Vila's Watch

Vila's Watch is a village in the Falassian Empire, located in the heart of the Watchwood. It is a frontier town with easy access to lumber, surrounded by a high wall.

Description
Vila's Watch is a small village in the middle of the Watchwood. Because of its location, lumber, particularly dark oak lumber, is the primary export of the village. Vila's Watch is also commonly stopped in by merchants making their way between Quadroad and Falas. There have been a variety of shops in the village, such as Bertram Rhastur's butcher shop, Pay Kiyaekki's bakery, and Castle's Anything Store. However, Castle's Anything Store and (presumably) Rhastur's butcher shop have closed. Vila's Watch is also surrounded by a large wall, purportedly built to protect the residents from wolves and other such threats. There is a minimal clergy presence in Vila's Watch, with no temples present in the village. However, there are shrines dedicated to each of the Ten available for spiritual needs. Vila's Watch is governed by an elected mayor. For many years, Irwin occupied this position, possibly maintaining his office through corrupt means. After Irwin was exposed as a murderer and extortionist, he was removed from office and Grinlief Dartson was chosen as his replacement.

Town Square
Vila's Watch has a central town square, used as a gathering place. The village's shrines to the Ten are located nearby. The shrines are dedicated to each of the Ten, with the shrine of the Nameless God left empty out of respect to them. The town square also hosted the special silver-barred cage that housed Irwin between his arrest and trial, where he was harrassed and pelted with rotten fruit by the villagers he once governed.

Dark Oak Tavern
The Dark Oak Tavern, owned by Natasha and Vladimir Vizini, is the primary inn and drinking spot in Vila's Watch. It is constructed from a dark wood known as dark oak and specializes in dark oak tea, made from the same tree. The inn also sells firewhiskey and various foods.

Mayor’s Manor
Mayor Irwin's former residence is one of the largest buildings in the village, and the only building with two stories. The inside is finely furnished, in keeping with Irwin's tastes. However, it is unknown if it was simply Irwin's house or, with the former mayor's arrest and presumed execution, it has become the residence of the new mayor. A collection of cages, the closest thing to a jail in town, was situated near the manor.

History
Around 580, Vila's Watch was beset by attacks from wolves from the Watchwood. In hindsight, it is possible that these were, in fact, werewolf attacks. To deal with the threat, a large wall was built around the village. The project was funded by Mayor Irwin and Bertram Rhastur, and the lumber was gathered by Grado Faust. Roughly twenty years later, Bertram Rhastur was brutally murdered and the village was locked down until the murderer was apprehended. Mayor Irwin, a werewolf who had killed his long-time business partner over several deals where he felt he had been shafted, attempted to frame Drakov by cursing him with lycanthropy hired Grinlief Dartson, a former student of St. Vashreen's Law Academy attempting to make a living as a detective who had recently moved to town, to solve the crime. However, a group of adventurers arrived in the village, having offered to help solve the crime in exchange for being allowed to stop for supplies. These adventurers proved more competent investigators than Grinlief and followed the evidence to Drakov and, eventually, the true culprit. Irwin was fought to unconsciousness by the Champions Valoris and arrested for his crimes. While the specifics of his trial and punishment are unknown to the Champions Valoris, he was likely executed and Grinlief was elected as the new mayor. John Castle, now aware of the presence of werewolves in Vila's Watch, closed his store and fled, but no other major developments are known to have happened in the village since the Champions Valoris' departure.

Known Residents

 * Bertram Rhastur (deceased)
 * Drakov
 * Grado Faust
 * Grinlief Dartson
 * Irwin (presumed deceased)
 * John Castle (formerly)
 * Letho Rhastur
 * Lily
 * Meredith (deceased)
 * Natasha Vizini
 * Niko
 * Pat Kiyaekki
 * Shadow (formerly)
 * Vladimir Vizini