Podunk was a small village in a valley which had seen any war or trouble in 100 years.  The villagers had become docile and complacent with their way of life no worries about threats or attacks to their village as there had been no major animals to worry about aside from a few bears that lived on the far side of the valley to the north east as the village was located in the south west in the furthest away area from the only real entrance to the valley.  There was also a cave to the south east but it was difficult to traverse so many people and creatures avoided it.  There were three other caves one straight north of the village, one to the west and one to the east though the east one had bears.  The other two caves had no known creatures but the villagers only used them when a storm came which had been a long time since one came that required the use of the caves.  Between the village and the mountains to the south were where the villagers of Podunk raised their cattle and sheep and allowed them to graze on the hills that weren't suitable for farm land and to the west they raise their crops which gave them plenty of surpluss to survive year in and out.  The berries located to the North were more difficult to obtain so they were typically gathered only for special occasions due to the long distance and some worries of creatures like Bats, Centipedes, rats, lizards, spiders, dogs, wolves, or snakes.<br/><br/>Since the village was so far removed from war the black smith had stopped making weapons and all of the weapons that they had were from in the past and only slings were really used to fight off any creatures that dared to attack the cattle, sheep or chickens.  And armor was a distant idea that wasn't required anymore so all that remained was a shed in the back of town full of old worn armor that would do the job if needed but no one was worried as no one traveled to the remote village.<br/><br/>Podunk was a small village of about 20 families that each had their own home.  There was a large town hall in the middle of the city and the homes were rather spread out leaving plenty of room for expansion on the houses if there needed to be a new room added to the wooden houses.  Families were ready and willing to help one another build things and tend to the fields as most things were communal.  There was still a pub in the town which was the typical gathering place after a long day of work at around 6 to eat and be merry.  The attitude was slowly changing in the town as some people wanted bigger and better and different things but nothing caused an uproar in the town yet though if something were to happen it would likely cause problems in the town as classes were slowly forming in the village where there had only been the one class with the head position changing on a yearly basis in the village.  The current head of the town was a much beloved man who went by the name of Eberk Dankil, he was popular with everyone in the town except for Jarith Gorton who was poised to take over the position in two weeks time and he would likely put changes in the town to create the divide and the classes as it would put him ahead and give him more land.  Trot Sky was the law enforcement in the town as he was the only man in the village who had any experience fighting and kept everyone in order as no one was able to best him in a fight even when the best in the village took him on 4 against 1.  Aesa and Finna were two young girls in the village who were known for their beauty.  No one else in the village really stood out.<br/><br/>It was an unusual cloudy day in the small village of Podunk.  Finna's friend Aesa had gone out to pick berries in the woods North of their village.  It was a good hour away from the village but at this point Aesa had been gone for 8 hours having left at 6 in the morning.  Finna was left to wonder what had happened to her best friend.  It was 2 in the afternoon and the villagers were done with their lunch break and back into the rythmn of gathering wood, plowing the fields and tending to the affairs of the town.  No one was stopping to wonder what happened to Aesa as nothing usually went wrong but the unique weather as the eerie feeling in the air made Finna uneasy as she was out in the village.