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The Village of Small Bears is a village on Independence, part of the Freedom Isles, situated in the southern half of the Island. It has been founded by Guru Bear, the original founder of the Village of the Small Bears, a settlement on the now abandoned Jenn Kellon home land. The rest of this article is currently about the old village. '''The Village of the Small Bears''' is was a size 10 [[Jenn-Kellon]] [[Settlement|village]] Village with pretensions to grandeur. At the time of writing it is a new settlement with few citizens. It is to be found on the [[Server Types#Home server details|Home Server]] due east of [[Newtown]], over the hill and down to the lake. It is part of a larger community of Villages, Homesteads, and non-deeded farms and cottages gathered round the western end of the lake, that are loosely referred to as The Bears of Wurm. Of note are the two grand Colossi, The Small Bear and The Old Bear, that hold vigil over the Bay of Bears from their small islands just in front of Le Grande Promenade D'Ours.

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The village sits on the shore of a beautiful lake bay, The Bay of Bears, and is bordered to its west by woodland, to its east and north by the lakebay, and to the south by the main highway to [[Newtown]]. Three sides of the village, western, southern and eastern, are protected by [[Tall_stone_wall|tall stone walls]]; the Northern side of the village is open to the lakebay.

The village it self is only half constructed. Two residences have been completed in the south-western corner of the village and are home to the Mayor and [[Player:Becky|Becky]]. In addition, there is a village store, a workshop next to the forge, a small shed and Fore Paws Village Shop. This shop is located by the front gate and is home to a [[Trader|Public Trader]], though from time to time we restrict access. The shop is accessible to travellers and local residents without the need to enter the village front gate, though during transactions they are safe within the village boundary and are subject to the protection of the [[Spirit_guards|Spirit Guards]]. Around the harbour area there are now several stone houses and two wooden cottages, plus some storage.

The village has a large internal farm area growing [[Pumpkin|Pumpkins]], [[Potato|Potatos]], [[Oat|Cereals]], [[Corn]], [[wemp plants|Wemp]] and [[Cotton]] - all with good success. We also have a smaller 1 large farm area under across the nominal charge of Becky with 4 crop tilesroad from the Village on Pine Lake, 1 [[Hen]] and three [[Egg|eggs]]another a little further down which is a community project for the Bears of Wurm. This will hopefully be our small hen coop!

Fishing is good and we have plentiful [[Cherry]], [[Lemon]] and [[Olive]] trees in the area. We are also cultivating oak in the nurseries and cedar and Birch.

The front gate to the village is situated one third along the southern wall, on the main highway heading east. The gate is indented into the wall two tiles so that visitors have access to the Kingdom Trader, when open. There is no automatic entrance to the village through this gate as it is nominally for the use of Citizens only. Visitors are recommended to use the East harbour Gate or arrive at the harbour by water. The east gate is signposted farther along.

The Forest or West Gate is located in the western wall at the extreme north-western corner. This gate gives access to the forest and will be the access for future off-deed farming. This gate is for citizens only and is kept locked.

We are will be adding a donation barrel for travellers who make use of our guards in this way. Please donate however much you like from the bounty gained from butchering the now dead beast. We think this is a fair trade for the traveller facilitating themselves of our overpaid guards.

The Village of Small Bears is a very relaxed company of people, as it is the community of which it is part, The village motto, though cliched, says much of the attitude of the Mayor in general: Peace, man, peace.

Most villages on Wurm seem to be size 10Well, and the Village of Small Bears has no immediate ambitions to grow enormous. However, there is no shortage of ideas. There are two projects being considered at present:whatever next?

The Village of the Small Bears has grown much over the last year. It'''Forestry'''s harbour boasts many boats, we have built two giant colossi, a pier has been constructed, and the beach and the shore frontage are being finished as I type.

We are keen to promote the growth of wood useful to our needs, specifically BirchBut things should not stay like that, Oak and Cedar. We already have an Oak Nursery and are planning development of the hillside to the west Founder, he of Small Bears. This many a wild and furry idea, will soon be terraced putting pen to paper and secured and be planted with Oak designing another great task for boats, Birch for fuel and Cedar fro carpentry projectsthe busy citizens.

'''A Small Venice''' The more adventurous plan is to extend the village itself further into the lake, creating a small [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice Venice]] or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annecy Annecy]] like village. This can be done without having to increase the size of the deed, but if successful, and if there are enough contributing citizens, then a deed extension should be considered. This plan would have particular relevance should we be able to take advantage of proper bridges and boats. '''Boats''' A future plan for Wurm is to allow the construction of [[Planned_features|boats]] to make use of the considerable water area. The manufacture of boats and training people in their use is seen as a possible source of revenue for the village as well as a lot of fun. '''Colossus and boat Races''' On the suggestion of Jyin, there is a tentative plan to build two Colossi, one either side of Bear Bay at Small Bears and Serene Bear Landing. Apart from helping to define and identify the bay, these would be used as end markers for future boat races.Watch this space!

The village is only a few minutes away from [[Newtown]] and is simple to locate. Head east from [[Newtown]] over the half completed land bridge across the lake. Turn left on the eastern shore and follow the path up the side of the hill. Continue on the path over the hill and down the other side. At the junction, as the main highway turns left towards [[Serene Bear Landing]], continue straight on down the hill following the smaller path; the path widens again after a few hundred meters. The Village of Small Bears will come into your sight on the left hand side of the road behind the long tall stone walls.

Gurubear is We are keen to encourage and help any and all players that want to settle down to this rather laid back and Zen type of existence round Bear Bay. There is plenty of land available to build on, or you may be interested in moving into one of the vacant properties in the village itself. If you wish to become a citizen, all we ask is that you are prepared to join in with the various projects and to help others both in and around the village. We are looking especially for players who are prepared to give a long term commitment to the village and the community around Bear Bay.

If you are interested in applying for citizenship, please come and talk to GurubearTealc, or PM him in game, or better still, visit the Bears of Wurm web site and use the [http://sanglier.co.uk/bearsofwurm/index.php?option=com_cbcontact&Itemid=72 contact form]. == External links == * [http://www.sanglier.co.uk/bearsofwurm Bears of Wurm web site]  [[Category:Babel/A]]