Sather Fields

While not as large as the Plains of Gariss, the Sather Fields to the south of the capital are an expanse of farmland all owned by Lord Gregory Sather. Once an estate-holder in the city of Canyon City, Lord Sather grew tired of the meddling of the House of Merchants in the business of everyday life. The scales of justice were weighted, and unlike many others, Lord Gregory Sather still had enough money to do something about it. The man emptied his coffers, sold his large estate to the Academy for a very generous sum, and moved his family out to the family farmland south of Harsonia.

The great fields of the south weren’t as developed for farming as the Plains of Gariss at that time, and so Lord Sather went to work, clearing the fields, buying the land from the various holders, and soon enough he had the largest expanse of private land in all of Harsonia. Yet it didn’t take long for other farmers, hunters and crafters to seek an escape from the hold of the House of Merchants as well. People came to Lord Sather, and he gave to them portions of his land in exchange for their services, as necessary. Over the span of a mere five years, Lord Sather built up a township all on his own, with smiths, farmers, stables, woodcrafters, tailors, weavers, and even an engineer or two.

Now called the Sather Fields, it is a loose collection of farmsteads with the large Sather Estate at its center. While the Covenant has tried to extend the reach of its laws and orders to the Sather Fields, they are met with denial at every turn. Lord Sather insists that ‘Sather Fields’ is a common term given to the area by the people, and that no such township exists, it is merely a collection of farmers and crafters who all live out on their own.