Omake (Inovation)

A History of the University Of The Barrowlands and its effects on the Barrowlands by Séitheach Glens written in 345 AC.

The University of the Barrowlands, the university of the Barrow lands was founded by Lady Dustin in the stead of her young son only ten years into her regency.

Many argue around the reason for its founding but the university was founded specializing in the advancement of Agriculture in all fields, from fertilizer to innovating new equipment to make the process easier.

Based on the young lord Rodrik Dustin's findings in genetics and crop rotation the university quickly grew as villages came together to send young men and women from all over the Barrow lands to study and bring the knowledge home.

Over a period of six years these innovations in agriculture lead to the development of the thresher, the domestication of various wild herbs and fauna including the turkey and including the weasel for hunting down various wild pests.

The facility also began to expand into different areas secretly and openly in 285 the founding of the Medical department and allowed anyone (for a fee or sponsorship program) could learn the most innovative and safest medical practice the world over.

The heads of the Various open and secret departments were said to work closely with one another trading new and wild theories and discoveries which lead to the founding of the first public Library.

With the permission of Lord Barrow the Library of the university was copied and a massive building was erected in the heart of the city where anyone (of the Barrowlands) could sit and read the various ancient tombs and textbooks.

The copying was done via the new invention of the printing press and the advent of wood pulp paper which became a thriving business In northern areas of the Barrow lands where the outermost edges of the Wolfswood are.

In addition to heartlands of the Barrow lands where large farm fields had been developed and trees planted to act as windbreaks to prevent flooding and other environmental impacts of farming.

The tree plantations would not be able to be harvested for over a decade but the fields planted there are booming from the new innovations from the university and Lord Dustin.

The new four fields crop rotation that had been studied and proven in villages all over the barrow lands, in addition to the new ranching grants given to a small clan and allow to wander the lands getting there herd to specialize in meat production while another herd was given to the various villages of the lands to focus on milk production.

Those following the meat herds were quickly becoming the best horse riders in the north with the people of these tribes practically living on their horses and developing their own subculture around their work.

They also became the the sought after for the new branches of the military and policing force of the Barrow lands, as the new prosperity saw a spike in bandits and wilding raids, so the founding of the Northern Rangers occurred in 285 from the best riders in the north and told to hunt down and kill any bandits in the Barrowlands or imprison them to work on the road project that the lord started.

A year before he took his lordship, lord Dustin helped fund the start of a road from the "mountains" on the North west edges of the Barrowlands to Barrowtown then all the way down to the coast.

The future plan is for the road to go along the coast then meet the fever river where a bridge is in the works for entering the neck, after that a road from Barrow town to the Kingsroad.

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Weapons of War by Estrid Anundottir written in 325 AC

The weapons developed by Lord Dustin before and during his reign varied greatly; some are so deadly that they are only used in the most dire circumstances and others were a complete failure in their purpose.

The most prolific as the repeating Hand Crossbow that was heavily used by the Early Ranchers and Northern ranger which were used to protect their herds.

The largest was his various Ballista, some of which are banned in modern warfare, the naval variants were known to pierce through entire vessels and cut men in half with their various custom bolts.

The one weapon that is only used in the most dire of circumstances or against those who the nation consider traitors against humanity, the first chemical weapons Chlorine gas and others were used in the ****** conflict and is very sparingly used in current conflicts.