Lurkstock Moors

When exploration continued past the Laffin's River, past Lake Soothing, a further pleasant surprise was discovered. For nearly a hundred miles spread great hills of heath and mosses, a land fertile and rich. Endless small creeks and ponds speckled the landscape. It soon became a flourishing farming community with plenty of land for any who were willing to work it. Despite the large numbers who took to it, there are still untold hundreds if not thousands of acres of land still unexplored. Certain areas are deemed cursed, and it is considered bad luck to venture in the darkness too far from the towns. Strange creatures have been spotted in the nights, and glowing lights, but even the occasional searching of skillful rangers rarely turns up any evidence.

With the nearby mountains bordering the lands, it is quite possible that in the safety of the dark creatures come down off the heights. Some merely to feed on the rich grasses, others to taste of the men who plow the fields.

The leader of the moorlands is a sort of mayor who governs in the Emperor's stead this comparatively near yet practically distant land. This mayor is usually a farmer and/or rancher himself, though generally one of the more successful and respected in the community. He retains his position till he resigns or another who shows himself to be of greater wisdom and ability is voted to take his place.

Fierce dogs and tamed boars are generally the only protection needed by the inhabitants, though the occasional thief or nocturnal beast still pose a threat.

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