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The people, places and peoples of Bitterroot, straight from the world records. Entries grow as the books reach them.

Characters

Brynn MeadowstrideKael’s mate and a skilled animal keeper in her own right. She manages breeding, feed, difficult animals and basic animal treatment, and keep
Daren ThornhideBrackenjaw leatherworker and saddler. Quiet, precise and patient. His mate Sela vanished near Whispering Woods six years ago. Daren says he
Edda MossvaleBrackenjaw healer, herbalist and field medic. Blunt, observant and difficult to shock. An old hind-leg injury prevents normal militia fighti
Elka TrailscarRovan’s mate and an experienced hunter and trapper. She is more willing than Rovan to discuss ordinary wilderness dangers but does not betra
Fera StonepawVarek’s eleven-year-old niece and ward. Cautious, observant and strongly protective of her younger brother Tobin. The disappearance of their
Garrik HearthmaneBrackenjaw cook, brewer and messkeeper. Usually jovial, but an experienced former militia fighter emerges quickly when the enclave is threat
Hale ThornhideDaren’s fourteen-year-old son. Capable, brooding and old enough to understand that his mother never came home. Hale resents Daren’s refusal
Harl TimberfallBrackenjaw carpenter and wheelwright. Strong, methodical and direct. He builds carts, gates, bridges, roofs and defensive timberwork and is
Jori AshforgeTorren’s twelve-year-old son. Curious, practical and mischievous, he already knows basic forge chores and simple hammer work. He is close en
Kael MeadowstrideBrackenjaw stablekeeper and animal handler. Calm around frightened animals and quicker on horseback than on his feet. In militia service he
MerrinA sixteen-year-old apprentice working under Garrik and Osa in Hearthmane Hall. Merrin belongs to another local family that has not yet been
Osa HearthmaneGarrik’s mate and co-keeper of Hearthmane Hall. She manages brewing, preserved foods, stores and the practical side of feeding a settlement
Pell TrailscarRovan and Elka’s six-year-old son. Pell follows older children whenever he can get away with it and collects feathers, stones and tracks tha
Pip Holt12-year-old upright feral werewolf and Ragna Holt's daughter. Pip is a scrappy, brave, stubborn, observant, eager, tomboyish would-be Bounda
Ragna Holt41-year-old upright feral werewolf, veteran Boundary Warden, and mother of Pip Holt.
Rovan TrailscarBrackenjaw hunter, tracker and scout. He supports Boundary Wardens with trail reports, spoor, game and field knowledge without formally join
Rusk MeadowstrideKael and Brynn’s eight-year-old son. Enthusiastic, fearless around animals and utterly convinced that Pip Holt is already a real Boundary Wa
SennA fifteen-year-old tracking apprentice taught by Rovan and Elka. Senn’s own family remains intentionally unauthored; the Trailscar household
Tavi HearthmaneGarrik and Osa’s fifteen-year-old child. Tavi has begun militia training and takes it seriously, sometimes clashing with Pip’s belief that b
Tess TrailscarRovan and Elka’s thirteen-year-old daughter. Outdoorsy, observant and already competent at reading ordinary animal sign. She gets along well
Tobin StonepawVarek’s five-year-old nephew and ward. Young enough that his memories of his parents are fragmentary, he follows Fera closely and treats the
Torren AshforgeBrackenjaw blacksmith and farrier. Loud, practical, stubborn and more sentimental than he admits. He maintains ordinary tools and settlement
Varek StonepawBrackenjaw quartermaster and storekeeper. Methodical, strict about inventories and quietly generous when the settlement is genuinely in need

