Enoch
A rustic countryside province that sprawls across miles of rolling farmland, its fields of plenty forming a patchwork pattern across the landscape. Serves as the primary breadbasket for all of Druskenvald. Known to produce crops of every variety. Bustling markets and shipping businesses to other provinces are run by the hardworking people. Rivers weave through the fertile hills and humble woodlands, delivering enchanted water to crops that allow them to grow unnaturally large.
Harvestborns are crafted by the lord of Enoch and join celebrations with other folk in the province to show thanks for bountiful and relatively peaceful life afforded to them.
Provincial Folklore
The Moonlight Harvest
Despite being driven from most of Druskenvald, primeval "Green Magic" hums throughout Enoch and infuses the soil, water, and air of the province with unbound growth and fertility. The knowledge of how to harness the power has been passed from generation to generation through story and song to provide farmers the ability to complete a full agricultural cycle every month. After seeds are sown and planted at the beginning of the month, the verdant magic surges within them and vibrant stalks, vines, and stems burst to life at an immeasurable pace. By the end of the month, the fruits are sweet, the vegetables are succulent, and the grains are heavy. Then, the Moonlit harvest is held and all the folk of the province, young and old, head into the fields and orchards to reap the month's bounty under a brilliant moon before ending the night with a celebratory festival.
Crop Trotters
Giant turkeys with substantial speed, strength, and endurance that serve as the primary beasts of burden in Enoch. The province's people have a great respect and appreciation for these birds. They're cricial in pulling wagons, plowing fields, serving as mounts, and even guarding farms from predators and bandits. Many families cherish them as precious pets that sleep inside the home when work is done.
Breeding and rearing crop trotters is an esteemed and invaluable profession. Many farmers donate a portion of their heartiest harvest to newly hatched poults to ensure the next generation is healthier than the last.
Each year, a great race across Enoch called the Turkey Trot is held, and folk from across the province compete to win the title of Top Trotter with their trusted, feathered steed.
Noteworthy Folk
Methuselah (muh-THOO-suh-luh)
The oldest living being in Enoch is also its leader. A black-furred cat-man with gold eyes with no known origin, age, or idea of how he began crafting and giving life to newly rebirthed harvestborns. He bears immense wisdom befitting his many years but still has the spirit of a youthful soul. When he's not working as a lord, he's working in the fields with his people, sharing knowledge of the agricultural cycle with aspiring farmers, telling tall tales with just a hint of truth, and warbles songs of the harvest to all who will listen. Favoring the rustic clothing of a farmer, he prefers a simple and peaceful life, but will occasionally host a lively gathering of Enoch's musicians called the Cornhusk Jamboree and leads the band while strumming his favorite guitar.
Sister Nightmare
A name whispered behind closed doors and used as a threat and warning to children who disobey their parents. Galloping madly through the fields atop her coal-black steed with eyes, hooves, and mane of fire, she's a pyromaniac that sets all ablaze with a flaming whip and pumpkin head that serves as a mockery of the harvest born she terrorizes. With every ritualistic burning, the great plumes of smoke and ash surge with magical energy that induces supernaturally intense fear through waking nightmares. As smoke spreads, so do the shrieks of horror, with many victims even dying from fright on the spot. She will not stop until the skies of Enoch are filled with ash and screams.
Location Location Location
Pumpkin Hill
The capital city of Enoch. Overlooks miles of patchworked fields. Packed dirt streets snake through homes, gardens, shops, gathering halls, and other rustic wooden structures before converging in a lively town square. Weekly markets and monthly festivals draw people from across the province to trade and celebrate the harvest. Corn husking and pumpkin throwing contests are common sights, and folk dances are stepped through with joyful abandon.
At the center of the city is Harvesthome Hall, where representatives from every community in Enoch gather to discuss and decide provincial matters, always advised by Methuselah. Down the road is the famous Candlewick Tavern that serves pumpkin ale renowned across Druskenvald. The Emerald Hunt is a yearly event that draws numerous visitors where participants seek powerful gemstones said to contain fragments of the powerful green magic of Enoch.
Bramblethorn Brothers' Barnstead
The Bramblethorn Brothers- Barnaby, Bertram, and Bartholomew- run the largest and most advanced farm in Enoch. Threatens to take over small neighbors' steads. Favoring technological advancement over tradition, the brothers split up their youth and studied in Edwardia, Bubonia, and Astramar, then returned home with knowledge of strange science, engineering, and alchemy to turn the Barnstead into a "modern marvel of agriculture"
Their achievements include: altering seeds to complete a full cycle in a single week, constructing tireless harvest constructs to endlessly work the fields, and modifying crop trotters to be even larger, more powerful, and more vicious. Their headquarters now also serve as a laboratory, factory, and fortress, with bizarre new "improvements" made monthly. Although they produce extraordinary yields, side effects and mishaps are constant. If unchecked, the Bramblethorn Brothers' Barnstead could overtake the whole province.