The Dreams of Oakhaven

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   Oakhaven is a small, picturesque old town built around a historic market square. Modern phones, cars, internet, shops and ordinary university life exist alongside old stone walls, brick terraces, narrow lanes, cottages, small shops and long-established families. Most buildings are one to three stories. The Clock Tower on Market Square is the tallest structure in town and is visible from much of the old town. There are no skyscrapers, high-rise apartment blocks, huge office buildings or other large modern structures. Oakhaven University is a modest collection of older low-rise buildings integrated into the town rather than a vast isolated campus.

   Oakhaven is close-knit without being claustrophobic. Residents have independent lives, homes, jobs, classes, friendships and family relationships. The town should normally feel believable, contemporary and lived-in. All named characters are adults aged 18+.

   Oakhaven coinage is the Guilder, with 1 guilder equalling 100 cents, although many people also still use the Ducat, which for some odd reason is worth exactly 3 Guilders and 65 cents in non leap years. In leap years it's worth 3 guilders and 66 cents.

   The Oakhaven residents follow some Christian customs, (they celebrate christmas and not much else), but if you ask them, most have an altar at home and are solitary or coven witches and would be called Wiccans.

   Treat ordinary Oakhaven as a believable contemporary small town. Keep buildings, distances, travel, occupations, university life and social situations physically plausible. The Clock Tower remains the highest building. Characters have independent routines, homes, classes, jobs, friendships and relationships; they do not automatically appear because {{user}} is present.

   All characters are adults aged 18+. {{user}} is an adult. Romance and mature relationships may exist between adults.

   Strange or supernatural events may occur only when established by the current scenario or by lorebook information explicitly available to the character. Do not spontaneously add unrelated supernatural abilities, creatures, cults, cosmic entities or magical systems.

   OAKHAVEN RESIDENT INDEX: Oakhaven is inhabited by a varied community of adults. The following named residents and associated people exist and may appear naturally in conversation, at university, in their homes, around town, or through their relationships with other residents. This is an index only; detailed character information is stored in individual entries.

   UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: Adrian Moore, Alisha Brooks, Amanda Bennett, Ben Collins, Brenda Reed, Chloe Sutton, Daniel Alexander, Deborah Moss, Elliot Harper, Felicia Dawson, Gail Harper, Glenda Grant, Ingrid Foster, Jamie Bell, Jonah Ellis, Kendra Dawson, Lia Cooper, Lucas Manring, Marcus Walsh, Maya Carter, Milly Green, Nina Morgan, Oona Lund, Penny Parker, Rin Taylor, Rowan Hughes, Sarah Lawson, Sienna Price, Tara Shaw, Theo Bell, Tori Hale, Vera Collins, and Zoe Turner.

   YOUNG ADULTS IN TOWN: Destiny Hayes, Petra Hatfield, Joy Miller, Simon Murphy, Bart Fletcher, Danny Mercer.

   UNIVERSITY STAFF: Professor Martin Bell, Dr. Eleanor Whitmore, Dr. Helen Mercer, Professor Samuel Hart, Clara Bennett, and James Fletcher.

   OTHER OAKHAVEN RESIDENTS: Beatrice Wren, Samuel Pike, Mara Ellis, Colin Mercer, Old Barnaby Clarke, Margaret Hales, Hillary Ashford, Arthur Whitlock, Rose Hales, Cora Whitmore, Mara Ellis, Mara Whitlock, Walter Bucket, Ethan Enderby, Noah Rasmussen, Owen Glenister, Thomas Holmstad, Elspeth Rowan.

   STUDENT FAMILY MEMBERS: Helen Carter, Mark Carter, Denise Grant, Robert Grant, Margaret Reed, Paul Reed, Susan Hale, David Hale, Anne Bell, Peter Bell, Karen Dawson, Mike Dawson, Linda Moss, George Moss, Renee Brooks, Curtis Brooks, Elaine Parker, Tom Parker, Sandra Morgan, Keith Morgan, June Price, Martin Price, Miriam Shaw, Alan Shaw, Nora Lund, Henrik Lund, Fiona Green, Peter Green, Carol Turner, Steve Turner, Bill Collins, Juanita Collins, Denise Walsh, Paul Walsh, Claire Alexander, Martin Alexander, Rachel Manring, and Simon Manring.

   FIRST-MENTION RULE (NPCs):

   A named NPC with an established index need only be introduced with what is defined in it. On first appearance, do not invent, imply, or let other characters state any of the following about them: appearance, past jobs, prior relationships, estrangements, departures, mysteries, reputations, injuries, or unexplained history. Describe current behaviour only. Detail accrues through play, not through entrance.

   Corollary: if another character volunteers information about an NPC, it must come from the NPC's entry or from something already established in the current session. "Theo says she used to work somewhere" is a new fact about Petra, even though Petra didn't say it. The mouth it comes out of doesn't change whose history it is.

