Flashing Blades, a solo RPG campaign, part 1 - Château Hèras

The village of Château Hèras.

This old medieval village and Chateau was located somewhere in the Loire Valley, France.  Don't bother looking for the village on any maps though, you will not find it, it no longer exists, all trace of its whereabouts gone.  

What happened to the village, no one seems to know for sure. some believe it was abandoned during the great famine of 1693, the stones from the house were used to build new buildings in a nearby town, others believe the last Baron of Chateau Heras fell foul of Louis XIV by sheltering and protecting Huguenots, in reprisal the villagers were forced to flee, the King had the Chateau and village raised to the ground, the Barons lands and wealth went to the crown and the Baron himself came to a bad, untimely, end.

Perhaps we will never know the truth about the demise Chateau Heras, what we do know though, is that at the time of our adventure, nearly 60 years earlier, during the reign of Louis XIII, the village was inhabited by numerous families, who, though poor, toiled and worked the land and were, in the main, good, God fearing citizens of France.  The Chateau itself was occupied by Baron Pompadour, a wealthy man by any standard and we shall discuss him further later.

Layout of the village and Chateau Heras.