Rivergard

Rivergard Domain

• Terrain: Wetlands
• Features: River
  

The majority of the Wachstrom domain is river, with a fair-sized island, a marshy shore on the eastern side of the river proper, and a smattering of islands in between them. The folk of Rivergard are primarily fishermen.

Features

• Rivergard Keep: Small Castle. Though called a "keep," the island fortification in the middle of the Marchwater River qualifies as a small castle. The oldest part of the keep is Beacon Tower, a large tower of five stories, with an ever-burning fire beacon atop it.
• Rivers-heart Sept: Chapel. A fair-sized chapel to the Seven is part of Rivergard Keep. The Wachstroms have opened it up to the people of their domain, many of whom turn up in small boats on feast and processional days. People even come from the Graben domain on the other side of the river to attend services sometimes.
• The Marchwater Godswood: Godswood. In the tangled woods on the south face of the island is an ancient First Men Godswood, the only one of its kind in the Marchwater Vale. Though House Wachstrom keep to the Seven, they have never demanded the Godswood be destroyed, and have claimed that they never will.
• Marsh Fishermen: ishery + Processing. The small shires and estates of Rivergard are made up of fishing communities. Over the years the people here have developed not only a lifestyle based around fishing the river here, but also pickling it in a brine steeped with an herb called sweet riverruff. These barrels of fish are preferred storage or travel foodstuffs all through the Stormlands.

Estates

Rivergard

Population:	132
Households:	28
* Craftsmen:	8
* Villeins:	16
* Cottars:	4

• Manor: none
• Notable Persons
  • Delmon, innkeep
  • Aelton Cole, a master smith
• Yields
  • Produce: Barley (10%), Herbs (10%), Wheat (30%), Cashew and Almond Trees (30%), Root Crops (10%), Apricot Trees (10%)
  • Livestock: Oxen (20%), Cattle (10%), Fish (40%), Sheep (30%)
  • Craftsmen: Metalsmith (2), Hideworker, Timberwright (2), Innkeep, Charcoaler, Miller

The sole estate of Rivergard Isle, the small village has fewer fishermen than Saelwy, due to its decent farming lands. Although the ground is marshy at the edges, a crescent of hills provides higher ground that is quite rich for the fields of barley, wheat and other crops, including sweetruff. The rich soil is also fine for timber growing, and helps maintain the estate's cashew and almond trees, as well as the apricot trees.