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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: '''Off Deed Farming''' As the village grows, the current fields will be insufficient to supply everyone's needs, especially those trying to increase their cooking skill. The land to the south is being used by other non-deeded residents and we have the lake to the north and east. To the west is the hill which is far too steep to farm. The plan, therefore it to partially lower the land to the west, creating one or two tiers, and reclaim more land from the lake. This will be a primary project for any new residents as the need for food is always paramount. '''A Small Venice'''whatever next?

The more adventurous plan is to extend Village of the village itself further into Small Bears has grown much over the lakelast year. It's harbour boasts many boats, we have built two giant colossi, 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 pier has been constructed, and the size of beach and the deed, but if successful, and if there shore frontage 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 boatsbeing finished as I type.

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.

We are now in the position keen to encourage and help any and all players that want to consider applications from those who would like settle down to take up [[citizen|residence]] in the Village Of Small Bears this rather laid back and be involved with the running Zen type of the village and its future plansexistence round Bear Bay. As mentioned earlier There is plenty of land available to build on, or you may be interested in this text we are a mixed community moving into one of all ages, and we would welcome applications from those who feel they would fit the vacant properties in well with a relaxed, friendly and uncontroversial society. The the village would probably suit older players or couples - even familiesitself. If you were wish to become a fan of the Prisonercitizen, and wished all we ask is that you had gone are prepared to Woodstock, you will fit right join in! But if you are younger with the various projects and wished you were old enough to remember Woodstock, you are still welcomehelp others both in and around the village. Here We are a few guide requirements, but they are by no means fixed in stone: * '''Membership type''': Premium members only (see dependants below)* '''Skill Levels''': Not looking especially for champions, but basic 20 in essentials like mining, carpentry, masonry and digging would be nice (but not mandatory) and willing to grow fast. If you players who are not there yet, don't worry, you soon will be!* '''Specific Trades''': All trades welcome at this early point.* '''Money''': Occasional donations prepared to the village fund would be nice, but no fixed requirement* '''Male or Female''': Either, thought the area is give a little short on female Wurmites. * '''Dependants''': With limits (we can only have 40 citizens), we would welcome dependants of the primary citizen, Although the primary Citizen must be a premium member and preferably an adult, the dependant(s) need not be. However, the primary citizen will be directly responsible for the dependants, their behaviour and sustenance. (Only primary citizens will have access to central food stores.) If you are interested in applying for citizenship, please come and talk long term commitment to Gurubear, or PM him in game, or better still, visit the Bears of Wurm web site village and use the [http://sangliercommunity around Bear Bay.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]