World

Economy

Feudalism

All land owned by king. Parcelled out estates to Great Lords (Tenants in Chief) in exchange for political and military support.

Great lords parcelled out smaller portions of land to lesser lords who did the same to local lords who then did the same to peasants.

King (overlord) -> greater lord (vassal) - Land referred to as Fief Kings also used paid armies for military support.

Mercantilism

Mercantile capitalism

Trade

• Building Materials
• Grain
• Cattle
• Alcohol
• Dairy
• Fabrics
• Spices
• Professions
  • Herbalism
    • The Royal Botanical Society
  • Alchemy
    • The Hall of Alchemists
  • Blacksmithing
    • The Shadowsmiths
  • Tailoring

Taxes?

Government

Crime & Legal System

Crimes reported to local militia who will deal with the issue by arrest and dragging before lawmaker to determine guilt/decide on punishment

Hierarchy:

• Militia
• Lawmaker (Local)
• Senior Lawmaker (Regional)
• Ruler

Bespoke Systems

Danu - Trial by Combat

Politics

Border conflicts between rival Lawmakers/local rulers?

The Land

Biomes

• Tundra
  • At extreme latitudes, the trees of the taiga become stunted by the harshness of the subarctic climate. Finally, they disappear leaving a land of bogs and lakes.
    • The climate is so cold in winter that even the long days of summer are unable to thaw the permafrost beneath the surface layers of soil.
    • Sphagnum moss, a wide variety of lichens, and some grasses and fast-growing annuals dominate the landscape during the short growing season.
    • Caribou feed on this growth as do vast numbers of insects.
    • Swarms of migrating birds, especially waterfowl, invade the tundra in the summer to raise their young, feeding them on a large variety of aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates.
    • As the brief arctic summer draws to a close, the birds fly south, and all but a few of the permanent residents, in one way or another, prepare themselves to spend the winter in a dormant state.
• Taiga (Boreal forest)
  • It is a land dominated by conifers, especially spruces and firs.
  • It is dotted with lakes, bogs, and marshes.
  • Because of the slow rate of decay, its soils store a huge amount of organic matter — the total carbon stored is estimated to be 30–40% of the total on earth.
  • It is populated by an even more limited variety of plants and vertebrates than is the temperate deciduous forest. However, its soil teems with more nematodes than the soils of any other biome.
  • In North America, the moose is such a typical member that it has led to the name: "spruce-moose" biome.
  • Before the long, snowy winter sets in, many of the mammals hibernate, and many of the birds migrate south.
  • Although the long days of summer permit plants to grow luxuriantly, net productivity is low.
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Scrub Forest (or chaparral)
• Grassland
• Desert
• Tropical Rain Forest
• Temperate Rain Forest

Climate & Geography

• Danu - Moderate, ideal for farming
• Shimmering Flats - Ice plane
• Therassil Mountains - Snow/Wintery climate
• silvania - Swampland, muggy

Society & Culture

Calendar

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Maybe look at re-naming months using the germanic pagan names as a base

• Æfera Geola (After Yule) | January
• Solomonath | Feb
• Hredmonath | Mar
• Eostremonath | Apr
• Thrimilce | May
• Ærralioa | Jun
• Æfteralioa | Jul
• Weodmonath | Aug
• Haglimonath | Sept
• Winterfylleth | Oct
• Blotmonath | Nov
• Ærra Geola | Dec

• Key Dates and Festivals

Diet

Dining Customs

• Hearty breakfasts
• When invited to another persons house, turn up with fresh food

Education

• Profession Training
• Magical Education

Religion & Philosophy

• Council of Seven
• Templars of the Ivory Labyrinth

Magic & Science

Medicine

• Natural/Herbal remedies
• Larger towns/cities have clerics
• Smaller towns/villages rely on travelling healers or herbal remedies

Science & Technology

• Planar Travel/Theory
• Power Theory - Focus Lenses

Transportation & Communication

Ports

• Oghma
• Feldrassion Keep
• Deganwy
• Windminster
• Duren

Teleportation Circles

• Danu
• Wynholm
• Fjorgynn