Places

Ashforge HouseA soot-dark timber and stone home set close to the forge. Its deep eaves, thick shutters, stone hearth and fenced rear yard are built to tol
Ashforge SmithyBrackenjaw’s working forge and farrier shed, built around a stone chimney, broad anvil floor, quenching trough and covered shoeing bay. Torr
BitterrootThe greater land and living reality known as Bitterroot, containing the Howling Hills and the established regions nested within them.
Bitterroot BluffsRugged bluff country within the Howling Hills, with difficult approaches and exposed terrain.
Bitterroot OrphanageAn established orphanage within the Howling Hills. It is a home and institution for young residents without a stable family home, with its d
Bitterroot PeakHigh mountain country rising above the surrounding lands. Weather, elevation, and isolation shape travel here.
Brackenjaw Eastern BoundaryThe eastern boundary of Brackenjaw territory, watched and patrolled by Boundary Wardens including Ragna Holt.
Brackenjaw EnclaveA pre-industrial settlement in Splitpine Reach. Ragna Holt and Pip Holt live here among the Brackenjaw community.
Brackenjaw Ranger StationThe ranger station used by Brackenjaw Boundary Wardens. Ragna works from here, and Pip has grown up around patrol maps, gear, chores, and ra
Hearthmane HallBrackenjaw’s communal kitchen, brewhouse and mess hall rather than a luxury tavern. Garrik and Osa feed Wardens, militia, workers and travel
Hearthmane HouseA noisy family home behind the communal hall, smelling of smoke, bread and malt. Its kitchen table is scarred by years of meals, militia mee
Hidden Haven CaveA concealed cave within Whispering Woods. Its exact history and uses remain open for authored canon.
HollowmereA major settlement in the Howling Hills on the western side of Whispering Woods. Hollowmere serves as an important local center for trade, l
Howling HillsA broad and dangerous major region marked by rugged country, old flood scars, isolated communities, forests, bluffs, and high ground.
Meadowstride HouseA long, low home beside the animal yards, with mud-friendly floors, a broad wash porch and a kitchen door that seems permanently open to inj
Meadowstride StablesA timber stable complex with stalls, feed loft, tack room, covered cart bay and small treatment pen. Kael and Brynn keep mounts, pack animal
Moonflower MeadowA meadow within Whispering Woods associated with the moonflowers that give it its name.
Mossvale HouseA low, warm house with a ramped threshold for Edda’s injured leg, shelves of labeled jars and a sheltered herb garden behind woven fencing.
Mossvale InfirmaryBrackenjaw’s small treatment room and field clinic, with two cots, a heavy worktable, boiled bandages, splints, drying herbs and lockable me
Red Light DistrictHollowmere's entertainment district, serving travelers and locals through taverns, bathhouses, music and dance halls, gambling rooms, inns,
Shadow CreekA creek running through Whispering Woods and forming a natural landmark and route through the forest.
Splitpine ReachCold upland country within the Howling Hills. Brackenjaw Enclave lies here, and Boundary Wardens patrol its trails and marked borders.
Stonepaw HouseA broad family house made crowded by Varek, two children and an elderly dependent. Storage chests line the walls, every shelf is labeled, an
Stonepaw StoresA reinforced storehouse and trading counter where preserved food, rope, lamp oil, blankets, tools and emergency militia supplies are invento
The Slave MarketA permanent slave-trading market in the Howling Hills, operating under local authority where the trade is permitted or tolerated. It has no
Thornhide CottageA narrow cedar-plank cottage kept unusually orderly, with a small drying porch and an old second chair that Daren has never removed. The hou
Thornhide SaddleryA warm, pungent leather shop with cutting tables, stitching frames, waxed thread, hide racks and forms for boots, packs, harness, quivers an
Timberfall HouseA sturdy but plainly furnished house built by Harl himself, recognizable by oversized roof beams, a wide front step and repair marks that ne
Timberfall Timber YardAn open carpenter’s yard of saw trestles, seasoning racks, wheel forms and covered lumber. Harl builds and repairs carts, gates, palisade se
Trailscar HouseA weathered house at the edge of the enclave with racks for wet cloaks, a map wall, animal tracks pressed into clay tiles and a porch positi
Trailscar LodgeA hunter and scout workshop with skinning tables, drying racks, trapping gear, trail maps, spare snowshoes and a small smokehouse. Rovan and
Warning StonesMarked boundary stones used to warn travelers before they cross deeper into Brackenjaw territory.
Whispering WoodsAn expansive ancient forest threaded by Shadow Creek. To many healthy travellers it can appear to be difficult but ordinary wilderness. To p

