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Goffin
Goffin
The fief is fairly quiet and rural with most of the king-
GOFFIN [J5] dom’s major trade going via the Kald River or the Heru
MANOR OF SIR EDRIC QUARNE Road on the Kald’s opposite bank. There are few folk who
journey through Goffin other than locals and tenants from
Location: Nelafayn Hundred, Meselyneshire,
Henewes. Traffic on the rutted road that runs through the
Kingdom of Kaldor
fief between Olokand and the Hundred Moot at Abriel
Holder: Sir Edric Quarne Abbey usually takes the shorter route thru Iversen. Clan
Liege: Sheriff of Meselyne, Maldan Harabor Quarne’s fief was once larger and included the village of
Population: Village 142 (28 households), Manor 14 Henewes until eight years ago.
Gross Acres: 1770
Land Quality: 1.17
CREDITS
Goffin is a medium-sized manorial fief in northwest WRITER
Kaldor held as a knight’s fee by Sir Edric Quarne from the Daniel Bell
crown through its representative the sheriff. It lies west of LAYOUT
the Kald River, a league due south of Olokand Castle and Daniel Bell
just over a league east by northeast of Abriel Abbey. It sits Kerry Mould
safely in the center of the shire. The village sits south of ARTISTS
the Iver Stream, a watercourse that drains the northeast Richard Luschek
portion of Nelafayn Hundred. The village is very old, and Matthias Janssen (Heraldry)
has been continuously settled since before 20 TR. The MAPS PROOF-READING
manor has excellent natural resources due to an ample Thomas Shook Joe Adams
amount of rich alluvial topsoil washed down in the past Jeremy Baker Neil Thompson
centuries by the Iver Stream and the Kald River.
The community consists of three large clans, five Hakon the Beadle [9] is a juror in the Bailiff of the
smaller clans, individual families, plus the guildsman and Hundred’s court at Abriel. Each hundred has six to twelve
the Priest of Peoni. Clans Gors, Paldur, and Torese make jurors who are required to attend the Hundred Moot each
up the largest and wealthiest clans and members typically month where they interpret the facts of a case and make
are villeins and half-villeins. These three control the of- certain freemen and tenants are properly recorded. Jurors
fices of Reeve, Herder and Woodward. Clans Charion, Fi- often are local knights or important yeomen, and are ex-
nar, Hurone, Kinew and Nart are lesser clans who are pected to give witness to any crimes. Most jurors bring
mainly half-villeins or cottars. their spouses and Hakon’s wife has nagged him into al-
For Sir Edric’s feudal obligation he owes service of lowing her to come to Abriel for the next moot.
one heavy horse (himself) and three light foot to the sheriff Hakon and Arin, Goffin Village’s yeoman, are charged
at Olokand for a period of 60 days. Sheriff Harabor prefers with organizing the feudal militia. They both train the vil-
that the feudal obligation be rendered as service every lage militia, although Sir Edric’s men-at-arms typically
year. Duties usually include helping to prepare for the lead the drills. The militia consists of all able-bodied men
Royal Chelebin Tournament or patrolling the shire’s over 14 years old. They practice with clubs and daggers
roads. Two medium foot can be substituted for the light for a few days a year in midsummer and are a pitiful fight-
foot and Sir Edric usually brings the Beadle [9] and Jaren, ing force.
one of his household men-at-arms. Arin [25], the village’s
light foot yeoman fills in at the manor house while Jaren is
away.
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Hanla of
COTTAR (Bulen of Clan Poldy)
Clan Ruyth
Muddle-headed Bulen and his aging mother Yethra,
a hunchback old woman, both share the same
squinty look and pronounced yellow tangle of teeth. Bulen
can often be seen in a straw hat and shapeless rough spun
tunic chasing after his six goats.
