Rekitan Village

Rekitan Village is a small but prosperous village populated mainly by halflings and the setting of most of Argus's Moonlighters games.

Overview
The village is a small village with 157 buildings and a population of 950. It is located about 50 mi west of the Bright Dawn campsite; that is, about 2 days walk at a normal traveling pace or about 1 day by horse.

Gopher Stream, a small river about 80 feet across, cuts through the village, providing easy transportation for goods and people into and out of the village. On the northwest side of the village lies several plots of farmland, with grow various crops in the warmer months and livestock year-round.

About 95% of the village's residents are halflings, with the other 5% mainly being their human, dwarven, and elvish spouses. The village is prosperous, with a poverty rate of 0%—this is thanks to the village's proprietary greatberries, bioengineered fruit with incredible restorative properties. The greatberries are processed into healing potions and sold outside the village for significant profits; hefty tariffs ensure that much of these profits are collected by the mayoral office and are then redistributed evenly throughout the village.

The village is governed by a mayor who is chosen through a democratic election every four years. The mayoral office is responsible for ensuring that housing, food, and public education are available for all residents who want them.

Arnold Shortzenegger
A passionate, 30-year-old halfling bodybuilder who's married to Mabel Greenhand.

Defender4
Defender4 is a warforged who works as a merchant shuttling magic items and greatberries to and from the village. Though they were originally created by Yaboy, a young artificer of the village, to serve as a town guard, Yaboy considered Defender4 defective due to their unwillingness to ever fight. Yaboy was going to wipe Defender4's memory to remake it in a more warlike fashion, but Bright Dawn guildmember Ren Idoya convinced him not to by buying Defender4's freedom for a hefty sum of money.

Garrett Tosscobble
The 48-year-old halfling mayor of Rekitan Village.

Karl Backbreaker
Karl is a 60-year-old human ex-werewolf-hunter who decided to retire and settle down in Rekitan Village, becoming a greatberry and cattle farmer. He used to work with Merla Boarfister and is still somewhat friendly with her, though they do get into frequent debates about the pros and cons of cows vs. pigs. Though his baldness and long gray beard betray his age, he still cuts an imposing figure at 6 ft and 200 lbs of mostly muscle.

It has recently been revealed that, without his knowledge, he must have been cursed with werewolf lycanthropy in the past, as he turns into a werewolf and losing all control during the full moon without being aware that he does so.

Mabel Greenhand
Mabel is a 70-year-old eccentric halfling biologist and the inventor of the greatberry. She spends most of her time in her greenhouse caring for her plants and creating scientific abominations.

Sophie Greenhand
The village cleric. Not much is known about her yet.

Merla Boarfister
Merla is a 53-year-old half-orc who used to hunt werewolves with Karl before similarly retiring to settle down in Rekitan Village. She farms greatberries and raises pigs as her livelihood, but spends most of her time working out. At 7 ft tall and 400 lbs of pure muscle, she works hard to have as intimidating a first impression as possible. She lives in a cave next to her farm with her four husbands, three wives, and her legion of pigs.

Milo Cleanhands
Milo is a 36-year-old halfling and the village's resident blacksmith. He actually died about a year ago after falling down a steep flight of stairs but was brought back to life as a zombie through unknown means. For some reason, he seems to have retained his intelligence and personality unlike most undead, allowing him to continue pursuing his trade and caring for his young son, Yaboy.

Yaboy Cleanhands
Yaboy is 13-year-old halfling, Milo's son, and a brilliant aspiring artificer. He often plays "Pathfynder" with his friends, a tabletop roleplaying game of his own invention. After discovering a dungeon below his home while digging a hole in his living room, he has hired the guild several times to explore it on his behalf. Some guild members have developed suspicions that Yaboy and the BBEG of the dungeon, Ankorach, are one in the same; Yaboy, of course, has denied all such insinuations, declaring them absurd.

Yaboy is also the creator of Defender4.

Missions History
See the Moonlighters series.

Special Items

 * Greatberries: Greatberries are a proprietary fruit developed by Mabel Greenhand and are the village's main source of wealth; they are processed into healing potions, which are then sold outside of the town for significant profits. To protect the village's economy, they have been enchanted by Aunt Mabel such that they spoil and turn to ash immediately if they are removed from the town's premises without her permission. They are otherwise nonmagical—their other incredible properties are actually all biological in nature. Eating one will nourish and heal you, but eating more too quickly may make you sick instead.