Maidensbridge
From Praemal
The smallest community in Midwood, only a small fringe of trees separate Maidensbridge from the lower slopes of Green Mountain to the west. The hamlet is named for the bridge that straddles the Moss River as it heads south, then southeast and downstream towards the larger community of Foxton on Moss. Although it is close by fast-moving water, by land, the hamlet is distant from both Foxton on Moss and Middleborough beyond it: It is more than five miles on the Baron's Road through the dark Tulgey Wood before travelers reach the safety of Foxton on Moss.
The road is nothing but dirt long before it reaches the hamlet, and Maidensbridge itself is simply a slightly muddy clearing on either side of a bridge, with a small number of buildings facing in toward the common area. Barefoot children, dogs, cats, chickens and ducks tend to be the only people in the middle of the hamlet during daylight hours; everyone else is working, many of them off in the orchards.
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Residents
In the centuries since Maidensbridge became a community, those living there have become known as Bridgers, and Bridger is a common surname for the inhabitants.
Approximately 200 people live in and around Maidensbridge, nearly all of them human, with a handful of dwarves and a smaller handful of gnomes.
Most residents of Maidensbridge are apple farmers. Due to their proximity to Green Mountain, the residents of Maidensbridge have had to defend themselves more than any of the other communities have and has given birth to more adventurers. Even in distant Freeport or Ptolus, it is not strange to encounter an adventurer born and raised in the tiny hamlet of Maidensbridge, half a continent away. There's even a song about the hamlet.
Maidensbridge and the Green Mountain Kobolds
Once every autumn, the Green Mountain Kobolds descend under the cover of darkness and pluck apples from Maidensbridge Orchard and then pelt the houses with them. The event is known as Apple Night, and while it is frustrating for the farmers, who lose a portion of their crop every year to this vandalism, so far it has been a harmless annual ritual.
Noteworthy figures in Maidensbrige
Russell Bailey, Bailiff of Maidensbridge
Fibber Bridger, ne'er-do-well
Ward Bridger, Constable of Maidensbridge
Mother Bridger, midwife/healer
Ella, tavern wench
Milos and Jana Fordham, innkeepers
Lars Kramer, general store owner
Therurt Glangirn, blacksmith
Heda Littlelark, Minstrel
Lucy Middleborough, skeptic
Map
- The Cat & The Fiddle
- Kramer's General Store
- Maidensbridge Chapel
- Maidensbridge Smithy
- Maiden House, Russell Bailey's home
- Green Mountain Cemetary
- Ward Bridger's house
- Maidensbridge Mill
- The Maiden's Bridge
- The New Bridge
- Bridger's Skins & Hides
- Kem House
Credits
Maidensbridge is based on the map of Wodfeld, as shown in the Hamlet of Wodfeld from 0one's Blueprints.
