Location Record
ActiveMacGruder Family Homestead
The farming compound and family seat of the MacGruder villagers, anchoring the agricultural district of the northern plains.
MacGruder Family Homestead
The MacGruder Family Homestead is a complete farming compound on the northern plains, home to Drugal MacGruder and his family. It was the first major build in The Forgelands constructed for someone other than Andy, and the Archives treat it as the founding act of the civilization proper.
Known Role
The homestead anchors the agricultural district. Its terraced fields produce the world's staple crops at surplus, its barn holds the primary breeding stock, and its windmill is the recognized landmark of the northern plains. Drugal operates his smithy from the eastern outbuilding, and daily trade runs along the road to Savanna Villa.
Residents
Drugal MacGruder holds the homestead as patriarch. Roric works the fields and the road, Bronwyn keeps the walled garden and the books, and Lorne, the youngest, is officially responsible for the chickens and unofficially responsible for most of the homestead's minor emergencies.
Layout
The compound centers on the farmhouse, with the barn to the west, the smithy to the east, and fields terraced down the southern slope toward the road. Bronwyn's walled garden occupies the sheltered northern corner. A rail halt connecting the homestead to the Grand Rail Line is surveyed and awaiting track.
Historical Notes
The Stone of Growth was first documented in the homestead's fields, where crop yields measurably exceed every comparable plot in the world. Elara has been observed visiting the garden, always unannounced, always briefly. The Agrarians faction treats the homestead as neutral ground, an arrangement that has held since the founding.