Hillsbrad Fields
The Hillsbrad Fields is large and fertile cultivated area that provides food for the people Southshore and Hillsbrad. During the Second War the orcs stampeded through the Hillsbrad Foothills doing severe damage to the field, which back those days was probably an even larger and significant community. These days multiple peasants from all over Hillsbrad come and work here. The farms' economy appears to be based around apple production, however the southernmost orchard produces something else. There are also pumpkins and cows to be found scattered around the fields.
Outside Farmer Ray's house is a level 24 dog named Stanley.
The Farms: A Family Holding?
Take a quick tour of the farms in the Fields, and you'll notice many of the farmers are redheads (as well as the footmen and councillors). This gives rise to the possibility that Hillsbrad Fields is privately owned and operated perhaps by a large farming family native to Hillsbrad. It could also be that Hillsbrad humans have a dominant redhead gene, but this is not true for the nearby town of Southshore. However, most if not all of the Southshore Guards are auburns. Guessing that Soutshore recruits its defenders from the region abroad, then Hillsbrad humans could be a predominantly auburn and redhead lot.
According to Horde Quest Battle of Hillsbrad, the landowners are Farmer Ray and Farmer Getz. Whether these two farmers are related (brothers, father/son...) is undetermined.
Governance
Magistrate Burnside rules the town of Hillsbrad from its prominent town hall. Burnside is assisted by the Council of Hillsbrad and Clerk Horace Whitesteed, who take the wishes of Getz and Ray into careful consideration at council.
A sharp eye will notice that the Magistrate and his present clerk are not redheads or auburns like the rest of the Fields. So if the farms are owned by a family, it is likely they are subject to some degree of outside authority.
Given the fact that in the aforementioned Horde Quest, Burnside is higher up the quest chain than the Farmers Ray and Getz, it can be inferred the Forsaken finds his head of more value. Thus, Burnside is most likely the official and most powerful authority figure in the Fields.
Services
Three Apprentice Blacksmiths sell assorted weaponry. Despite their names, they are not trainers. The Blacksmith is ran by a man named Verringtan. Two Tailors, vending assorted clothing, inhabit a small house on the far side of the southernmost orchard. Despite their names, they are not trainers.
PvP Significance
In the spirit of Hillsbrad Foothill's infamous PvP battles, Horde players should be careful while completing the Battle of Hillsbrad Quest. It is a known spot for high level Alliance ganking.
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