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The village of Kingsford sits on the spot where the Council of Nine,
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leading the slaves to freedom, came out of the mountains and crossed the
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Wayward River. The spot was later settled as a village (only 20 or 30 years
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ago), because of the great amount of Salmon that come up-stream to spawn.
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The village is a loose confederation of 6 families, all working together to
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eek out a good life here, relatively safe from the dangerous frontier, and
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the prying eyes of the King.
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1. The MacGregor house. The MacGregors are fishermen and boatmen. They earn
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their keep by catching and selling salmon to the other families, as well as
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various oils, tinctures, etc made from other aquatic creatures and
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substances.Thomas is the oldest at 60, with his wife Alia; their son,
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Marcus and his wife Deborah run the business, with the help of their four
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sons; Joseph, Ryan, James and Thomas II (the eldest).
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2. The Owen place. The Owens are a pack of 3 brothers who settled here with
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their wives and children. Jeffrey and his wife Christine run a blacksmith
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shop, making various useful and decorative items. Though Jeffrey
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desperately wants children, Christine is (sadly) barren. Rouan and his wife
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Trista herd sheep and goats above the village, with their daughter Melissa.
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David and Rebbecca run a cobbler/tailor shop, making various fabric and
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leather items. Their son Randall just turned four.
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3.Throughgood Church. The home of Graham and his father Samuel Through good,
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along with Graham's two younger siblings Diana and Athena. His older
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brother Robert is in the army, serving over the mountains past
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Hillsburrough. Samuel is the town's resident priest and doctor, holding
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sermons on the front lawn of his home. His wife and the mother of the
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children, Gwendolyn, passed away some years ago of a consumption.
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4. The Morgan farm. The Morgans are a family of farmers.On their land they
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raise grain, beans, fruit, vegetables, etc. They also help Samuel
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Throughgood maintain his herb garden. Thadius, the father, is ailing and in
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his 70s. His wife Adria is not much better. Their daughter Brianna and her
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husband Shamas work the farm with their three children; Billy, Connor, and
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Pamela.
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5. Strongheart keep. The house of the Strongheart family is named such
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because it also serves as the jail - since the Stronghearts are the
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village's protectors. The father, Alan, is the oldest at 55. His three
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sons, Alex, Jordan, and Herbert work under his command as the town guard.
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His two daughters, Eileen and Elena, serve as jail guards mostly (and
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since there is hardly ever anything more than a drunkard in the jail, they
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have a pretty easy job).
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6. Magistrate's house and court. Sent here by King Braddock, Judge
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Rothschild sees his assignment as a punishment (and it is). He and his wife
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constantly petition the king for a reassignment to a new location,
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somewhere far away from this backwater berg. They are always turned down,
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however, since Judge Rothschild had an affair with the Royal Trading
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Company manager's mistress, and the manager of said company pushes the king
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as hard as possible to make the Judge suffer. So he, his wife Suzanna (who
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is such a blatant harlot and drunk that she is his wife only in name), with
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their 4 children Ralph, Jimbo (the slow one), Lisa and Nelson. They also
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own the village's only horse, "Horse". That's what they get for letting
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Jimbo name the horse.
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