Noted Locales

Sherwood Forest
A royal forest in Nottinghamshire spanning about 100,000 acres. Secretly home to Our Covenant.

Nottingham
Built around Nottingham castle. Originally a wooden motte-and-bailey built in 1068, it was replaced during Henry II's reign into the imposing and strongly defensible structure it is today. Its strategically important location near the crossing of the river Trent and closeness to several royal forests made it noteworthy and led to its reputation as a place of leisure of nobles and royalty alike.

The settlement itself continues to grow though it has suffered tragedies in the past, including a great fire which destroyed much of the city in 1153. The main bridge across the river is the Heth Beth Bridge which was rebuilt in stone in 1156.

St. Peter's Church was one of the buildings destroyed in the great fire but reconstruction began in 1180 and is expected to be complete by 1220.

Newark
Built by the Romans on a major trading road from Lincoln to Cornwall, the village of Newark gained prominence after the Viking Age and was extensively invested in by various Angelo-Saxon kings such as Wulfhere of Mercia and Edward the Confessor.

In 1073, King Edward the Elder built upon the manor house present in Newark and transformed it into Newark Castle by increasing its defenses and adding a motte-and-bailey to the manors existing defenses, After this King Henry I started the construction of the towns Hospital which was then granted to the Knights Templar in the reign of Richard Cœur de Lion. The Templar's have since used Newark as their base of operations in England.

Newark will also in 1216 be the location that King John of England dies of dysentery whilst defending against an invasion by the french prince Louis and many of his rebellious Barons.

Tickhill
The small town of Tickhill is built around Tickhill castle which was built after the norman invasion. The town is considerably smaller than both Newark and Derby and its primary purpose is to defend the border of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.

The owner of the Castle is King Richard, however with the permission of the King and the Sheriff, Baron Richard of Blyde has been granted to hold the location. The Castle is a shell keep with thick walls and a large moat. A large open field is kept nearby which is used for fair, festivals and tournaments (although the tournaments wont start until 1194).

Sagehollow is also aware that the Verditus Magi; Pluto has a small interest in the town and has a business operation their with a mundane

Farnesfield
A village just outside Sherwood Forest, bordered by it on three sides. The Lord of Farnesfield went on Crusade some years ago, and shortly thereafter his eldest sons died, followed by his second wife (allegedly). Until the Lord's youngest son - Rowan - steps forward to claim his inheritance, the village is run by its Sheriff. Note: Members of Sagehollow later became aware that the Lord's wife, Marian, was alive in Gresham Abbey, and freed her so that she could get word to her son.

Lidby
A small but prosperous village with a converted mott and bailey castle which serves as the estate for the current forester-in-fee of the southwestern region of Sherwood and his personal retinue.

Lidby is the centre of the Lidby Leet in Sherwood. The Lord of the manor is Ser William Peverel, who has a reputation as an eccentric among the nobility and the local people as a keen horticulturalist, and far more interested in academia than politics or war.

Mamesfield
Much like Lidby, Mamesfield is a royal demesne; one of the centres of administration in Sherwood, and the site of a Leet Court. The Forester-In-Fee for the leet is Giles of Vennes, a peasant-born solider raised into the minor nobility and an old friend of Henry II and Richard.

Giles of Vennes is known to be openly against Robert Giscard, however the Sheriff is unable to replace him as Forester-In-Fee as Giles has made powerful friends in Baron Richard of Blyde and Ser Aymeric de Borel.

Giles lives in and operates the Royal Hunting Lodge located in Mamesfield, which is known to host many great and powerful guests who are allowed to hunt within the forest under the authority of the King. The King himself is know to frequent the lodge from time to time.

A little way down from Mamesfield is the Red Boar Inn; the proprietor for the Inn is the friendly and Bombastic Al Murray

Ernehale
Famed for its bee hives, honey and thus its production of high quality beeswax and honey mead.

Hockendale
A village of little to no note. The position of Lord of the village is vacant as of 1190.

Lenton
A village approximately a day's march from Nottingham. Home to a sizable jail used by the Sheriff of Nottingham. In 1190 there was a noted jailbreak.

Longlake
A village built upon the shore of the lake of the same name. A great hero now known only as "V" once slew a basilisk on the island in the middle of the lake, though few venture there any more.

Summerbridge
A village named for its large stone bridge north of Dancastle, once home to around five hundred people. After the corruption of its populace by a fallen angel and his subsequent defeat by Lady Tessora of Artois in 1191, the inhabitants left to seek atonement in the Holy Land. Now empty, the village is surrounded by an infernal aura - though the church, and the ground where Tessora battled the daemon, have a strong divine aura.

The Irminsul Hill
A densely wooded hill just north-west of Sherwood Forest, crested by a ring of standing stones around an Irminsul. The standing stones are engraved with descriptions of Ragnarök in Old Norse. It was encountered by people of Sagehollow in 1192, where they discovered a group of undead led by a Múspell were planning to perform some manner of ritual to contribute towards the beginning of Ragnarök. Arianwen, under the emphatic advice of Torvi Ylvakrí, decided to disrupt these plans by taking the Irminsul back to the covenant for safeguarding, using it as a vis source in the process.