Difference between revisions of "Vinland:Sigurðshaugr"
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| − | Sigurðrhaugi is a riverside town, about 30 miles south of Mount Trinity, supported by multiple farmsteads in the immediate area. There is a small watermill[pretty new] . The blacksmith handles everything from farrier's work to repairing spears and replacing axe heads. | + | ==Overveiw== |
| + | Sigurðrhaugi is a riverside town, about 30 miles south of Mount Trinity, supported by multiple farmsteads in the immediate area. There is a small watermill[pretty new] . The blacksmith handles everything from farrier's work to repairing spears and replacing axe heads. Relations with local Skraelings are generlly peaceable, and ther has been some limited intermarriage. | ||
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| + | ==Government== | ||
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| + | The Jarl who Founded the settlment still theoretically rules over it, although this largely means serving as a mediator in disputes. This function is shared with a Norse Law-speaker(and his apprentice), and the priest at the town's Christian church is often called upon to mediate in disputes involving the area's Christians. | ||
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| + | ==Population== | ||
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| + | There are about 300 people in the town, most of them Norse, with a signifcant minority of Saxons from the Mount Trinity settlement. Mostly they are freeholders and artisans, but a few wealthy settlers have brought Irish and Saxon thralls with them, and a few skraelings taken in raids elsewhere. | ||
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| + | ==Religion== | ||
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| + | The Jarl still mostly cleaves to Pagan ways, and there is a small temple next to his hall, but some of the other Norse townsfolk are Christian, sharing a church and priest with the Saxon population and a few Christian Skraelings from the surrounding area. | ||
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| + | ==Economy== | ||
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| + | Sigurðrhaugi serves primarily as an interface between the surrounding farms and the outside world, bringing worked metals down the river, where they are traded for furs and agricultural products. Barley and wheat are the primary local grains, although some farmers are experimenting with maize. Flax and hemp ae grown for textiles, and colorful cotton cloth is imported from the south, although at exorbitant prices. Several local farmers have taken to the growing of tobacco, and a bundle of cured tobacco can serve as currency up and down the Father of Rivers. The cattle in the area tend to be larger and hairier than those of Iceland or Scandinavia, as local bison have bred into their bloodlines. The area is known for the particular quality of is woolen cloth, and farmers take great pride in their sheep. | ||
Revision as of 21:49, 18 December 2006
Sigurðrhaugi
Overveiw
Sigurðrhaugi is a riverside town, about 30 miles south of Mount Trinity, supported by multiple farmsteads in the immediate area. There is a small watermill[pretty new] . The blacksmith handles everything from farrier's work to repairing spears and replacing axe heads. Relations with local Skraelings are generlly peaceable, and ther has been some limited intermarriage.
Government
The Jarl who Founded the settlment still theoretically rules over it, although this largely means serving as a mediator in disputes. This function is shared with a Norse Law-speaker(and his apprentice), and the priest at the town's Christian church is often called upon to mediate in disputes involving the area's Christians.
Population
There are about 300 people in the town, most of them Norse, with a signifcant minority of Saxons from the Mount Trinity settlement. Mostly they are freeholders and artisans, but a few wealthy settlers have brought Irish and Saxon thralls with them, and a few skraelings taken in raids elsewhere.
Religion
The Jarl still mostly cleaves to Pagan ways, and there is a small temple next to his hall, but some of the other Norse townsfolk are Christian, sharing a church and priest with the Saxon population and a few Christian Skraelings from the surrounding area.
Economy
Sigurðrhaugi serves primarily as an interface between the surrounding farms and the outside world, bringing worked metals down the river, where they are traded for furs and agricultural products. Barley and wheat are the primary local grains, although some farmers are experimenting with maize. Flax and hemp ae grown for textiles, and colorful cotton cloth is imported from the south, although at exorbitant prices. Several local farmers have taken to the growing of tobacco, and a bundle of cured tobacco can serve as currency up and down the Father of Rivers. The cattle in the area tend to be larger and hairier than those of Iceland or Scandinavia, as local bison have bred into their bloodlines. The area is known for the particular quality of is woolen cloth, and farmers take great pride in their sheep.
