New Wakkerdam

New Wakkerdam

Location	The Tsardom of Raevkov
Races	Hinterlanders

Introduction

New-Wakkerdam is a small village located in the Tzardom of Raevkov, in a small valley south of the capital.

The village, made mostly of cultivated land, is Raevkov's most important source of food and a guarantee of the Tzardom's food self-sufficiency.

The Hinterlands often pass through here as the village is located along the road that leads to the city of Lunburg, which puts them in communication with the rest of the world.

Its fairs and its happy country atmosphere also have an indispensable reassuring effect for the Hinterlanders, accustomed to a continuous struggle against the hostile climate and darkness of the Attia swamp

Location

New Wakkerdam is located in the Norlanden of Eden between Lunburg and Raevkov next to the river that runs along both.

You can find this village on tile 19.

History

When Raevendrecht, the Hinterlander's capital city now known as Raevkov, got expanded in 1529, its council took the opportunity to reclaim nearby lands, thus expanding the arable land for the poor farmers of the Norlanden. New-Wakkerdam is the result of this expansion: a small village that the Hinterlanders nostalgically named after their old capital: Old Wakkerdam .

The village's management was assigned to Jinx van der Bijlkrijger, Raevendrecht's prime minister who used to dabble as a farmer in her spare time.

At the end of 1529, Ghoul creatures started to appear east of the village.

Before the Hinterlander government could react, the dreaded undead creatures fastly gathered in few days, destroyed the farms and attacked the villagers, before being defeated by the Orange Army.

In 1530, the apparitions of ghouls became more and more frequent until on a cold night in 1531 the village was again laid waste by ghouls, this time helped by trolls. Raevendrecht's army reacted by locating and destroying a nearby Troll camp in a punitive expedition.

In 1532 Hadriana started a war with Raevendrecht. The famous war between the Hinterlanders' and the Attians' factions also involved the small village, which was hit by some raids by Hadriana soldiers and that was also marginally involved in the great battle for the Flussland, which saw the invaders victorious.

Post-war reconstruction was slow and expensive, as much of the small village was destroyed.

New-Wakkerdam's traditional fairs started on this occasion, when Jinx van der Bijlkrijger, Elduin De Sylvanus and Daphne van Gravendrecht inaugurated its reopening after the reconstruction.

New Wakkerdam's Fair brought prestige to the village, which also discovered a different purpose from that of a merely rural and agricultural economy

In 1535 an ancient and very powerful enemy of Eden appeared from the mists of the swamp, and with a massive force of undead he shocked the charming town: his name was The Bone Lord.

Within a few days, The Bone Lord disappeared, leaving only bleak desolation in New-Wakkerdam.

There was no further news of him, but the inhabitants, who rebuilt the village, never recovered from the trauma they suffered. An eerie silence envelops the village on foggy days, where the inhabitants often turn worried glances at the swamp.

What it is in Present Time

New- Wakkerdam has successfully recovered from the many received attacks and is yet again a charming town, protected by the Tzar's army, ready to welcome tired travelers with the characteristic hospitality of the Hinterlanders.