Region · stilt village

Willowmeredraft

The heart of the marsh: a village of stilt-houses and rope walkways built around three ancient willows on a low island. The walkways can be raised a full storey when the Great Flood comes. Everyone owns a punt.

Map

Regional detail

Population

About 620

Human 50%Beastkin 35%Voidmarked 10%Fae 5%

Bestiary

6 creatures

Common · Lv 1–2 · draft

Puddlehop Frog

Fist-sized green frogs that sing all night. The first thing most players ever hunt.

Drops: Frog Leg, Frog Spawn

Common · Lv 1–3 · draft

Reedskimmer

Hand-sized dragonflies with glassy wings that hunt over the reeds. Fishers say a cloud of them means the Behemoth is...

Drops: Skimmer Wing

Uncommon · Lv 5–8 · draft

Bogwhisper Toad

Big grey toads of the wetland edge whose low croak makes people drowsy. Travellers who sit down to rest near them...

Drops: Whisper Gland, Toad Hide

Uncommon · Lv 5–8 · draft

Snaptail Eel

Black eels that shock their prey senseless. Willowmere's main catch — and the reason fishers wear rubber gloves.

Drops: Eel Skin, Eel Meat, Denseki Dust

Uncommon · Lv 4–7 · draft

Willow Heron

Grey herons taller than a person, standing so still they look like dead branches. Their beaks go through leather.

Drops: Heron Plume, Heron Beak

Elite · Lv 12–14 (Great Flood event) · draft

Rotroot Colossus

A walking hill of peat, roots and drowned timber that the Great Flood washes loose every spring. It wades toward the...

Drops: Heart of Peat, Bog-Wood Plank, Astral Bloom

Quests

All quests →

Lv 2

Side · Travel · draft

Punting Lessons

Nobody walks the marsh. Learn to punt before you drown trying.

Punt-Guide Mags Ottershaw Lv 5

Side · Fishing · draft

Eel Night

Pip's going eel-fishing tonight whether you come or not. Better come.

Pip Nettle Lv 8

Main · Story · draft

Bells Under the Water

The bell rang three nights running. Odric finally wants to tell someone what happened at the abbey.

Lay-Brother Odric Lv 12

Main · Prepare · draft

Flood Warning

The water's rising early this year. Help Willowmere get ready for the Great Flood.

Reeve Anselm Tarr Lv 12–14

World Event · draft

When the Water Rises

The Great Flood is here, and something is walking out of the peat with it.

Reeve Anselm Tarr

Hierarchy

I
Reeve Reeve Anselm Tarr
Appointed from Behemoth's Rest; runs the village and calls the flood-watch.
II
Walkway Wardens Four wardens
Keep the stilts sound and raise the walkways when the water comes.
III
Guild of Punters Punt-guides and ferriers
Carry everything and everyone through the channels.
IV
Marsh-folk Families of the island
Fish, cut reed, gather herbs.