Greymill
Greymill
Religion
Traditions
+10% Fort Defence
+10% Shock Damage
Around the Widderoy’s BendThe rush of the Widderoy as it loops southeast has made Greymill’s stretch of the river ideal for water-powered mills. Sawmills and gristmills line the banks as far as the eye can see, their waterwheels converting Elkmarch timber and local grain into neatly-cut lumber and fine flours with every turn. When industrialisation took hold, Dragonhills wool was shipped here to be spun and woven at the new textile mills that sprung up alongside the older buildings.
+10% Production Efficiency
The Many MillburningsGawed and Lorent are not blind to Greymill’s productivity and have sacked the lands countless times to deprive their rival of its mills’ goods. Yet the resilient Greymillers have turned this into a boon—their millwrights and architects have had plenty of practice rebuilding after each and every burning, making the local construction workers some of the most efficient in all of the Small Country. For example, their mills are often built with stone utilising the foundations of the mill that stood before. What new brick and stone is laid atop is dyed with the colour of the last conqueror who burnt it down; the more bands of colour one sees, the more enduring the older constructions were.
-15% Construction Time
The Wheel UnbreakingLike a rush of water, Greymill’s halflings have seen overlords and invaders come and go: the gnomes, the Small Kings, the Lorentish, the Castanorians, the Viswallers, and now the Gawedi. Each change in power swept through Greymill with blood and smoke, forcing the young to quickly harden into soldiers or die trying. The locals understand this is but a cycle and that, like a wheel, history will round-about once more—though they wish they didn’t have to be, Greymillers’ lads will be ready. Grim tales of war and battle are told not for glory’s sake but as lessons for dark times to come. For this reason, the few Bluefoot Halfling generals that exist originate almost exclusively from Greymiller families.
-1% Yearly Army Tradition Decay
Riverheart FamiliesGreymillers are known for their appreciation of water, with most settlements built near riverbanks and deriving their livelihood from the rivers. However, some halfling families, colloquially known as the Riverhearts, have taken it a step further and live their entire lives on the boats, making their living as itinerant merchants, information brokers and entertainers along the Widderoy. At more turbulent times they've served as smugglers and even river-pirates—one Barbara Courseheir was infamous for repeatedly running a Lorentish river blockade during the 4th Tall War, weaving her sloop through the larger human vessels and causing the clunkier vessels to crash into one another as they chased after her.
+1 Land Leader Manoeuvre
+1 Naval Leader Manoeuvre
A Fine GrindBeyond just flours, the grinders of Greymill have a keen eye for the granularity of other materials. This includes gunpowder, of which the finest-sized grains are required for the smaller firearms favoured by halfling militia and the coarser grains for artillery. Both are ensured by quality control to be of a regular size and density for ideal combustion efficiency.
+0.15 Infantry Fire
Greymill RectorateGreymill’s status as the northern gate to the Small Country has often brought death directly to its people’s doorsteps, whether it be by war or nature. In trying to unravel the reasons for their woes, they found wisdom and order in the teachings of the Ravelians and readily adopted the new faith. Since then, Greymill’s rectorate has been the beating heart of the religion in the Small Country, their grey- and black-cloaked clergy wandering beyond the grim lands of the Bluefoots into the warmer south.
+0.5 Yearly Rectorate Influence
+1 Tolerance of the True Faith
Wystan LeafworthGreymill was the home of Wystan Leafworth, a history professor who was responsible for reconstructing the Old Halfling language and mythology. Lovers of fiction remember him for writing the Halfling literary epic The Reign of the Lost, which drew heavily from his interests. His devotion to the study of ancient Halfling history and language earned much prestige and awoke an interest in these fields, even paving the way to the language's revitalisation in the 20th century.
-10% Idea Cost
Ambition
-10% Development Cost
History
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Strategy
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