The Town of Rockshire

It has recently been brought to my attention that the map found above is the "True" map of Rockshire. The one below is to be ignored as a forgery, an attempt to mislead traders and adventurers and keep them from the new lands of Rockshire.

This map, has since been exposed as a Forgery. I had acquired it from a House FarStep trading Caravan. I do not believe that they knowingly passed on a forgery, it is simply the only map that was known to exist at the time. I hold the FarStep Trading house Blameless in its distribution. The merchant bought this copy while trading in Kincora. 

The inner town was previously known as Rock's Shire, a small village governed by Hendrick Derrock, a dwarf with an interest in alchemical sciences and metal-smithing. Hendrick negotiated with the Lady and joined her Court as an authority on alchemical sciences and metal work. Hendrick had a small following that studied with him, but many had left when an Orc tribe known as the Bone Snatchers began to raid the village.

The Lady and her forces immediately raised the Earth and Celestial circles and organized the resources of the village to prepare for the next attack of the Orcs. The Bone Snatchers returned on February 23rd, 603, but were driven off, as they were completely unprepared to meet a force of highly trained soldiers and casters. The village was dubbed Rockshire and the Lady left several guards to further fortify and defend the village as it was expanded into a town.

Rockshire was formally named on February 24th, 603, but much work remains to be completed before the town can be used to gather a sizeable force.

(The following document was copied from the Royal Library of Evendarr April 603 E.R.)

The second Baron of Trellheim was stripped of title in 560 by Duchess Gwendolyn, and her son, Powell, was appointed to take Bretton's place. After he was relieved of his oaths, Bretton traveled the lands in search of adventure. He and his (ex)court aided many of the common folk through out Ashbury and what is now Avendale while they traveled, and they always served the common folk in the name of good Baron Powell. When Powell became Duke of Ashbury in 569, he returned to Bretton the title of Baron of Trellheim. As his traveling years were over, the elderly Bretton graciously accepted, and became the forth Baron of Trellheim. In the years between 560 and 569, no formal records were made of Bretton Darkwood's travels, but his popularity with the common
people was exceptional, as was his noble manner and generous ways. Little more than rumor and legend were previously known about Bretton Darkwood's travels. However, the records of a young scribe by were uncovered in the Royal vaults in the late months of 601. While some of
the records were damaged past legibility, and all were encrypted in a very ingenious cipher, most were decoded over 602. Jonathon Chalendry, Bretton's young scribe, started to travel with Bretton in 565 and recorded the deeds of Bretton and his people. The records can be viewed in the Royal Library of King Mykel.

From Jonathon's records, Bretton and his companions often came to the aid of travelers, merchants, farmers and all who were in need of assistance. Once Bretton became too old to travel, he settled in a manor in Ashbury proper in 567, but he granted his young friend a stipend to explore the lands to the west of what is now Avendale. Jonathon left with a group of his choosing, but the expedition proved to be his final journey. The group that Jonathon hired returned with Jonathon's body and possessions in 575 to Baron Justin Medicia, who had succeeded Baron
Bretton upon his final death of old age in 572. Baron Justin was not aware of the expedition's goals, but he provided Jonathon with a fitting ceremony and offered the mercenary group with considerable recompense. 

The leader of the group refused, but offered to give assistance to those who might travel again to those realms. Unfortunately, the group did not give names and has been unable to be located. It is unknown whether they are dead or simply disbanded. The mercenaries gave Baron Justin many valuable historical items that had been found during their eight years of travel, and the Baron sent the items to the Royal Academy to be studied and archived. A simple map of the area can be viewed at the Tavern in Rockshire where all persons interested in joining the expeditions to explore and expand will be gathering.

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