Heartwood of the Great Vale
Overview
The heartwood of the Great Vale is located in is in northern Summersend in the Navarr territory of Hercynia. Custodianship of the Heartwood grants an Imperial title; a seat on the Imperial Bourse; and a seasonal bounty of valuable weirwood
The Resource
The Great Vale in Hercynia contains large areas of precious weirwood. Although the area came under threat from Thule barbarians, the Empire maintained control of the Heartwood, albeit barely.
The Great Vale in Hercynia contains large areas of precious weirwood in northern Summersend. Although the area is threatened by Thule barbarians, the Empire has maintained control of the Heartwood, albeit barely.
No one knows if the legends of a pact are true, never mind what the terms of this supposed pact were. But the workers in Weirwater know some things are all too well; that there is something in the woods that is called The Valewoman, and that under every tree lies a corpse.
Sightings of The Valewoman go back as long as anyone can remember. Nobody knows who or what The Valewoman is, just that she is seen as a figure in the distance every so often, and is gone before anyone can get there. As she has been seen as long as the Weirwater Vales have been worked, tales abound as to the real reason she is there, but most point to the fact that whenever a tree has been felled, and the stump excavated, the workers find a corpse.
Sometimes the corpse is just bones amongst the roots, and sometimes it looks fresh enough to have just stopped breathing. No-one knows who they were, or how they got there (especially the fresher looking corpses). Just one truth; every tree stands atop a corpse. It is no surprise that, mentally at least, the workers of Weirwater Vales are some of the toughest in the Empire.
- Reference not assigned national, and Thimble