Valinir

Valinir is a small village in the Silver Marshes where Aeryn Thaesil was born and raised. It had a fairly small population and little tourism, rarely hosting more than five dozen people, usually less. Its inhabitants were mostly humans, elves, and a few gnomes. Its economy was mostly agrarian. The town was centralized around its town hall and marketplace. Aeryn's parents had a decently sized house toward the edge of town that also served as Valinir's de facto library.

When Aeryn was thirteen, Uthgardt forces attacked Valinir. Though they didn't damage a single tree or plant, they ruthlessly cut down any townsfolk who didn't immediately submit and surrender, as well as some who did. Aeryn's father was killed on his doorstep, trying to hold them off. Aeryn last saw her mother fighting the barbarians right beside his corpse as they breached the library, buying Aeryn time to escape. Her mother is presumed dead as well.

After Aeryn spent some years of training with a nearby, secretive order of mostly Gnomish Gond-worshipers, the Uthgardt barbarians began to encroach on their territory as well. The Gnomes sought to repel the barbarians, and Aeryn convinced them to help her retake Valinir as well. Outnumbered, they staged a campaign of stealth and sabotage until they took the town back, but it was changed from before, with only a handful of familiar faces remaining. Aeryn took up residence in her childhood home for some time, but left in her early twenties. She has not been back to Valinir since.

Map

 * 1) Thaesil Home / Library
 * 2) Town Hall
 * 3) Market
 * 4) Longhouse
 * 5) Barn
 * 6) Old Mill
 * 7) Inn / Tavern
 * 8) House of Worship