Families

AshforgeTorren Ashforge’s household. Torren is Brackenjaw’s blacksmith and farrier and raises his son Jori after separating from Mira, who now lives
HearthmaneGarrik and Osa Hearthmane’s household with their teenager Tavi. Their communal hall is one of Brackenjaw’s social centers and also supports
HoltThe Holt family of Brackenjaw Enclave. Ragna Holt is Pip Holt's mother. They are their own Bitterroot family and are not Whiteclaws.
MeadowstrideKael and Brynn Meadowstride’s stable household with their son Rusk. They are one of Brackenjaw’s steadier families and keep the enclave’s wo
MossvaleEdda Mossvale’s household. Edda is unmated and has no children, but much of Brackenjaw has passed through her care at one time or another.
StonepawVarek Stonepaw’s household. Varek is unmated and raises his sister’s children, Fera and Tobin, after their parents vanished on a route that
ThornhideDaren Thornhide and his son Hale. Daren is treated locally as a widower after his mate Sela vanished near the outer approaches of Whispering
TimberfallHarl Timberfall’s one-person household. His former mate Fenna left Brackenjaw after years of conflict over his repeated willingness to take
TrailscarRovan and Elka Trailscar’s hunting household with Tess and Pell. Rovan works closely with the Boundary Wardens without being one himself and

Factions

Boundary WardensBrackenjaw rangers responsible for patrol work, boundary defense, trail security, threat assessment, and keeping Splitpine Reach defensible.
Brackenjaw MilitiaThe civilian defense body of Brackenjaw Enclave. Members are residents first: smiths, carpenters, hunters, animal handlers, cooks, healers a

Societies

Bitterroot Bluffs BandsA starter grouping for small communities and travelling bands associated with Bitterroot Bluffs.
Bitterroot Orphanage HouseholdThe caretakers and residents associated with Bitterroot Orphanage, represented as a household rather than a blood family.
Bitterroot Peak ClansA starter grouping for inhabitants associated with Bitterroot Peak and its high country.
Brackenjaw EnclaveA civilian frontier community in Splitpine Reach organized around ordinary households, practical trades, local defense and the professional
Howling Hills PeoplesA broad World Forge grouping for the independent peoples of the Howling Hills. It does not imply a single centralized state and can be split
Whispering Woods ClansA starter grouping for families and clans living in or regularly using Whispering Woods. It exists so the region has inhabitants without inv

Peoples

AvianfolkAnthropomorphic bird peoples of Bitterroot. Avian traditions often emphasize voice, height, distance, layered calls, aerial symbolism, and m
BadgerfolkAnthropomorphic badger peoples of Bitterroot. Badger communities often grow around dense local networks, practical crafts, digging or stonew
BearfolkAnthropomorphic bear peoples of Bitterroot. Bear communities commonly favor physically grounded craft, communal labor, heavy celebration, de
Bitterroot beastfolkThe intelligent speaking peoples of Bitterroot. Body form varies widely between peoples and individuals, from strongly anthropomorphic to fe
BoarfolkAnthropomorphic boar peoples of Bitterroot. Boarfolk traditions often prize blunt expression, physical celebration, endurance, territorial p
CervidfolkAnthropomorphic deer, elk, and related cervid peoples of Bitterroot. Their cultures often develop ceremonial, melodic, seasonal, and landsca
FelinefolkAnthropomorphic feline peoples of Bitterroot. Feline communities often develop precise, expressive performance traditions with strong attent
FoxfolkAnthropomorphic fox peoples of Bitterroot. Fox communities are often associated with quick social reading, expressive performance, negotiati
HarefolkAnthropomorphic rabbits and hares of Bitterroot. Harefolk communities are frequently known for quick communal dances, rapid instrumental tra
OtterfolkAnthropomorphic otter peoples of Bitterroot. Otter communities are frequently river- or coast-oriented and favor social, rhythmic, playful m
ReptilefolkAnthropomorphic reptilian peoples of Bitterroot. Reptilefolk cultures vary widely, but many regional traditions favor hypnotic repetition, p
WerewolfIntelligent speaking werewolves of Bitterroot. Ragna Holt and Pip Holt are upright feral werewolves.

Events

When the Howling Hills DrownedA catastrophic flood changed the Howling Hills, drowning valleys, altering routes, and leaving scars that continue to shape travel, settleme