Role

Chapter 1

'The world is good, the world is wood.' That was the mantra by which most of the
people who lived in and around Hapam Wood. There were all manner of trades
that existed in the area but the area thrived due to the extremely good quality
wood that the trees produced. This was sold on as plain old wood, decorative
furniture, children's toys and all manner of utensils and things for the home.
Merchants came from far and wide to do trade with the people of Hapam wood
for it was known that those who tried to take the wood from the people of
Hapam wood without their permission (and it was seldom given) often did not
come back out of the wood. The woodsmen who tended and harvested from the
wood considered themselves to be more like a shepherd who watched and lived
off their flock. Ronas Broadoak was one such woodsman and well respected
within the community due to his knowledge of the woods and his sense of what
was right and what was wrong. He was like an unofficial magistrate of Hapam wood.