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This week I continue my work at slowly world building a small town on my blog. I’ve done the smithy and blacksmith, the tavern and owner, and the tradepost and postmaster. In each article I’ve laid seeds about the founding of the town and founding families. So this week I take a look at one of those founding families and why and how the town came into existence in the first place.
A lot of time when creating a locale we only think about it as it is now. Who lives there now? What do they sell there now? Who runs the town now? But exploring the history of the town and the interactions between those who founded it can often lead to interesting hooks in our games or stories set in that locale. So if you I’d like to ask a few questions. If you created your own city/town/village when was it founded? Who founded it? The founders would have had to come from somewhere so why did they leave that place? What difficulties did they have getting there? What difficulties did they have getting the town on its feet?