Overview
Location: A few hours ride up the Border Road from Quickstone
Overview: Player Faction
Key People:
Relationships
- (Currently) Neutral to almost everyone
Ethnicity:
- Mostly Khorvare
Details
- This is the Players Bastion (starting at level 5)
- It is self Sufficient and provides the players with a bed and board while there
- It has a total staff of around 10 and a head of 400 Tribex
- See [[Quickstone#History [ 2]|History]] for a history of the ranch within Quickstone
What others think of you
- The Tuuva Clan, The Coins and The Chanters have a begrudging acceptance of the Tunstall’s
- Because the Tunstall’s Ranch was part of the Original settlement they accept they have a place in the town. But because they didn’t come immediately during the resettlement, they are still “new comers”
- The Tunstall Ranch keeps itself to itself and deals with most matters internally, so the Rule of Law (Faction) tends to keep its nose out of the Ranch’s business.
- They are also aware that without the Tribex meat from the Ranch, or the money from its trade the town would likely fail again
What the Ranch thinks of Others
- The Grizzlies and the Mourners along with anyone in The Tents are a good source of strong hard working labourers.
- The Tuuva Clan are important to the Ranch as they facilitate their trade within the Town and the wider world.
- As a policy Eliona Tunstall has always welcomed any one with a good work ethic onto the Ranch, so many of the workers are Droaam. As a rule the ranch cares about what you do, not what you look like.
- The Ranch does harbour some ill will towards the Brelish Leadership outside of Quickstone, due to the death of John Tunstall. The family see it as slight that he was called up & died after working so hard to feed the nation. This minor grudge does not extend to the leaders of Quickstone, who they know are not to blame for the policy of the King’s Citadel.
Effects on Characters
- All characters are “Tunstall’s” either by Blood, Marriage or Adoption.
- Blood relation characters are Elf, Khoravar or Human
- All selections will be represented as different strengths of Khoravar
- Maximum Offspring character age is 50, its probably actually a lot less than that
- You can be a member of the family as any lineage (including Gargoyle, Gnoll, Harpy, Medusa and Worg), but your relationship with the Family is like that of a Blood member. This works in both directions.
Default Character Template
Your a Child of John & Eliona. You went your own way when the family returned from the Frontier after the Sacking of Graystone. Whatever you did since then you were brought up a Ranch Hand. You know Tribex, you know Farming. 3 Years ago Eliona Called you back “to the family ranch” to restore the family legacy. You also understand that the Ranch is like a ship. Its captains word is Law, and Eliona’s word carries that weight, as well as that of being your mother.
This is only default and very open to adjustment but anything needs to marry well with this core concept of the campaign.
History
- ??? - The Western Wall An ancient fortress fell into ruin, leaving only the Haunt and sections of its outer wall.
- 828 YK - Eliona (Khoravar) is born
- 894 YK - The Last War Begins
- 930 YK - John Tunstall (Human) is Born
- 937 YK - Edmund ir’Vellion is born
- 960 YK - Marriage of John Tunstall & Eliona
- 962 YK - Clara Tunstall is Born
- 963 YK - Mattis Tunstall & Obadiah ‘Obi’ Tunstall are born
- 969 YK - The Draft. Brelish Draft rules change and Ranch Hands are no longer exempt from the Draft. John is forced to either sign up or find an exempt occupation.
- 970 YK - Graystone. Brelish pioneers establish the village of Graystone.
- The Tunstall’s joins these pioneers to found The Tunstall Ranch & avoid Drafting.
- 974 YK - The Tunstall’s and the Town fall out. Its unknown why (Eliona Tunstall refuses to elaborate on this), but contact between the two is limited to the bare essentials both need to survive.
- 978 YK - Nymm Tunstall is Born.
- 979 YK - Obi Tunstall leaves the Ranch under a black cloud (literally)
- 980 YK - John Tunstall Jr is Born.
- 983 YK - Clara & Edmund Tunstall leave Quickstone Ranch to live in the Brelish Embassy in Zilargo
- 985 YK - Trade Caravan leaves Quickstone for Thaliost with Mattis Tunstall
- 986 YK - Trade Caravan from Quickstone arrives in Thaliost with Mattis Tunstall
- 986 YK - Relationships break with the Town. The Tunstall’s leave the Ranch to return to Breland. They remain in ownership of the land, but hire a Farm Manager to take over day to day running. This briefly improves the relationship with the Town.
- 986 YK - Nymm Tunstall takes an apprentice to House Vadalis in Shavalant
- 986 YK - Mattis Tunstall & Hanna Khol Marry in Thaliost
- 986 YK - Annelore Tunstall in born to Mattis Tunstall and Hanna Khol in Thaliost
- 987 YK - Clara Tunstall and Edmund ir’Vellion of Aundair marry. Edmund takes Clara’s family name.
- 987 YK - Graystone Lost. Graystone is sacked by Droaamite forces and abandoned. Unemployed John is drafted into the Brelish Army.
- 991 YK - John Tunstall dies at the age of 61 in the line of Duty.
- 992 YK - Oldtown. The town of Quickstone is established by an alliance of miners, merchants, and smugglers. The Crown, Tuuva Mercantile, and other Oldtown businesses are established.
- 994 YK - (20th Olrarune) The Mourning Occurs
- 995 YK - Eliona Reclaims The Tunstall Ranch (she is 167, Very elderly)
- 996 YK - The Square. Count Thavius ir’Blis builds the town hall and appoints The Magistrate Facet and Sheriff Constable Constable. Cyran refugees and Brelish veterans arrive, establishing the Tents. The Anvil and the Livery are built. Sivis Stone 182 is established, but the Speaking Stone is inoperable. Honoria Soldorak constructs Soldorak Manor.
- 996 YK - The Last War Ends. Eliona Tunstall puts out a call to all her children calling them back to help on the The Tunstall Ranch.
- 996 YK - (late year) Edmund & Clara trave to Droaam on a diplomatic mission. Their Caravan is ambushed and only Edmund & Clara survive.
- 997 YK - Main Street. The Quickstone Orien Station and the Quickstone Gold Dragon Inn are established, as the dragonmarked houses take an interest in the region. By the end of the year, the lightning rail connects Quickstone to Ardev and Lord Seneschal Emerick d’Orien arrives, along with the Khaar’paal kobold clan.
- 997 YK - (Early Year) Edmund & Clara Tunstall return to the Ranch, injured. They are brough back to health by Eliona and Daellin
- 997 YK - (Mid Year) Mattis Tunstall returns to The Tunstall Ranch.
- 997 YK - (Late Year) Nymm Tunstall returns to the The Tunstall Ranch from Shavalant
- 997 YK - 14th Vult Obi Tunstall returns to theThe Tunstall Ranch
- 998 YK - Today. House Kundarak is building a large enclave andMain Street continues to expand. Orien is negotiating to expand the lightning rail into Droaam.
- Eliona Tunstall is 170 (Very Elderly)
Link to original Footnotes