Count John "Silverhand" Windome ap'Dougal is "Count of the Western Hills".  He holds dominion over many of the suburbs outside of Baltimore, under Duchess McGonegal.<br/><br/>Twenty years ago, as the small town of Owing's Mills grew into a larger suburb, Sir Atrius Carver ap'Fion--one of Windome's knight errants--did good service in the protection of these lands.  A new freehold was established and he was given the title of Baron of Rail's End--giving him athority over Owing's Mills.<br/><br/>Rail's end was for many years a propsperous place of growign glamour and prosperity.  The movie theater and gaming store in the mall created a congregation of creative people.  Over time, however, criminal elements from deeper within the city used the easy access the subway provided to open this ground to exploitation.<br/><br/>Baron Atrius on serveral occasions went so far as to call upon the wierd to put an end to violent upbringings by force of personality or the sword.<br/><br/>In summer of 2011, Atrius attempted just that when two gangs squared off in a parking lot behind the mall.  Both groups froze as he spoke in a comanding voice, chiding them for disturbing the peace at a place of entertainment and bidding them take their quarrels elsewhere.  As the violent youths quivered between violence and backign down, one of them drew a heavy pistol and emptied the clip into the Lord.<br/><br/>The 'cop killer' rounds were as effective against sidhe plate as against kevlar and the Baron was mortaly wounded.  His knights fought their way through the ensuing riot but thier lord bled out before he could recieve treatment.<br/><br/>On December 25th, a new Baron of Rail's End was invested.<br/><br/>It is now March 1st.  Count Windome calls upon his lords to put together a Festival of the First Flowers, calling upon Kithian performers to fill the public places in the suburbs with their craft to lure mortal folk out into the brisk spring air.