Brush

History
Around the year 190 M.H.D. (approximately) a brave and rugged pioneer of Eldorin named Addigan Lyt came to one of the last frontiers within Eldorin's borders: the southwestern corner of Eldorin, nestled right next to Tragwin's border and painfully close to the supposedly cursed ruins of Last Gaas, "painfully close" meaning a few days' journey on foot. As the tale goes, Addigan came out of the deep forest and found an area that was covered in lower growth and fewer of the towering evergreens. He called the area quite simply, "the Brush." After looking around, he discovered he'd come all the way to the stream bordering Tragwin, and decided he'd come far enough. He set to work clearing the area and building a cabin for his family, and his wife Tiira and son Kelbrin helped him. After he was satisfied that the land was fertile and the area relatively safe, he travelled to the then-nearest town of Fogrest, a week's journey to the east, and wrote a letter to their friends back in the town of Kaelin telling them of the free and plentiful land.

Free land will attract neighbors, even in such a secluded and possibly dangerous location. Before many months had passed, half a dozen families had moved in, drawn by the promise of a fresh start and an escape from city life. The growth got slower from there, but gradually over the years families trickled in to the Brush, and eventually trade paths were worn through the forest. The Lyt family's decision to create a grain mill raised the economic growth of the village considerably, bringing in a few travelling merchants.

In the year 251 M.H.D., a strange, secluded woman moved in on the far edge of town. She dressed in loose robes and was very anti-social, and the rumors slowly spread of her being a witch. In a larger town with a greater presence from the Disciples of Most High Divinity, she might have been asked to convert or leave, or even been lynched, but the small village of Brush tended to live and let live. She was largely left alone, and her name was Llaurana.

Generations passed, but Llaurana still lived on the edge of town in 282 when some travellers on the road would throw the Brush's quiet world into an uproar.