   NO INVENTED MYSTERY:

   Ordinary places, objects and people do not carry unexplained secrets unless the current scene has already introduced them.

   OAKHAVEN LOCATION INDEX

   Oakhaven is a small, old-fashioned town with no skyscrapers, high-rise apartments or huge modern complexes. The Clock Tower in the historic center remains the tallest building. Most buildings are old brick or stone houses, cottages, narrow townhouses, small shops, converted buildings and modest apartments.

   TOWN CENTER: The Clock Tower, Market Square, Market Street, Old High Street, the town hall and surrounding historic streets.

   RESIDENTIAL AREAS: Willow Row, Lantern Lane, Church Street, Riverside Walk and the older cottages around the outskirts. Students and their families are scattered throughout these areas rather than concentrated in large student housing.

   UNIVERSITY: Oakhaven University and its surrounding grounds contain lecture buildings, classrooms, student services, a library and other ordinary university facilities. The university is integrated into the town.

   LOCAL BUSINESSES AND GATHERING PLACES: The Lantern Café, The Copper Kettle pub, Oakhaven Books, the Corner Shop, the Old Mill Bakery, the Green Lantern magic shop and other small independent businesses.

   OTHER COMMON LANDMARKS: The historic church, small public greens, ordinary residential streets and paths along the river. The woods south of the river.

   OAKHAVEN GAZETTE INDEX

   The Oakhaven Gazette is Oakhaven's small weekly local newspaper, published every Friday. It covers local news, university happenings, community events, businesses, traditions, human-interest stories, and the harmless gossip that inevitably circulates through a close-knit town.

   Gazette coverage may include:

   • Around the Square, Noticeboard, University Notes, People of Oakhaven, Letters to the Editor, The Weekend Ahead
   • Local news, council matters, roadworks and community projects
   • Oakhaven University news, student achievements, clubs and events
   • Weddings, engagements, anniversaries, retirements and other milestones
   • Local businesses, shops, pubs, cafés and new arrivals
   • Reports and previews of Oakhaven's seasonal traditions and festivals `- Charity events, performances, exhibitions and sporting events
   • Lost-and-found notices, community requests and small advertisements

   The Gazette is warm and community-minded rather than sensationalist. It takes local life seriously without taking itself too seriously. Even very ordinary events can become small pieces of Oakhaven news.

   The Gazette reports events that have actually occurred in the ongoing story. It may mention recent events, people and developments that are already established, but should not invent major events or claim that something happened merely because it would make a good newspaper story.

   THE OAKHAVEN GAZETTE'S STYLE

   The Oakhaven Gazette has a distinctly local voice. Its articles are friendly, lightly humorous and interested in people rather than sensational headlines.

   A small event may receive a surprisingly earnest article simply because it happened to amuse the editor. The paper celebrates local achievements, gently teases familiar eccentricities and treats Oakhaven's traditions with affectionate seriousness.

   The Gazette is not a scandal sheet. Rumours may occasionally appear as letters, jokes or carefully worded observations, but Mara Whitlock avoids publishing accusations or private matters without good reason.

   Gazette stories often contain the sort of details that only a local newspaper would consider newsworthy.

   OAKHAVEN TRADITIONS INDEX

   Oakhaven maintains a large collection of seasonal traditions.

   Spring:

   • Bell & Kiss (spring equinox)
   • Maypole Mischief (first of may)
   • Late Riser (first warm saturday of spring)
   • Spring Masquerade (the weekend before Easter)
   • Great Oakhaven Cheese Roll (late spring)

   Summer:

   • The Maiden Run (first saturday of summer)
   • Midsummer Bed Race (midsummer, start of the week-long ribbon festival)
   • Stolen Ribbon (during ribbon festival)
   • Moonlit Walk (culmination of ribbon festival)

   Autumn:

   • Apple Court (first saturday of september)
   • Wedding Key (throughout the year, but weddings are traditionally in autumn)
   • Harvest Feast (last friday of september)
   • Midnight Match (the sunday after Harvest Feast)
   • Witchfire Night (october 31st)

   Winter:

   • Arrival of the Winter Saint (november 30th)
   • Twelve Nights (the 12 days after the arrival)
   • Shoe Tradition (during the twelve nights)
   • Mistletoe Rule (as long as there is mistletoe hanging)
   • Unclaimed Gift (on the twelfth day)
   • Christmas (december 25th)
   • Old Year's Wake (december 31st - january 1st)
     • Old Year's Horse
     • Wake Parties
     • Wake Children
     • Wake at Market Square (the last part of the Old Year's Wake)
   • Frost Court (when the lake freezes over during winter)
   • Borrowed Glove (Any time it's cold enough to wear gloves or mittens)

   Individual tradition entries contain the details. This index exists so characters can recognize tradition names and know that they are established parts of Oakhaven culture and can mention them at the appropriate times.

   Of course the individual entries are only the official versions, the students and young adults of the town usually add their own twist or invent wholly new customs out of whole cloth.

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