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Hakon of
YEOMAN (MF) BEADLE (Hakon of Clan Torien)
Clan Torien
Taciturn, self-sacrificing Hakon wearily undertakes
his job as Beadle despite his dislike of the tasks. Ha-
kon is responsible for maintaining order and ensures pun-
ishments (including fines) are carried out (or collected)
when Sir Edric administers feudal justice. The chubby
Beadle is a juror for Nelafayn Hundred and is duty bound
11 VILLEIN-WOODWARD (Jesel of Clan Paldur)
Jesel is the clanhead of the Paldur clan, one of
the major serf families in Goffin. With nine peo-
to give witness to the Bailiff of the Hundred’s court at ple, he has the largest family in the village, and his cottage
Abriel. Hakon has served as a juror since 712 when Sir is noisy and crowded. His unfree status is somewhat dis-
Edric grew disinclined. The Beadle and the other village puted as he sees himself as a free farmer due to the 25
yeoman [25] are tasked with training the militia, although acres of free land his cousin rents in Sangara. Jesel’s du-
Sir Edric’s men-at-arms typically lead the drills. Hakon’s ties include patrolling Goffin Wood as the manor’s
teenage son, Nelin, helps farm the family’s 30 acres, while Woodward. He spends a good deal of time searching the
Hakon’s thick-boned wife Ortilla, and three other children outskirts of the wood for herbs, which he sells to Vulen of
tend the three apple trees and croft. Nelin longs for ex- Chasel, the apothecary in Olokand. Just last week he dis-
citement and wants to become a mercenary by joining covered a patch of leortevald, a plant with a decaying
Olokand’s Anoth Rangers despite his father’s wishes. odour.
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in Nelafayn Hundred for at least five centuries.
VILLEIN (Melin of Clan Charion)
Dreamy Pellir is in charge of maintaining the fief’s hedge-
rows. In exchange for the next ten years of this duty, Sir Melin is a devout adherent of Peoni. During the
Edric has given him four old pewter plates with strange winter, or any other spare time, Melin likes to
symbols carved into them. Pellir secretly believes them to create straw figurines of the goddess Peoni or her semi-
be some sort of map. Their use is often shared among divine servants. These he gives to Ebsante Aradis [15] and
Pellir’s family of six. any who wants one. Melin supports his mother, a wife,
and four children ages 3 to 14. His wife is a sister of Jesel
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Ortin and his young wife Kayla have three pre-
HALF-VILLEIN (Loryn of Clan Gors)
cocious children. The adolescent couple is poor
and always in need of food, clothing or help. The couple’s Loryn is a happy go lucky farmer, but often stut-
children run wild, as both tend their 5 acres or are work- ters. Fortunately for him, his family consists of a
ing for another villager. Kayla is planning on asking Sir gaggle of women who rarely give him the opportunity to
Edric for more land and charity. She is likely to use her speak. He lives with his wife, a crying infant daughter and
body to get it. a gossipy mother, who is a sister to Orin [17].
4. Stables. Sir Edric’s charger and his six palfreys are 7. Undercroft/Cellar. The ground floor of this building
stabled here at night. Sacks of oats are kept in the south- was originally used as the lord’s room and great hall from
ern corner, and a pen is in the north part of the building. A 603 until the second floor was finished in 633. The barrel-
ladder near the doors leads up to the hayloft. vaulted cellar’s wooden floor that once was here has rot-
ted and it is now packed earth. This room is muddy during
5. Granaries. Nestled in the south corner of the court- the rainy season and items that might be damaged are
yard are two stone granaries. These rounded buildings are stored on an elevated wood platform in the east corner.
used to store some of the harvest from the lord’s demesne The cellar also doubles as a barn. Crates and casks of
lands. Stored seed for replanting and to be used to guard smoked or salted meat, wheels of cheese, wool bales, and
against crop failures is also kept here. The chamberlain sacks of grain, fruits and nuts are typically found here.
keeps a cat and often leaves it a cup of goat milk near
here in order to cut down on mice. 8. Kitchen. The manor’s kitchen has a large flat ceiling.
The kitchen is always crowded with the chaos of food
6. Garden. Orhan, the manor’s cook is charged with preparation, and the beds of the chamberlain, cook, his
tending the herb garden that lies in the east corner of the mother and the alewife. Supplies are stored in the cellar
courtyard. Parsley, fennel, chamomile, mint and mustard next door. The large fireplace is kept lit at all hours. This
are all grown here. A Sorkin Pine stands around twenty room has two barred windows, which allow some ventila-
feet tall inside the wall and partially shades the garden tion and light in the summer.
from sunlight.
