Moon Valley

Moon Hill (population 5000) is the most prominent town, to which the local farmers bring their crops; a half dozen villages fill the valley, each about one day's walk from Moon Hill. A road runs from Moon Hill to Horizon and another one a much shorter road to Santa Cora, which is about forty miles away. An old druidic ring stands on the south side of town atop a hill, dating back to the Fourth Age, they say. Now it just sits there and druids visit each year, eight times a year, giving gifts to the town government. They cause no one trouble and usually buy some things while they are there, then head to the Moon Wood to the South. A river runs through the vale, which Moon Hill sits on the east bank of. Moon Hill has walls in theory but they're all run down and wouldn't stop anything more determined than a small yappy dog.

An old Fort, Moon Fort, 'guards' the entrance to another valley, full of trees, the Moon Wood. Home to druids and stranger, more dangerous things. The wise don't go there but adventurers are rarely wise. There was a battle with the Orc Lord long ago, and Moon Valley / Moon Hill / The villages all have more half-orcs than is usual for a given part of the Empire; it's just part of life here. No one has seen an orc here for Ages.

Goblins and Kobolds are another question; they come up from the Underworld into the ancient, abandoned mines in the hills and various caves and sometimes form a threat. Dwarves show up every so often, poke around, sometimes die, then give up and leave. An actual caravan comes through twice a year to sell goods in Moon Hill, which then spread to the smaller communities.

Every village has a shrine to the gods; most priests serve the entire pantheon of good gods, especially in small villages and thus are constantly doing ceremonies to many gods. Moon Hill, however, is sacred to Sehanine, goddess of the Moon and of Night and Lovers. Mother Abigail is her chief priestess, but she has two junior priests and two junior priestesses, plus some acolytes, and the full panoply of Sehanine Worship happens, along with the major festivals of the other gods. Moon Hill also has a Temple of the Emperor, devoted to Heinrich I and the other Emperors, which is on the grounds of Baron Alberich's estate west of town. It has a priest, Reinhard, and several acolytes; you've never been there, as it's mainly used by the Baron's family.