Funny thing about American #fantasy novels and games: the *place names* are often clearly American colonial, even in a pseudo-Medieval European setting. You'll arrive at this village threatened by goblin raiders, and it's named Burton's Freehold. Aha, right. This is a re-skinned Western movie.
#ttrpg #placenames
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