Cordia Description

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The main part of the town is located in a large clearing on a hilltop. A central square hosts most town functions. On each side of the square are large, two-story cabins that house the major families of Cordia: the Kranns, the Lannings, the Vickers, and finally the Tarinths, a lone family of Winds in an otherwise Earth-dominated village. The rest of the town spreads out around the square in all directions, extending down the hillside a ways and into the woods on all sides. Most of the homes are simple log cabins, although a few are made of stone collected and molded with the owners’ Earth signs. The villagers hunt and forage nearly everything they need, and do a fairly good job of tending to the forest, maintaining a subtly cultivated territory that spans most of the surrounding hills. A few skilled archers and trappers provide food while keeping dangerous animals at bay, but there are no trained warriors as Cordia has never needed them. Life here revolves around the simple pleasures of hearth and home, and with the exception of some long-standing family rivalries, the locals treat each other as if they were extended family. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone contributes to the community in some fashion.