Knaerwood

Knaerwood
The town of Knaerwood, before the Forsaken Intrusion, was lively with various labor business booming. With the advantage of being pressed nearly against the mountainsides of Northern Gilneas and the thick, sprawling forests surrounding the town otherwise, Knaerwood has become one of the central hubs for mining and logging in Gilneas. Though the darker atmosphere and constant haze that hovers over the town would lead one to believe it is dreary and unbearably dark, the people and workers who live within often have quite the opposite portrayed by their attitudes. Many are hardy laborers from the mines who lead stoic lifestyles simply wishing to provide for their families. Others are part of several logging companies that span a variety of outgoing and charismatic personalities. Regular merchants and citizens of the town offer friendly smiles and sociable small talk all throughout the day. This lends itself to a quiet, family and work centered night, where outside of homes and night-shift miners there isn’t too much intermingling.

The town centers itself where it is said the first tree was cut down to begin construction on the settlement, though this may just be an old legend. Therefore, the town’s citizens had long since raised up a tree in the town square’s center in honor of this. There are four main roads that lead into each direction centered along with the tree. The northern road leads along bustling streets and buildings darkened with mining, smith, and jewel business all trying their hands at laboring within the town. The eastern road is filled with logging and wood manufacturing organizations, though there are some homes scattered in among the side roads for the workers. The western road is filled with the regular merchant businesses of the town, ranging from food markets and simple clothing stores. The southern road leads to the main housing district of the town, where most families live that don’t have mining or logging work, or where the miners’ and loggers’ families live while they are on shifts.

The Forsaken Intrusion
Once bustling, the town now sits desolate and in complete ruin after the Forsaken Intrusion. Though a small number of Forsaken workers now find themselves in the former Gilnean mines to find resources for their Dark Lady, most of the equipment for both mining and logging is scattered about the town, shattered and destroyed to the best of the troops’ abilities. Former businesses and homes all throughout the city have been burned down, leaving nearly half the town completely out of commission.