Left to right: Sir Edric’s chamberlain, cook, baker, Lady Denerelle’s maid, the teamster and the ostler
Household
Sir Edric Quarne is not a wealthy and great magnate Sir Edric employs three domestics. Ketta of Uveth
of the realm. Still, as an enfeoffed knight of a fertile fief (shown) and Cara of Stalir (not shown) are chambermaids
close to a nearby and important market, he is wealthier and look after the noble ladies of the house. Both maids
than most, and is expected to support at least a modest are fast friends and are quick to inform the noble ladies of
household. The household currently consists of Sir Edric, any gossip. Beria of Jarat is a washerwoman tasked with
his wife Denerelle and her sister Keriela, who also hap- keeping all of the household’s clothing clean. She is mar-
pens to be the wife of his younger brother Arlin. Sir Arlin, ried to the manor’s teamster. Beria soaks, scrubs and
a newly made Erana of the Lady of Paladins has just re- beats clothes before laying them out on the wall walk to
cently joined the crusade against the Solori. dry. She often requires help, which Ketta and Cara try to
These three noble residents require eight servants to avoid doing.
live in comfort and two men-at-arms for protection. Lady Goffin lies close to the castle town of Olokand, and Sir
Denerelle supervises the chamberlain who oversees the Edric has found it beneficial to keep a full time teamster in
servants and soldiers and sees to many of the nuances of his household. The teamster, Toris of Jarat brings items to
the day-to-day running of the manor. The chamberlain, market and runs errands in Olokand. Toris once was cor-
Tevel of Uril often consults with the village Reeve, Arlorn nered by bandits who fled from the approach of Edric on
of Gors [14], and is passably competent at managing the horseback. The teamster can make several trips a day if
fief’s finances. Tevel once was a free farmer and is natu- needed. He is expected to do common labour when idle.
rally suspicious of others. The chamberlain knows Lakise Sir Edric enjoys training for the Royal Chelebin Tour-
script, Hârnic, and has picked up a faint smattering of Or- nament’s melee and joust. Despite his mediocrity in the
baalese. lists, his warhorse is probably his most prized possession.
The cook, Orhan of Hrap and his elderly mother, Erakin of Verl, the ostler, is tasked with the care for the
Lerde, who acts as a baker, operate the manor house’s charger and six riding palfreys. Sir Edric dislikes hunting
kitchen. Orhan’s wife died in childbirth six summers ago but vigorously defends his rights to Goffin Wood as a right
and he has never remarried. His cooking is sub par but Sir of the nobility.
Edric views his position in the household as charity. Lerde The two men-at-arms, Jarem of Valada and Halten of
has a hacking cough but is otherwise spry for her age. Etuna are frequently bored and prone to playing pranks
Ertha of Torien, the identical twin sister of Othena of on each other. Both live in the gatehouse and rotate the
Gors [19] in the village, lives in the manor house and is day and night shifts so that someone is always on duty.
tasked with brewing a fresh batch of ale everyday. With Jarem is the more experienced of the two, having once
the lord’s permission, she often passes out the weaker been in an inn brawl in Olokand. Both look tough but nei-
batches of paupers brew and small beer to the villagers. ther could match talented veteran fighters.
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Keric Aharyn f 5
625 – 668 695 –
= = Botic = 712 = Pamel 5
Borta 651 – 683 Sir Rald Ertanar 5 714 –
629 – 651 f 1 688 –
Mylera f
Myleria f Sir Arlin 715 – 716
628 – 689 694 –
Priestess of Larani Lady of Paladins Eleia f =718= Date of Marriage
= 720 = 716 – 717 = = Other Relationship
Keriela f 4 (714) Clanhead Succession Date
702 – Yarea f 5 f
Female
1
719 – Died in childbirth
Edan 5 2
Died in battle
3
703 – Other violent death
4
Resident at Goffin Manor
Kered 6 5
Resident at Cyre Manor
6
706 – Resident at Medarsin Manor
TOTAL 20,628