Hearthroot Moot

If the Canopy Court rules the realm’s borders, the Hearthroot Moot rules the realm’s continuance.

It gathers wherever life is most stubborn: under porches, in hedge-tangles, beside woodpiles, near the feeder where arguments begin and treaties are tested every hour. The Moot does not announce itself. It simply happens-when the small folk decide what must be done and then do it anyway.

Matters of the Moot are plain, but never simple:

which corners are safe enough to nest
who warns first, who shares last, who keeps watch when others sleep
how to survive winter without becoming cruel
how to keep Emberwood’s daily rhythm from breaking

Seats Of Note

Warden of the Hearthroot (Moot Leader): Sir Bramblewick Thistletongue
Feeder-Captain (Moot Member): Captain Jack
Hearth-Singer (Moot Member): Lucy
Morning-Tuner (Moot Member): Jack
Weather-Reader (Moot Member): William Turner
Defender of the Window Ledge Realm (Moot Member): Sir Pipsqueak
Hedge-Sage (Moot Member): Nettlewick Featherroot
Tale-Runner (Moot Member): Merrifeather
Jester-at-Large (Moot Friend): Finchie
Hearthroot Scout (Moot Member): Pippin The Hearthroot Scout
Cache-Warden (Moot Member): Crispin Graycrest
Red Gable Steward (Moot Friend): Perrin of the Red Gable
Hedge-Crier (Outer-Voice of the Moot): Ferwick Boldcall
Flame-Keeper of the Threshold (Moot Member): Rowan Flamecrest
Weaver of the Hearthpact (Moot Member): Mara of the Eave

Trials Of The Moot

The Moot does not mark its history in grand battles or declarations. It marks what was endured and who showed up.

Frostfall Skirmish - When an unseasonable chill drove the small folk from their nests, it was the Moot that held the line. Pippin led the displaced to hidden caches and sheltered nooks, earning his title and proving that the Moot’s strength lies not in size but in preparedness. The Council of Black Sentinels took note; Corvath Darkwing himself acknowledged the Moot’s response with a rare nod from the high branch.