Oakshire

The city of Oakshire is the capitol city of Jiravess and the first settlement that was founded when the small folk first settled the fertile valley that is now known as Jiravess. The first settlers planted an acorn brought from home on a ridge overlooking the new town, which grew into the enormous oak tree the city is named for, and which remains the focal point of the city to this day. Most markets, festivals and celebrations are held in the large town square facing the tree, and local belief claims that it is blessed by Yondalla herself and that as long as the tree remains healthy and cared for, the surrounding fields will remain fertile and the harvests bountiful. The tree's network of roots has grown so wide that they pierce through the ridge overlooking the square. During festivals lights and streamers are hung from these roots.
Oakshire is very vibrant, colourful and green, with most homes having a small garden or at least some potted plants or flowers. The majority of the homes are owned by halflings, with a few groupings of Gnome hovels dug into the hills here and there. Interspersed with these homes, however, are homes and taverns suited for those of other races that live in Oakshire or come to visit or trade. Most taverns within the city have several spare rooms for the many larger folk that flock towards Oakshire during the various markets and festivals throughout the year. Surrounding Oakshire is a large network of fields and pastures that supply the city and the surrounding area.
Notable locations within Oakshire are the council building -where the ruling council of elders holds office-, the Trove of Tales, the Mad Malts Brewery, the workshop of Ipamor Morin, and the headquarters of the Jiravess Volunteer Pony Brigade a small ways outside the city proper.