Roland's World - The Kingdom of Kern

Last updated: August 31, 2025

Hamlet of Roccatorre

The maximum price of an item that can be purchased in Roccatorre is 1,500 gp.

Blacksmith

  • Zesk Trendor a half-orc blacksmith, likes to use a pike in combat
  • has agreed to let Dashiva the Jongleur billet in his house attached to the smithy while he is in Roccatorre
  • but Rako the Kobold and Thak the Bugbear have to sleep in the barn out back, "can't have folks like them staying with us decent folk" said the half-orc with a malicious smile...

  • "Honey the Cat" an extra-planar being and Guardian Defender of the Hamlet of Roccatorre
  • lives in the barn behind the smithy
  • killed a dire rat that had snuck into the barn and that was about to attack Rako and Thak, "Honey the Cat" winked at the pair after it easily dispatched the dire rat

    Kingsmen Quarters

  • Steve Whent an old male human warrior and King's man, official representative of the Kingdom of Kern
  • has agreed to let Ash Thorn billet at the Kingsmen Quarters while he is in Roccatorre

  • Jeff Tobed a young human human warrior and Steve Whent's deputy

  • Oscar the Rat an "awakened" rat wizard
  • awakened by a "cookoo" druid in the wildwood, kept as prisoner and experimented upon for a year
  • has become one of Steve Whent's deputies
  • Oscar spellbook = benign transposition, mage armor, grease, glitterdust, mirror image, web (based on scroll's made for Dash)

    Miller

  • Saltar Shields male human miller, has a heavy crossbow for combat

    Moonbluff General Store

  • Laura Moonbluff a female halfling and owner of the general store
  • sister of Emma Moonbluff and has a dire wolfhound named Tike
  • has agreed to let Ellie Appletall billet at the general store while she is in Roccatorre

  • Arthur Meadowgrass a male halfling rogue/swashbuckler
  • part of adventuring group that was ambushed, captured and killed by kobolds
  • he survived, since as a native halfling of the Kingdom of Kern, Yondalla granted his people the ability to shapechange into rat form to help them escape out of harm's way during the ancient Empire Wars.
  • Laura insists he stay and recoup with her in her quarters behind the store (he is a male halfling after all)

    Moonbluff Pub

  • Emma Moonbluff a female halfling and owner of the pub
  • sister of Laura Moonbluff and has a dire wolfhound named Spike
  • has agreed to let Gorgonzola and Twitch billet at the pub while he is in Roccatorre in exchange for certain favors (he is a male halfling after all).

  • Katie Ching a mute orphan girl
  • helps around both the Moonbluff General Store and the Moonbluff Pub
  • is a blood relative of the Wizard Tsathzar

  • Mouse is a former rat familiar of the Wizard Tsathzar
  • shimmering forcefield prevents the dog from biting/grabbing rat
  • Mouse claims he will protect Katie like he did her ancestor
  • Katie seems to understand Mouse and translates using her sign language

    Temple of Chauntea

  • Vivian Cantor a female human cleric of Chauntea
  • junior priestess and daughter of Ingrid Cantor
  • has joined the Wanderers of the Wylds as a full member
  • learned that Ian and Edgar had been killed and turned into ghouls in the Kobold Caves
  • given the green ogre's great club as a souvenir of her first battle
  • has recieved 36 gp, Divine Scroll: remove paralysis (caster level 3), and a Wand of Cure Light Wounds (1 charge remaining)

  • Ingrid Cantor a female human cleric of Chauntea
  • senior priestess and mother of Vivian Cantor
  • has agreed to let Cherry Blossum billet at the temple while she is in Roccatorre

  • Joe a male human farmer and survivor of the Kobold Caves
  • went with Ian and Edgar to the kobold caves to stop the raids
  • only Joe came back, while his body has been healed, his mind is broken, repeating "the cold, the dark, the gate"

  • The Rat an extra-planar being possessing the rat and Guardian of the Forest
  • cured Rako of dire rat disease at the temple, and said Thak was not infected from the rat bites they got in the Kobold Caves.
  • the 'entity' that is possessing the rat is a force of nature and of high power. It originates from the ethereal plane. These 'spirits' embody the will of the land and all creatures in it. It is a benevolent protective of the region that spawned it and of the creatures therein. These entities are referred to as Spirits of the Woods.

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