Rivermoot

[Rick7475]

Rivermoot is a small fishing village with a population of right around 100 souls that live in and around its environs.

The enigmatic popularity of Rivermoot as a thoroughfare for travelers despite the village's size is partially attributed to one adventurer-turned-entrepeneur: Rappi Pedrik, a wily gnome trader whose indiscriminate trading policies makes for a profitable business, carrying a variety of enticing stock in weapons, armor, and magic. Sil Nefzen, another such adventurer, similarly retired from more glorious days to settle down as the owner of the larger of Rivermoot's two inns, the Riverwalk. Between the small-town atmosphere of the Riverwalk and the lure of a rare bargain at Rappi's, the tiny fishing village has made itself a common stopover for many who do business in the Marches.

Rivermoot's defenses are comprised of a small gathering of rangers, who use the grove of Mielikki right near the village as their haven and place of meeting. There's only about fifteen or so who are reliably and constantly around at any given time, and they keep the peace of the fishing village well enough, but when trouble really stirs, it's known that they can treble their numbers inside a tenday, and can call in assistance from all manner of directions when the need arises, as sometimes it has in the decades gone by.

Dave Annalori is the 'captain' of the Rivermoot ranger force, and it's known that Dave was born and raised in Rivermoot. Anyone who spends much time in the village is sure to find that he is very diligent in knowing who everyone is, where everyone's from and just what the hell they're doing in his town. He's a somewhat sullen man, not often given to small-talk, but it's well-known by the locals that Dave is expressly displeased by adventuring folk just coming and going like they own the place. Most of the time, he simply keeps to himself and does what he clearly takes to be his most solemn duty of peacekeeping in the village he loves as fiercely as life itself.