Patron-village

A patron-village is a community connected to a landowner's hall in some way, where employees of the hall or the surrounding lands live. Renters of the landowner often live there as well, or sell their harvests or goods there. A patron-village typically has fewer than a couple hundred residents at the most, and unless they have a historical, mercantile, or military importance, will have a small square, a public house, and a place of worship. There will typically be an armory of some sort, connected to a law enforcement office or smithy, for any local militias.

A patron-village is typically hidden from view of the main house by some sort of geographical feature, but will have relatively direct access to main roads. If they are communities planned by the original patrons of the land, they will often bear the name of the patron or of the hall, or if the patron is of a more poetic bent, will have a name reflecting literature, geography, or history.

In Pitchwood County, good examples of well-populated patron-villages are Redwater and Cliffside; Stone Branch and Daggersedge are communities of their own right, and are not connected to a specific patron.