Arneland
Arneland is bounded to the north and east by the Rockwall Mountains, to the west by the white Molartooth Range, and to the south by the mighty Ringowyn, which marks the border with Chatelanovia. The kingdom is divided into two parts by a long spur of the Rockwall Mountains called the Spruceridge. The Spruceridge Mountains reach down to the shores of the Ringowyn. In the west lies the forest-rich Blue Valley, and in the east the wide and fertile Green Valley and the small valley that leads north through a pass between the Molarthooth Range and the Rockwall Mountains.
The Spruceridge Mountains is cut by the Arne River gorge. On the north side, the water has left a shallow rise that offered enough space for a settlement. By maintaining the roads and bridges from Olmfingen, the city-state at Ringowyn shores, to the north over the pass. With the tolls raised on them, the rulers of Arneland were able to expand the settlement into a small town fortress Arneravine.
The castle of Regent Ferohn is leaning against the rock in the north of the settlement, the fortification walls arise on both sides of the rock and enclose the village up to the steeply sloping flanks of the Arne Gorge. In the west, the blue portal opens, through which you could leave the village down the winding road into the Blue Valley and eventually to Olmfingen on the Ringowyn. In the east, the green portal opens, leading to the road to Green Valley. It is led through the forest to the north in a bend along the Spruceridge Mountains until it forks to either head back up into the small valley or cross a wide stone bridge into the fertile Green Valley.
The wide market road of Arneravine stretches from the west portal to the east portal in a bend through the village where, away from the portals, the houses are becoming wider and more crowded towards the gorge, finally separated from it by a long fence only. The less wide but longer castle road runs in a bend along the fortification and forms an egg shape with the market road. Above and below, a narrow alley leads into the egg, which contains a church and the treasury. The market road is lined with traders and a pharmacy, while the castle road is home to the craftsmen.
Arneravine is particularly proud of an exceptionally progressive achievement, so it should be mentioned here. The clever carpenter Friedrich Axtholm had the idea of making the water of the Spruceridge Mountains usable for the village with wood and channels carved into the rock, and was able to win over the king for his idea.
The water that comes from above the castle flows left and right over the fortification walls, feeding the surrounding houses and wells and finally the water wheels of the blacksmith and the miller before disappearing into the crags of the Arne Gorge. Arneravine is known for cheep arrows and other lathe products as well as precise turret clockworks and even has a Luthier.
