Category:The Manor

Elemental Manor is a large country manorhouse of indeterminate age, imprecise geographical location and imperfect condition with an uncertain number of residents, unsafe electrics and a variety of unpleasant smells. Visitors should complete and sign the provided waiver (a mere formality) before entering.

The Romans called the area Putidaeque Paludis. There is a scrawled footnote written in appallingly-declined Latin on an obscure manuscript in the Vatican's Secret Archives that hints Legio IX Hispana took a wrong turn or shortcut on their way to Portus Dubris (Dover) and disappeared into the marshes, never to be seen again, but this may be a mistranslation or the idle scribbles of a bored monk.

After the fall of the Roman Empire the area was generally overlooked for centuries and rarely spoken of except in conversations beginning with "If you want to get to the coast make sure to avoid that place". On maps it was usually blank or labelled with "Here be foul and fusky waters".

It is believed that in 1344, the newly-ennobled Lord Percival Elemental bought the land for the price of one pig (the other party undoubtedly got the better part of the deal). This gave rise to an early name for the area, "Percival's Pig". Criminals, ne'er-do-wells, village idiots and other undesirables from the surrounding areas and cities were often given the option - the gallows, or move to Percival's Pig to aid in settlement and land reclamation. Many chose the gallows but nevertheless ended up here.

Over time, streams and rivers were diverted, the swamp drained, monsters evicted, the forests expanded and the village built a few miles down the dirt track from the hillock where the first Elemental Manor was constructed.

There then followed a series of failed renamings and rebrandings in an attempt to attract settlers and traders.