Wifilisburg

The Holy Roman Empire during the High Middle Ages‎ + Paderborn + Crusade of Ashes and Blood

Prologue: - Teutoburg Forest -- 762 Ab urbe condita (9 C.E.)

Theotman held Odila close to him where they lay wrapped in a rug of furs

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Appearance

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Geography

Locations within the Village

• -- Village Well
• -- Village Common
• -- Smithy
• -- Mill

• -- The Fields
  • -- Northern Fields (Fallow)
  • -- Eastern Fields
  • -- Western Fields

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Population

• Population, 1096 A.D.

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Citizens of Wifilisburg

The Four Castes of Wifilisburg

Die Grafen von Werl-Arnsberg

• Friedrich der Streitbare -- Graf (count), second surviving son and heir apparent to his father Count Konrad II of Werl-Arnsberg (d.1092).
• Mathilde von Northeim -- Gräfin (countess) widow of Werl-Arnsberg (she mourns for her dead husband and eldest son Hermann who died in 1092).
• Heinrich von Arnsberg -- Youngest son and Earl of Arnsburg (in Arnsburg).
• Aveza von Wifilisburg -- Daughter and youngest child of Count Konrad II and Mathilde von Northeim.

Clergy

• Walhberct Richard -- Pater (father)
• Oda Schenck -- Mutter Oberin (mother superior)

Craftsmen

• -- Dietfried Aesop -- A leather-worker and tailor.
• -- Eustathius Sigimund -- Metal worker (Armorer/Smith)
• -- Horsa Helmold -- Wainwright
• -- Chariton Ercanbald -- Carpenter/Mason
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Aprentices

• -- Waldo Duilius -- Apprentice to Eustathius Sigimund
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Commoners

• Hálfdan -- Village Elder
• Hunfrid -- Elder Serf
• Erlendr -- Free Holder
• Sigiheri
• Yngvarr
• Yngvarr
• Gislin

The Dead

• -- Aldo {ran away with the Pageant - deceased}
• -- Theotleip {ran away with the Pageant - deceased}

Source

http://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/frankish-names.php

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Festivities

• Twelfth Night (January) -- Religious festival and feasts celebrating the visit of the Wise Men, or Magi, following the birth of Jesus.
• St Valentine's Day (February) -- The Medieval festival celebrating love - singing, dancing and pairing games.
• Carnival (Late February - Early March) --
• Easter (March) -- Easter celebrated by the Mystery plays depicting the crucifixion.

Lent (40 days)

Ash Wednesday (start of Lent)

Holy Week (last week of Lent before Easter)

Good Friday (end of Lent)

Easter Sunday

• All Fool's Day (April) -- The Jesters, or Lords of Misrule, took charge for the day and caused mayhem with jokes and jests!
• May Day (May) -- May Day was a spring festival celebrating May Day when a Queen of the May was chosen and villagers danced around the maypole.
• Midsummer Eve (June) -- Midsummer Eve, the Mummers entertained at the 'Festival of Fire' reliving legends such as St George and the Dragon. Bones were often burned leading to the term 'bonfire'. The summer Solstice was June 23rd.
• St. Swithin's Day (July) -- St. Swithin's Day falls on 15th July. Legend says that during the bones of St Swithin were moved and after the ceremony it began to rain and continued to do so for forty days.
• Lammas Day (August) -- Lammas Day was celebrated on August 2nd. The ' loaf-mass ' day, the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. Houses were sometimes decorated with garlands and there were candle lit processions.
• Michaelmas (September) -- The 29th September was when Michaelmas celebrated the life of St Michael and the traditional food on Michaelmas was goose or chicken.
• St Crispin's Day (October) -- October 25th celebrating St Crispin's Day. Revels and bonfires and people acted as 'King Crispin' .
• All Souls Day (November) -- The Day of the Dead - All Souls Day or All Hallow's Day ( Halloween ) when revels were held and bonfires were lit.
• Christmas (December) -- December 25 is celebrated as the birthday of Christ.

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Inns

Source

https://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/inn/

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Monuments

Triumphal Way

Gates of Wifilisburg (incomplete)

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Cemeteries

• Old Cemetery -- Now buried
• New Cemetery -- Located outside New Town

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Markets

Old Town Square

New Town Square

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Religion

Churches

St.Liborius Church

The Parsonage

Convents

Convent of St.John the Evangelist [1]

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Whore Houses

Die Katzenhaus -- A very cozy place literally crawling with cats and a dozen whores.

Frida das Fett -- Hure Herrin (whore mistress)

Linza der Rote -- Dame der Nacht

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Supernaturals

Wraiths of Wifilisburg

Kreis der Erschlagenen

• Adallindis
• Ermendrud
• Ortrun
• Saxa

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Storytelling Wifilisburg

Theme:
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Stories of Wifilisburg

• [[]]

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Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wewelsburg

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