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	'''Poppy Holt''' — Youngest, 10. Collects frogs from the south pasture stream, names every calf the day it's born, and is absolutely certain she'll run Broadmeadow one day. Garrick hasn't told her otherwise because he secretly believes she might.		'''Poppy Holt''' — Youngest, 10. Collects frogs from the south pasture stream, names every calf the day it's born, and is absolutely certain she'll run Broadmeadow one day. Garrick hasn't told her otherwise because he secretly believes she might.

	Jasper Honeysuckle — Martha's older son from the Wayward Wheel — works at Broadmeadow during the warm seasons when the cattle farms need extra hands. He stays in the bunkhouse, rises before dawn, and does the heavy lifting: mending fences, hauling feed, helping with the autumn roundup. Garrick values him as a worker and treats him almost like family, though Jasper's quiet nature means they sometimes work a full day side by side and exchange fewer than twenty words. During Algus, when the ranch needs fewer hands, Jasper returns to help at his mother's tavern.		'''Jasper Honeysuckle''' — Martha's older son from the Wayward Wheel — works at Broadmeadow during the warm seasons when the cattle farms need extra hands. He stays in the bunkhouse, rises before dawn, and does the heavy lifting: mending fences, hauling feed, helping with the autumn roundup. Garrick values him as a worker and treats him almost like family, though Jasper's quiet nature means they sometimes work a full day side by side and exchange fewer than twenty words. During Algus, when the ranch needs fewer hands, Jasper returns to help at his mother's tavern.

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Created page with "==== Location ==== The Broadmeadow Ranch is north ==== Property ==== The Main House — A two-story stone farmhouse with a wraparound porch, painted shutters, and a kitchen that always smells of fresh bread. The front door is never locked during daylight hours. A wooden plaque above the hearth reads "Holt Since 1287. The Great Red Barn — The largest structure on the property, painted a fading rust-red. Houses the cattle stalls, a hayloft that the Holt children have u..."

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==== Location ====
The Broadmeadow Ranch is north

==== Property ====
The Main House — A two-story stone farmhouse with a wraparound porch, painted shutters, and a kitchen that always smells of fresh bread. The front door is never locked during daylight hours. A wooden plaque above the hearth reads "Holt Since 1287.

The Great Red Barn — The largest structure on the property, painted a fading rust-red. Houses the cattle stalls, a hayloft that the Holt children have used as a hideaway for generations, and a corner workshop where Corbin repairs tack and tools.

The Milking Shed — A long, low stone building with six stalls, kept scrupulously clean. Willa and Helene handle the morning milking together. The cream separator and butter churn sit at the far end near the cold storage cellar.

The Smokehouse — A small windowless stone hut behind the main house, perpetually fragrant with hickory and applewood. Garrick smokes beef and mutton here for winter stores, and sometimes does a side batch of trout from the stream if the children have been fishing.

The Bunkhouse — A modest timber building with four bunks, a woodstove, and a washbasin. Used by seasonal hands during calving season and the autumn roundup. Jasper Honeysuckle stays here during the warm months when he's working the herds.

The South Pasture Stream — A narrow, cold stream runs along the southern edge of the property, fed by mountain snowmelt. It's the ranch's water source and a favorite spot for Poppy to catch frogs.

==== Staff ====
'''Garrick Holt''' — Human male, mid-40s. Broad-shouldered and sun-weathered, with a grey-streaked beard and hands like leather. Third-generation rancher who inherited Broadmeadow from his father at twenty-eight. Blunt in conversation but fair to a fault — he'll tell you exactly what he thinks, but he'll also give a struggling neighbor an extra week to pay. Knows every cow in his herd by name and can spot illness in an animal before any symptom shows. Serves on the Fairhaven Council as the voice of the farming families, though he speaks rarely and only when something actually matters. Has a quiet rivalry with the cattle farms near Aerilon and insists Jorian Redbacks are the superior breed.

'''Helene Holt''' — Human female, early 40s. Garrick's wife and the operational backbone of the ranch. She keeps the books, manages the dairy, negotiates with merchants, and still finds time to make cheese that people ride out of their way for. Her aged cheddar — wrapped in wax and stored in the cold cellar for a minimum of eight months — is the ranch's second-most-valuable product after the beef itself. Martha Honeysuckle buys it by the wheel. Helene is warm but watchful; she reads people as carefully as she reads a ledger.

'''Corbin Holt''' — Eldest son, 22. Garrick's right hand on the ranch and a better rider than his father ever was. Strong, quiet, and dependable to a fault — the kind of young man who finishes a job before anyone thinks to ask if it's done. Engaged to a girl from Aerilon named Delia, which Garrick is quietly anxious about: he worries Corbin might leave the ranch for city life. Corbin hasn't told his father that Delia likes the idea of ranch life more than city life.

'''Willa Holt''' — Daughter, 17. Works the dairy alongside her mother and has inherited Helene's head for numbers. Quick with a sling — she handles pest control around the henhouse and has personally ended three fox problems. Sharp-tongued but loyal, and the first person to notice if something on the ranch is out of place.

'''Poppy Holt''' — Youngest, 10. Collects frogs from the south pasture stream, names every calf the day it's born, and is absolutely certain she'll run Broadmeadow one day. Garrick hasn't told her otherwise because he secretly believes she might.

Jasper Honeysuckle — Martha's older son from the Wayward Wheel — works at Broadmeadow during the warm seasons when the cattle farms need extra hands. He stays in the bunkhouse, rises before dawn, and does the heavy lifting: mending fences, hauling feed, helping with the autumn roundup. Garrick values him as a worker and treats him almost like family, though Jasper's quiet nature means they sometimes work a full day side by side and exchange fewer than twenty words. During Algus, when the ranch needs fewer hands, Jasper returns to help at his mother's tavern.

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