Category:The Thornwood

The Province of Thornwood has a rich mixture of lands that consists of a long calm coast, fertile river valley, rolling hills in the foothills of the Fire Mountains and a mixture of hardwood and softwood forests sprinkled throughout the Province.

The people living in Thornwood have thrived due to this diverse topography, allowing them over the years to develop a strong self-sufficient agrarian economy and a large population.After the unification of Olaran, the powerful families of Thornwood united to create one powerful family in order to prevent a power struggle in the Province that would leave the Province in a weak state. Today the Thornwood family has two Branches, the ruling Thornwood’s in Norn, and the Thornwood’s of So’l, thus the Thornwood family controls the fertile river valley fields, the coastline, and the two major cities in Thornwood. The only other major families in Thornwood are Earl Anthon Rawlings, and the Baroness Hildy Monroe. The Earldom consists of the hill country in the northeast of the Province. The Barony of Becklin owns the Becklin estate and is charged with defending the southern border.

• Thornwood’s of Norn, Ruler: Duke Thornwood, Seat of Power: Norn

Key crops: Barley, Wheat, Flax, Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries and Grapes

Key Production: Flour Mills for wheat and Barley (Provincial use, not exported)

Flaxseed oil- Domestic and Foreign export

Textiles: Weaver’s guild produces both Flax linen and

sheep wool textiles (domestic and foreign export)

Wine- (domestic and foreign export)

Norn has a seaport and large marketplace for local trade

• Thornwood’s of So’l, Ruler: Earl Thornwood, Seat of Power: So’l

Key crops: Apples, Pears, Plums, cherries and honey

Key Production: Apiaries: Honey, Mead and Wax goods candles, sealing wax etc.   (domestic  and foreign export)

Lumber: Sawmill: exotic artisan hardwoods (domestic and foreign export)

Shipyard: Produces Merchant sea ships, Thornwood is not reliant on Thriese for overseas trade

So’l has a seaport and large marketplace for local trade

• Earl Rawlings, Small estate in center of Earldom

Key Crops: Barley, wheat, alfalfa and grapes

Key livestock: Sheep

Key Production: Wine: largest wine producer in Kingdom (foreign and domestic export)

Brewery: Ale/beer from Barley and Wheat (foreign and domestic export)

Wool: wool sent to weaver’s guild in Norn

• Baroness Monroe, Barony of Becklin, Seat of Power: Becklin

• No large-scale production for use by others in Province or for export. Self sustaining economy and receives financial aid from Duke Thornwood to keep up the southern defenses.

Military Might and Provincial agreements

With a large population the Thornwood Province can easily muster an army of 15,000 soldiers. With forced conscription this number can be 20,000. Their ships are all merchant ships which can be converted for military use but are not nearly as effective as warships like the one’s of the Sea Lords.

With a strong agrarian economy, they can feed, supply and finance this large army for a long period of time.

They have an agreement with the Highlands that the Thornwood’s will not compete to sell grains and flour with the other Provinces (only growing enough grain and flour to feed Thornwood) and Thornwood would be the Highlands main overseas exporter for foreign trade.

The Ranger’s training camp is located in the woods East of So’l. They also have a Recon Company based in Becklin, responsible for patrolling and scouting along the Border.

The Kingsmen have a small contingent in So’l to help defend the southern border.