Nyurskyy

Krajoud (/krajʌud/, CHRY-ohdd), literally ancient village, is one of the oldest towns in all Rzhlev, dating its founding back to the first brecht colonies before Deismaar. The village started as several farms built together along a square which become the main center of life; A second square, where the market is held, was then built alongside the first one, and then a fort was built in imperial times facing the northern mountains, to prevent invasion from the dwarves. The only battle ever fought was the vos conquest, and the fort is now known as the residence of the Nyur family, or Nyurburg. The defensive walls are long gone and only the northwest tower remains, used to spot activities in the mountains on clear days, as a warehouse for grain in the winter.

The Nyur family is of Nona vos descendancy. In summer, everyone must reap grain and fruits; in autumn, the strongest partecipate in radis to Hjorig or (sometimes) even Lazzgrad; in winter, the survivors reap olives and produce oil, something that often generates disputes and challenges on which family has pressed more oil. Raids and conquest are part of the agricultural cicle of life, as they are a mean of both survival (when the harvest is bad) or defense, as often bandits from the Kobar region of Hjorig come down the mountains to raid the country.

The Nyur family has become the guardian of such rites, even the old patriarch Viktor Nyur participate in harvests and the gathering of olives, whereas is harsh son, Leonid, is more prone to battle. It saddens the patriarch that between Lenoid and his sister Maria Nyur runs bad blood, to the point that sometimes they organize raid to each other's province. Such raids are more than welcomed by Belinik's priests, who are often seen in the land preaching against the Nyur as they have closed more than an eye in the growing cult of Ayairda, as their philosophy is more in line with the population's lifestyle.

In the last year Leonid has captured a red headed bard, Melisande of the flame, guilty of being the storyteller between Nyurskyy and Nyurehv, but instead of turning her to the Executioners, he kept her as a slave. They secretly fell in love, and Leonid has decided to put his judgment on the Ayairdan Vierklevven on hold. On the other hand, Melisande knows that her rightful place is in Nyurehv, as the Sage Mischa Yourinovisk told her.

The Well is a 3m (10') diameter marble well about half an hour north from Krajoud. It's a dwarven construction but no one, not even the dwarves, know what it was about. Nobody knows how deep the well is. At night, a weird green luminescence seems to come from its bottom. The well seems dry but its appearance is so gorgeous that it seems unlikely that it was used for water. It used now for public executions, as unjustified murderers, thieves or poachers are sentenced to death by jumping down the well. Little Maria, the baker's daughter, has told the people that by pressing a special stone hidden in the grass something comes up form the well, but it was a bunch of skeletons. Nobody believed - or wanted to believe - her.