The Ashwood Wardens
The Ashwood Wardens are older than the keep's maps of the forest. In Ranger Tamsin's grandmother's day they kept the beacons on Howling Ridge, and every Ashwood child still learns the rhyme for lighting them. Today the Wardens are Pinewatch, a village behind a palisade that is more hole than wall, a camp cook who has run out of wolf, and a handful of scouts with a great deal of stubbornness.
Their trouble is the Duskfang. The packs come down every spring, and this spring they came down hungry: boots, bread and, once, a whole ham. Every whelp at the Edge was born in Den Hollow, and every one of them answers to the Pack Mother on Alpha's Rise. Under the Hollow, the spiders are waking too.
The Wardens count anyone who sits by their fire as one of their own. Old Brannoc burns charcoal for them, Hettie Pellow brings wool, Wobbly Pim brings trouble, and a ghost in the Old Burn still waits to be introduced. Ask Tamsin who leads them and she will tell you that nobody does. Ask anyone else and they will point at Tamsin.
Earning standing
- Ashwood quests
- Defeating the Ashwood's creatures
- Clean Hides Wanted (daily)
- Contracts finished in the Ashwood
Rewards
- Friendly: The discount at Holt and Tilda Bramble in Pinewatch; Holt sells the Warden's Cloak
- Honored: Holt sells the Beacon Charm and the recipe for Warden's Stew
- Exalted: Holt sells the Warden Pup
Wares
| Item | Standing | Gold |
|---|---|---|
| Friendly | 180 | |
| Honored | 350 | |
| Honored | 900 |
