Grottridge

Grottridge is a large city at the north-east of Troon with a seedy reputation and an even seedier history.

Description
Grottridge is seen as the most unsavoury village in the land. It falls far north-east of Calendar, close to the border of Lerrod. Grottridge is nestled between Grottridge Port and the Casper Sea; therefore most of their ‘actual’ business comes from trading fish and boats. The trees around Grottridge also allow for some trade with Palla; as their wood is much more suitable for building boats than the pine found in the Forest of Dree. Grottridge is easily the poorest town in the region and it is overpopulated. The houses are falling apart and less-than-honourable businesses have flourished there (soliciting and murder).

History
Grottridge was founded by Letholdus and his sister, Helena. Letholdus and Helena were the children of Josef Gammonson of James. Letholdus was born of Josef's first wife, Helena, and Helena was born of Josef's sixth wife, Maerwynn.

Letholdus was twenty-seven and Helena was fourteen when they ran away together. Helena's mother had died in childbirth, taking her second child (a boy) with her. As incest is one of the most frowned-upon of sins in Estovand, Josef was vehemently against it. Letholdus took it upon himself to murder his father to keep him quiet. So leaving a still-warm bloodied corpse behind them, they stole a carriage from the carriage stop and fled west. After stocking up on supplies from Calendar, and helping themselves to some game - they then went north and settled between a mountain range and a lake.

It is said that the carriage they fled in is still a part of the Grottridge Manor, where descendants of Letholdus and Helena live on. Many, if not all, of the residents of Grottridge claim Letholdus' blood. Most of the residents do indeed have the black hair and grey eyes that Letholdus boasted. Helena's blonde hair has been lost throughout the generations.