Arlen

The town of Arlen, located in the Western Major Region. To its northeast is Aestros, and off to the northwest just before hitting the Far Country is the Last 'Stoppe Inn.

Arlen is a small, farming settlement on the great plains of the Western Major Region.

Features

Marketplace and Trade. Agriculture, mostly grains/wheat/barley type stuff as well as honey and mead production from local wildflowers. Animal husbandry and leatherworking are also common professions.

Population Size. Small; ~600 people on any given day, with more depending on current travel and trade activities.

Population Density. Arlen’s quaint architecture, small size, and location in the plains of the Western Major Region allow for it to be populated less-densely than other areas in the world.

Demonym. ‘Arlenians’

Population Demographics. Arlen is mostly human and half-elf, though tieflings and dwarves are also seen from time to time. The non-human/elf races tend to work manual labor jobs other than farming, like merchandisers and garbage collection.

Government. Arlen is basically a wild-west type town protected and governed by their local constabulary that reports to a mayor.

Culture. Arlen is known for their practice of cultivating luminescent mushrooms harvested from the Far Country that only grow in the moonlight . Mushrooms and mushroom insignia are seen extensively throughout the town’s designs and motifs. During the fall harvest time, they put on a city-wide scarecrow designing-scene, usually based around a theme for the year.