Summer Duchy

🌻 Architecture

Buildings in towns and villages are made from white sandstone with terracotta clay roof tiles. Climbing vines and citrus trees are common decorations. Some houses are multicoloured blue, pink and yellow in towns. 

Reves Du Soleil

The capital city is made up of canals and multiple levels reminiscent of Venice.

The Summer Court castle - home of the King and Queen of Folkland - is an architectural thing of beauty. It is art nouveau in style with organic shapes, curving lines, stained glass, and ornamentation depicting the natural world. The wealthy buildings in the capital have elements of this almost alien looking building structure. 

🌻 Clothing

Clothing in small towns and villages is classic peasant garb consisting of tunics, pants and belts in European style.

A little closer to the capital city, and things get more interesting. Upper class folks will wear Venetian Carnival garb and other traditional Italian garb in light, breathable fabrics such as silks and light spun cotton.

Citizens can wear less clothing in general, with dresses and two piece outfits common as it is hot and humid.

🌻 Races

Playable Races: High Fae, Sprites, Dryads, Wildlings, Stonefolk, Fairies, Critters.

• High Fae — Very common both in and out of court, but strongly based in the capital city. High Fae in this duchy are a little more extravagant, being based on exotic tropical flowers. Their dresses, tunics, and skirts can be shorter and they can wear two piece outfits.

• Sprites (fruit type) — very common.

• Selkies — rare. Too hot for them.

• Dryads — common.

• Stonefolk — common. The heat doesn’t bother them.

• Critters — uncommon. The heat is a little much for their thick coats.

• Wildlings — common. Especially mediterranean, jungle, and tropical animal types.

• Fishfolk — common (visitors). There is a Underwater City near the coast of the Summer Duchy full of tropical fishfolk.

• Fairies — very common. Bugs are everywhere!

• Arachnus — uncommon. They like the warmth, so they come in small numbers to live or visit here (but they are always born only in the Darkwood).

• Non playable races — almost all races live here except for kelpies, unicorns, banshees and trolls due to climate (they are races that prefer cooler weather).

🌻 Wildlife

Tropical birds, lizards, toads and frogs, snakes, jaguars, dingoes, monkeys, lynx, gazelle, chameleon, flamingo, jackals, crabs, crocodiles, capybara, ibex, camels, goats.

🌻 Travel

Citizens travel via camel back or gazelle back, on wagons pulled by goats, or crocodile boat (and other magical boats). Boats are common as this is a Duchy filled with waterways. 

🌻 Industry

• Fishing and Aquaculture

• Clothing and Fabric Manufacturing

• Glass manufacturing

• Trade and commerce

• Defence and security

• Agriculture (specifically Fruit Orchards)

• Wine

🌻 Important Figures

• Caspinnia — High Fae Duchess of the Summer Duchy and Queen of Folkland, ruler of the Summer Court and the 8 realms. Bird of paradise (strelitzia Reginae) type.

• Artollo — High Fae Duke of the Summer Duchy and King of Folkland, ruler of the Summer Court and the 8 realms. Hibiscus (cranberry crush) type.

• Midsommar Knights — The Summer Court Knights

🌻 Locations

• Rêves du Soleil — literally meaning ‘Dreams of the Sun’, Reves is the Capital City of the Summer Duchy and the second largest city in Folkland (Skjolden is the largest). It is defined by art nouveau architecture, waterways dividing the city, and multi level bridges and walkways, making it a bit of a rabbits warren. It is the most beautiful city in Folkland and there are many famous businesses and markets that have set up shop in this sprawling, watery city.

  • • Soleil University — A prestigious University that offers many classes but specializes in Meteorology and Astronomy.

    • The Sun Markets — A sprawling bazaar where merchants from all over the realm hawk their wares. The largest open air market in the realm and a tourist destination.

    • Dream Street — A high class street full of incredibly expensive shops and restaurants. Fae nobility and celebrities wine and dine here. There are plenty of theaters where famous Artisan’s perform.

    • Scaramouchia's School for the Performing and Visual Arts — The headquarters of the realms largest artisan's guild. Good luck finding it. They hold massive performances and events on all the time.

