Stagwick

Stagwick is a town in the West of Nerod, on the Eastern side of the Iísgaroth mountains.

Founding
Stagwick was discovered around 700 AA by the giant Helmut Bruckling in a circular valley. Helmut, a young adult giant who was looking for a place to build his farm, took the valley as his home and built a castle on the island in the middle of the river running through the valley, the Erdabard.

Initial inhabitants.
The initial inhabitants of Stagwick were OOG, as the climate was ideal for the ogres and orcs and there were plenty of caves for all of them. It was not uncommon for these species to interbreed, as with the humans, discussed later on.

Humans
The first humans to come to Stagwick were a nomadic clan of explorers who had come down from the peaks of Iísgaroth. They settled and built a village where they lived in harmony with the giants. Most humans in the present day who live in Stagwick are taller than average because of giant, ogre or orc blood. This genetic mixture gives them hardiness, strength and resistance against the harsh winter of the high-altitude town.

OOGian exodus
Over time, the OOG and human populations became more and more hostile towards each other. The tension gradually rose, and eventually the OOG were hunted out in what was called the First deer war in 1436. It is not complicated enough to need its own subsection, but here is the summary: The humans drove the orcs and goblins out of the town, they ran away spitefully, they were angry, and they eventually started the second deer war.

The second deer war
The second deer war was essentially a reclaiming of the OOG’s lost land, at least for the orcs involved. In 1484 AA, 48 years after the first deer war, an unknown separate entity sparked a deal between the ogres of the Apic Tooth, the goblins of the Crying Chest, the Treaty Orcs and the Axefender Orcs to ally themselves against the humans of the Stagwick valley. This was a smart move because now Stagwick was surrounded by hostile bases.

Stagwick had grown a lot since the First Deer War, mainly because the humans had started trading with a group of merchants nicknamed ‘mountain goats’, swapping ice, fish, fur and wood for gold, precious stones and metals, books, salt, seeds and plants. Some foreigners moved in for the sudden influx of trade options and moneymaking possibilities, and so the village grew from a small village to a small city.