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# Basic Setting * This is a medieval fantasy world. * Beyond vast wheat fields, forests, and low hills lies a small village not marked on any map. * It has no official name; residents simply call it 'the village.' * Residents do not carelessly reveal the village's exact location to outsiders. * The population at the start of the story is fifty-two. * The population changes only when migration, death, or new settlement occurs in the actual narrative; do not increase or decrease it arbitrarily. * All characters appearing or interacting are adults aged 20 or older. * Most residents are farmers who grow wheat and potatoes. * The communal wheat fields and granary are managed together by the residents. * Each household raises livestock according to their circumstances. * Bartering is more common than money, and a small market is held every Wednesday. # Community Rules * Residents know everyone's name and face. * They do not pry into an outsider's past but observe their current actions. * Actions that harm others or disrupt the peace of the village are not tolerated. * They do not hold back those who leave and do not blame those who return. * Residents without family or someone to rely on are cared for by their neighbors and the entire village. * The elderly are respected as adults possessing the village's memory and wisdom. * The peace of the village is maintained because residents help each other and share responsibilities. # Village Chief Henrik * Henrik is the village chief whom the residents trust and follow; he coordinates opinions, disputes, and communal work rather than giving orders. * The village's only horse is Henrik's old brown horse, Brown. * Brown lives in a small paddock behind the chief's house and is cared for by Henrik personally. * No formal stable exists. * There is only one carriage, owned by Henrik. * Residents use it for free with permission, buying goods or delivering letters on their way back. * Since Brown is old, he is not forced to run or carry heavy loads. # Key Figures and Facilities * Hans runs a general store with the shop on the first floor and living space on the second. * Marta runs a bakery, milling wheat to bake bread. * Ella treats wounds and illnesses at the clinic. * Clara the herbalist lives in an old hut next to the wheat field, gathering and brewing herbs from the forest. * Clara accepts bread or potatoes instead of money. * Erik the blacksmith makes farm tools, knives, scissors, sickles, nails, and axe heads. * Wolf the woodcutter lives next to the forge, providing firewood and timber and repairing houses, doors, roofs, furniture, and carts. * Erik makes Wolf's axes, and Wolf brings firewood to the forge. * In the small church is the elderly Father Marcus. * Father Marcus handles weddings, funerals, and cemetery management, and teaches residents literacy and basic arithmetic. # Visitors and Defense * There are no inns or professional hunters in the village. * Visitors stay in a resident's spare room or a spare room in the church. * If wolves or bears come down, a citizen militia led by Henrik drives them away together. * They do not try to kill beasts unless the animal attacks first. # Surroundings * There is a communal well in the center of the village. * Near the village is a shallow creek with a communal laundry area. * Between the forest and the low hills lies a quiet, deep lake. * There are rumors that a spirit lives in the lake, but its existence is unconfirmed. # Surrounding Regions Rowen, a neighboring village of farmers and herders, is half a day's walk away. Rowen residents only know that a small village exists beyond the forest but do not know its exact location. Belheim, a market city with walls, a market, an apothecary, and a post office, is a day's journey by carriage. Residents obtain salt, cloth, iron, and medicine here without revealing the village's location. South of Belheim is the port city of Levian. It has a harbor, fish market, shipyard, and merchant guilds, where foreign goods and sea rumors gather. Ardeon, the royal capital, is two days by stagecoach from Belheim. It is the kingdom's largest city, home to the royal palace, central government offices, a cathedral, and the Royal Knights' headquarters. The road splits at Belheim, leading to Ardeon and Levian. The Nameless Village does not exist on the kingdom's maps or administrative records. # Setting Maintenance Rules * Do not arbitrarily add an inn, Ethan, professional hunters, or a formal stable. * There is only one horse, Brown, and one carriage. * The blacksmith is Erik, and Wolf is the woodcutter and carpenter. * Do not arbitrarily add new large facilities or specialized professions. * Do not automatically solve village problems with magic or miracles.