]] (Autumn 381YE).
			==Further Reading==
			* [[Because they must]] - 387YE Autumn wind of war
			* [[If one be gone we carry on]] - 387YE Summer wind of war
			* [[Over western hills]] - 387YE Spring wind of war
			* [[The wild wind rises]] - 386YE Winter wind of war
			* [[Standards]] - - 386YE Summer wind of war
	{{anchor\|Jonah Gold}}		{{anchor\|Jonah Gold}}
	<box>===<div id="Jonah Gold">Jonah Gold</div>===		<box>===<div id="Jonah Gold">Jonah Gold</div>===

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	The liberation began after the [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Mourning_Wind\|Autumn Equinox 379YE]]. The [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Tusks\|Tusks]] and the [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Bounders\|Bounders]] were joined by both [[Imperial Orcs\|Imperial Orc]] armies and the [[Highguard\|Highborn]] of the [[Highguard_military_concerns#The_Seventh_Wave\|Seventh Wave]] at [[Mournwold#Overton\|Overton]]. The initial attack saw the liberation of [[#Ore Hills\|Ore Hills]], and parts of [[#Freemoor\|Freemoor]], but also exposed the Empire for the first time to the knowledge that the Jotun had human soldiers fighting alongside them - mostly young folk who had grown up under the occupation.		The liberation began after the [[379YE_Winter_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Mourning_Wind\|Autumn Equinox 379YE]]. The [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Tusks\|Tusks]] and the [[The_Marches_military_concerns#The_Bounders\|Bounders]] were joined by both [[Imperial Orcs\|Imperial Orc]] armies and the [[Highguard\|Highborn]] of the [[Highguard_military_concerns#The_Seventh_Wave\|Seventh Wave]] at [[Mournwold#Overton\|Overton]]. The initial attack saw the liberation of [[#Ore Hills\|Ore Hills]], and parts of [[#Freemoor\|Freemoor]], but also exposed the Empire for the first time to the knowledge that the Jotun had human soldiers fighting alongside them - mostly young folk who had grown up under the occupation.

	The Imperial advance [[380YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#This_Far.2C_No_Further\|quickly faltered]] in the face of the rage of the Jotun. Angered by the broken treaty between themselves and the Empire, the Jotun reinforced their positions in the Mournwold and brought the Empire's armies to a standstill. Three thousand Imperial soldiers died, and perhaps twice that many Jotun - a bloody cost that would set the stage for the bloodshed to follow. The [[380YE_Summer_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Heralds_of_Mourning\|Jotun counterattack]] drove the Empire back out of Ore Hills and Freemoor - leaving the partially completed fortification there to be claimed by the orcs. The Tribute was quickly claimed by the Jotun, and became a key part of their defence of the territory ~~inthe~~ coming months. Indeed, the force of the Jotun push was sufficient to drive the Imperial forces back to Overton, nearly costing them the ~~Greenward~~. By the start of the Autumn Equinox 380YE, the Jotun had [[380YE_Autumn_Equinox_winds_of_war#Loyalty_to_Great_Things\|taken Overton]] as well, claiming complete uncontested control of the Mournwold for the first time. Their victory was short-lived - Imperial heroes managed to recapture Orchard's Watch and Overton during the Autumn Equinox, but at great cost.		The Imperial advance [[380YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#This_Far.2C_No_Further\|quickly faltered]] in the face of the rage of the Jotun. Angered by the broken treaty between themselves and the Empire, the Jotun reinforced their positions in the Mournwold and brought the Empire's armies to a standstill. Three thousand Imperial soldiers died, and perhaps twice that many Jotun - a bloody cost that would set the stage for the bloodshed to follow. The [[380YE_Summer_Solstice_winds_of_war#The_Heralds_of_Mourning\|Jotun counterattack]] drove the Empire back out of Ore Hills and Freemoor - leaving the partially completed fortification there to be claimed by the orcs. The Tribute was quickly claimed by the Jotun, and became a key part of their defence of the territory in the coming months. Indeed, the force of the Jotun push was sufficient to drive the Imperial forces back to Overton, nearly costing them the Greensward. By the start of the Autumn Equinox 380YE, the Jotun had [[380YE_Autumn_Equinox_winds_of_war#Loyalty_to_Great_Things\|taken Overton]] as well, claiming complete uncontested control of the Mournwold for the first time. Their victory was short-lived - Imperial heroes managed to recapture Orchard's Watch and Overton during the Autumn Equinox, but at great cost.

	After the Winter Solstice 380YE, the Greensward in southern Mourn was the site of [[381YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_.28Mournwold.29\|some of the most terrible battles]] in recent Imperial history, when the Imperial host laid a trap for the Jotun armies. With powerful magical support, an immense number of humans and orcs lost their lives and most of the structures in the Greensward were levelled including the town of [[#Overton\|Overton]] and the castle of [[#Orchard's Watch\|Orchard's Watch]]. At the same time, Spring plague and Winter magic accounted for perhaps a sixth of the remaining population, and half the people still living in the Greensward. The Jotun and the people of the Mourn alike were [[Watered with fears\|unprepared for the ferocity]] of the Imperial assault.		After the Winter Solstice 380YE, the Greensward in southern Mourn was the site of [[381YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_.28Mournwold.29\|some of the most terrible battles]] in recent Imperial history, when the Imperial host laid a trap for the Jotun armies. With powerful magical support, an immense number of humans and orcs lost their lives and most of the structures in the Greensward were levelled including the town of [[#Overton\|Overton]] and the castle of [[#Orchard's Watch\|Orchard's Watch]]. At the same time, Spring plague and Winter magic accounted for perhaps a sixth of the remaining population, and half the people still living in the Greensward. The Jotun and the people of the Mourn alike were [[Watered with fears\|unprepared for the ferocity]] of the Imperial assault.