Emmitsburg
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| Location | 25 Miles east of Brastor Township in Brastor. |
| Government | Dicatorship |
| Population | 150 |
| Languages –Common | 100% |
| Taxes – Property Tax: | 5% per annum |
Emmitsburg is a small village in the Brastor Holdings. It lies east of Brastor Castle and south of the Greenwood. The village was completely ruined during the Dark Circle invasion of 803 WK. In late Spring 805WK the existing temporary wall was knocked down and a much larger dike was constructed. The small stone trading post that was the centre of original hamlet is now to the western edge of the village.
A late summer 808WK raid by a band of orcs left the Burnt Heretic rather singed and very short on beer. The duchal watch keep to the east of the town had recently been completely but was not occupied at the time, the rangers being all out on patrol at the time. While no one was badly injured it was decided that a more permanent town wall was necessary.
While La Croix Enterprises does have its own security operation most local security is done by the baronial rangers, who have a station to the south east of Emmitsburg.
Places
The village has three gates, officially known as the Greenwood Gate, The Lewiston Gate and the Castle Gate, but more commonly referred to as the north, south, and west gates respectively. A road leads from each gate into the market square, with is currently rather barren. Both the roads and the square are edged with stone but are otherwise unpaved.
Crashing Considered Harmful
This is a large field with some randomly scattered haystacks about used by the Fly By Night Network.
Rangers Station
The station is currently a small wooden two room house but a stone tower, including well and cellar, is currently being constructed, jointly financed by Brastor, Emmitsburg and La Croix Enterprises. At the end summer 808WK the basement and ground floor had been completed but not fitted out. Once complete the tower will have stables for up to five horses, a first floor dining area, second floor dormentories and a flat roof with small watchtower on the northeastern corner.
The Town Walls
The town walls are currently being rebuilt to take into account the damage from earlier summer raids and the placement of property around the town. Due to the illegularity of the planning approval of the cathedral and the lack of tax revenue from it the authorities inadvertantly left it outside the new walls.
The Monument
At the center of town, where the three gate roads meet, is a 60' stone column. This is the Monument to the Reclaimation, and commemorates those that died during the eastern offensives against the forces of the Dark Circle following the Battle of Braegon's Gap.
The Market Square
The Market Square lies to the east of the road intersection in the center of the town. Currently it is a large open area, edged in stone, with young plain trees at regularly spaced intervals growing though the spring grass.
S-Mart
Shop Smart, Shop Sabastian-mart
Purveyor of All Things Good, a prominent merchant house.
Emmitsburg Green
This large open area of sown grass to the north west of the Monument. It is currently used as grazing area for horses by those staying at the Burning Heretic.
The Burning Heretic
The only inn in Emmitsburg currently consists of a large multilevel cellar with a single story at ground level and lies on the south western side of the Monument. The inn has a number of rooms of varying constuction. The original room, situated at the back of the inn, is the brew house. Next to that is the old common room, now the kitchen. A much larger common room now makes up the front half of the site and is built from stone with a slate finish.
The beer is of reasonable quality and the inn is noted for its Hobgoblin Dark Ale. Its other staple is the moonshine, Old Swampy #8. Rather unforunately the inn has yet to attract a chef and so the food served is pretty poor faire. A number of fliers are posted around the inn inviting anybody with decent cooking skills to apply for the job as head chef but currently to no avail.
L'Arcology
Situated next to The Burning Heretic is a collection of solid stone buildings which make up the La Croix Enterprises headquarters. There is a glass blowing workshop, a mechanician workshop and an alchemist workshop, along with a number of storerooms. The chief operations officer is a somewhat sinister human known as Mr. Eddie, who seems to live out of the nominal boardroom.
Sebastian Shoots The Breeze
This rather obscurely named building is the local windmill. Designed by noted mechinician Sebastian Silverfoot, the mill towers over other buildings and can be seen for several miles around. Its patented self adjusting contra-rotating turbines are the envy of the region.
Trade
Market Day
There is an open market three days a week on the market square. This is mostly a farmers market as there is little independant manufacturing. About once a month a market fair is held, and this attacts traders from as far as Seagate. All traders are required to pay a stall holders fee and at 15% excise on all goods sold.
Enterprise Traders
At the western gate there is a stone trading post, run by La Croix Enterprises, which sells mostly alcohol, pharma, narcotics and glassware.
Crucial Traders
Run by the Holtzman family, this is a new stone building near the south gate, and sells a large assorted of general goods and textiles. Anna Holtzman is a skilled seamstress while her husband Karl is a well respected leatherworker. They carry most basic textiles, including wool and canvas. Because of their procimity to L'Arcology they have access to a wide range of dyes and are known for their vibrant shirts and cloaks.
Our Daily Bread
After a successful grain Autumn harvest in 807WK a reasonable surplus of cerials has allowed a full time bakery to open. While most farms bake their own bread the growing number of artisans has created a market for baked goods. The bakery is known for its fine line of pies, both savoury and sweet.
Religion
The Western Church isn't particularly welcome but is tolerated. Any affiliates of the Powers of Darkness (or similar ilk) are actively repressed (i.e. they will be subject to execution then burning).
The Emmitsburg Cathedral is under construction, and as it would be wasteful to have multiple churches in such a small town, there is no other church.
Magic
Most magic is welcome except anything to do with undeath. Necromancers are tolerated but any taint of undead will have them driven out of town. Any undead are destroyed without mercy and anybody caught animated or controlling undead will be executed.
Governance
Emmitsburg is currently outside of Barony of Brastor but isn't really in a position to argue with any annexation so its only a matter of time before it becomes a baronial fiefdom.
Currently it is a dicatorship headed by Ishamael but run by Mr. Eddie. However since everybody is associated with La Croix Enterprises there isn't any legal system or enforcement.
Crime and Punishment
While there is very little crime what disputes do occur as normally dealt with by the local magistrate Judge Jules, a semi retired court official from Bowcourt. He and his assistant also deal with local taxation issues and the keeping of the records. As there currently is no town hall is has the run of the common room in the Burning Heretic between breakfast and dinner.
Mundane Crime
Most mundate crimes are dealt with by the paying of a fine and compensation. The inability to pay will result in the imposition of hard labour until the court has felt that sufficient work has been done to meet the amount owed.
Magical Crimes
Any attacks by magic within the town are considered a major felony and are punishable by hard labour. The use of scying within the town is also considered illegal. Any necromancy or diabolic magic is punishable by death.