• Mt. Arandis — Active volcano with a geology study centre nearby.

• Ashby — Local town near the volcano. Known for having monkeys everywhere (they will steal your stuff).

• Marble Quarry — Marble quarry site. Lots of stonefolk live in the surrounding town.

• Braywood — Greek/Australian style town.

• Jackaranda — Australian style town.

• Birchmont — Beautiful Greek style town. Pretty large.

• Pialligo Marshes — Marshes with bayou and jungle folk living amongst it.

• Trapwood Gully — Australian deep bush with lots of critters and wildlings and normal animals living here.

• Marillion — Australian-style town known for its fishing. Small community and very homely.

  • Waterhole — Gathering place for dryads and critters of Marillion. A sacred site.

• Ravine Town — A rough town popular with mercenaries and outlaws.

• Saumont Castle — The home of a business tycoon who manufacturs various things all over Folkland. They are a reclusive family.

• Eastvale Vineyards — Primary vineyard in the whole region. Vast vineyards with hundreds of varieties of grapes.

• Windlesham University — University by the coast known for its meterology classes.

• Giants Foot — Legendary relic from the past. Where did the giants go?

• Wychwood — Extremely magical site popular with witches, mystics, scholars and magicians. Heaps of dangerous but cool plant speciments and magical phenomenon. Under the legendary blue tree is a cavern.

• Lagoon Towns — Various towns high up in the mountains or in the lagoons below them. Quiet, remote places. Good if you need to lay low for a while.

• Sprite City — Entrance to a vast underground Sprite city where everything is small.

• Lujon — Wine making town.

• Crawford — Huge villa on the lake where exclusive parties are thrown by a mysterious noble lady.

• Vellaluna — Extremely colourful jungle town popular with wildlings and high fae. There are a thousand types of flowers everywhere. Watch out - some of them poisonous. 

• Stawell — City on the coast of the salt fields. A working town with a few holiday inns.

• Salt Fields — Massive, beautiful salt fields. Lots of working class folk work here and live in Stawell.

• Silverlea — Town hidden in a thick jungle. The townsfolk are devout Rhiannon worshippers.

• September — Forest known for its bright red trees.

• Langburn — Town on the edge of a bamboo forest. Lots of spirit activity here for some reason.

• Moorhampton Rice Fields — A vast, long town (or rather, collection of towns) that were set up aside the rice fields. Lots of water birds and water buffalo around here. And there's always a job for anyone that needs it.

• Baroux — Fabric manufacturing town. They say the rivers here run rainbow with clothing dye.

  • Fabric Factories — Huge factories where lots of fae make a living manufacturing, processing, and dyeing fabric.

• Vincenzo — A wild west style town popular with champions and mercenaries. A rough sort of place with no guards.

• Buffalo Plains — Where the buffalo run. Some cattlehand jobs available here.

• Fairyfell — Said to be the birthplace of Rhiannon. A magical, ephereal town split up across multi-story lakes and glades. Lots of ancient ruins here and the ground itself is soaked in magic. A place of healing and beauty.

• Rowan Tree — The largest tree in Folkland (with Oberon coming up second). Hanging basket houses and an entire city in amongst its branches.

• Greengate — The official gateway to the Darkwood. Guarded fiercely by Summer Knights - they rarely let Unseelie folk through without perfect documentation.

• The Glades — A peaceful watch town near the border of the Darkwood - separated by a tall, magical fence.

• Maremonte Oasis — An oasis town in the middle of the desert. You can buy beautiful glasswares here.

• Canyon — A trecherous canyon with cities built into the stone in the mountain itself.

• Chargues — Town known for lots of fruit orchards and fruit sprites.

• Brightfield — Farming town.

• Adding — Rich, snobby seaside town. Popular with tourists.

• Avillac — Bustling portside town known for its fish.

• Pendleford — Famous college here, otherwise a fishing town.

• Humberstone — Mining town.

• Stonegully — Mining town.

• Ashgrove — Another huge tree. Lots of illusion/glamour magic phenomenon happening around here. It's incredibly hard to get to - you're bound to lose your way.

• Auberfort — Cheese making town.

• Hartington — Rival cheese making town.