Matalutke Homestead

A 150-acre homestead nestled in the highlands of the Shandy Mountains, well known in that area for breeding top-notch working broadwings. The house itself is large (built by a relative whose stories of "back in my day" are still retold with relish every winter) with several out-buildings including a barn and workshop. The natural geography of the valley is dotted with old-growth forests and several small brooks, making it an ideal nesting place for broadwings and shortwings. In fact, it was the presence of an established herd of feral deepwood broadwings that attracted Holli to this place to begin with. It was from this herd that she captured, tamed, and trained her own peg, Semrah. The homestead is owned by Holli Matalutke and her husband, Rorek. Together with their daughter Sanna, they tend the herds and the land, though Holli insists on tracking and managing the herd's grade-A lineage herself. Rorek is a long-distance pilot, focused mostly on nymbak drives. He’s also involved a local sheriff’s posse. Sanna dreams of flying as a pilot someday like her parents before her.