Winterhaven

''The rutted King’s Road leads to the foot of a broad hill that holds the walled village of Winterhaven. The village is nestled in the southern foothills of the Cairngorm Peaks. The walls are weathered stone topped by defensive palisades.Small thatched homes stand around Winterhaven, each fronting a small piece of farmland or pasture. Beyond the farms to the west and south lie dark woods, and to the north, tall mountain peaks.''

Demographics
Ernest Padraig, governs Winterhaven  and holds leadership through inheritance. Padraig controls a group of 10 soldiers, the Winterhaven regulars who consist of townfolk with little to no experience in combat. The soldiers train in the Market square on days when the market is not open.

Populated by 323 (counting travellers and those of temporary residence) people, whom the majority are human farmers who work outside the castle walls. Most of Winterhaven's residents worship Avandra.

Location
Winterfell's defined area is not strictly within the castle walls. Winterfell is a big patch of land stretching 700km, designated by King's Road that leads into it.

History
Nearly two hundred years ago, a cult of the demon prince Orcus purposely created a gap, connecting one of Orcus’s unholy Shadowfell sites to the world. Skeletons, zombies, and fouler creatures flooded through the rift into the light of day. The empire of Nerath dispatched legionnaires to eliminate the threat. The empire’s soldiers destroyed the undead, sealed the opening, and built a keep to watch over the location and contain the threat. This is the site known as the Keep on the Shadowfell. Decades of peace followed, and the village of Winterhaven arose within sight of the keep. Eventually, the great fort fell into ruins and its grand purpose forgotten.