Post by Horik & Argent on Jun 14, 2012 18:43:41 GMT -5
Red Rock
NOTE: Please note that not everything in this description will be accurate with real life history, or specific types of economies, governments, lands, so on. Thank you.
Location to Berk: The location of Red Rock to Berk is directly south over the ocean.
Terrain: The town of Red Rock sits along the coast line of the Northern Atlantic Ocean. The location of the town gives it access to the ocean quite easily. The general region of the town and surrounding fields is locked in by a mountain range along the south. The East and West sides along with the North are all bordered by the ocean side. This makes Red Rock very accessible by ocean, and not as accessible by land. To the Southwest, there is a large forest where the mountains start to rise. Around this area the peak of the mountains there are home to a lot of the dragons that live in the area.
The climate in Red Rock is higher then that of Berk, Due to it being farther south. It rains in Red Rock roughly about three months of the year, mostly in the spring time. It doesn’t snow much in the winter. The summer seasons and the fall seasons are usually dry with minimal rain.
Land Use: In the region of Red Rock a good majority of the land is used for farming or livestock. The actual town is located in the northern end of the area directly in the middle against the ocean. Most of the buildings in the town are either shops, or homes.
Any of the land that can be seen from the waters edge to the mountains is claimed by the Red Rock Township.
Government / Leadership: Due to problems in the leadership in Red Rock. One person does not stay in power for all their life. Roughly two hundred years ago, a male leader abused his power with the town and caused havoc. He had been quickly thrown out and killed for the problems that his leadership caused. The people of the town decided that changing leaders every now and then would be a better idea then keeping one leader until they die. Since then leaders have been chosen either from rich families, Military men or women, or sometimes just simple middle class people. These leaders stay in power for a max of Ten years, it is up to them if they wish to stand down before then.
The Now current leader of the town is Averia Iovia.
History: “The history of Red Rock is a simple history” as those of the town would say. This is how it is told by the elders of the town:
Five hundred years ago, a large group of possibly two hundred people travelled along the mountains in search of a new home. Dragons in their old home land had destroyed everything that they had worked for there, they had no choice but to get up and walk away from them. Now, as the group was travelling along, they came to a mountain passage way that they didn’t expect to come to. They had either two ways to go, back south to where they came or north into new lands that could be good for them. They of coarse decided to take the road less travelled by straight to the new lands.
When this caravan came to the wide open plains of Red Rock, they were amazed, astonished, shocked even to see that this entire area had been unknown to them in their existence. They travelled to the sea side at the most southern end of the plains and set up camp. They started taking the resources from the land around them as any group would, and found that the resources around them would be more then enough to sustain a livable town. They decided to make this their new home in hopes that the dragons wouldn’t find them far north as they were from their land.
A Century passed and the town was doing great for its youth. It still had the roughly the same number of people that it did when the travelers first settled. Around this time was when the new generation of people found out that dragons kept destroying their work in the south west end of the region. They were confused by the fact the dragons didn’t attack the town directly but only those of the people who tried to build out by the forest. The people soon found out twenty years later that they had been building onto the land that the dragons ‘claimed’ as their own. As we started to back off the dragons became increasingly less aggressive. At that same time people in the village, only the brave started to tame these wild beasts.
Up to about two centuries before the current time, there was an evil leader for the town of Red Rock. The people did not know this when he came into power. But he started sending military men into houses to terrorize people and steal items of worth. People were starting to become scared that he would just start killing them off instead. There was a small group of people that knew this madness had to come to an end, The organized everyone they could that would be willing to fight against their leader and put an end to him. With the help of the number of people, and the dragons that few owned, they were able to break through the doors of the Articul. (Art-ee-Cule. Basically the castle of Red Rock) and bring the leader to his knees. The leader was executed for his crimes against Red Rock and the people decided to come up with a better system for their leaders to go through, this system is still in play today.
To the present, Red Rock is free of any troubles or worries that are posed against it. The thriving town now has a network of ships that trade with near by, and distant lands. The farms in the plains are also doing just as good as its sea neighbor with its crops. The only possible threat that the peopled ignore is a town across the mountains that have contacted them before that posses as a threat. Because no action was taken against them, the people simply ignore the possible enemies of the future.
Teenagers and young adults are encouraged in the community to interact with one another and the dragons in the region. A good amount of people among this group have already tamed a dragon or are in the process of training one. Quite a few of dragon tamers have joined the army to help keep peace in the town.
Guards: This is the typical guard armour in Red Rock, (http://europeforum.12.forumer.com/a/posts.php?topic=10449&start=0)
