Qualitian Belt
Okay, here is another repost. This one is mainly for Meloncov's reference, as I'm going to be making a request on his "landscape" thread.
The Independent Sovereignty of the Qualitian Belt refers to all the lands on the lands on the small peninsula that juts out into
Lake Qualitian, as well as those lands east of the
Thallin River, northeast towards
Hamlet of Bredlend and
Faliath's Tower (see below for more about this tower), and north to where
Woodward Castle sits.
The Belt is ruled by a council made of six men and/or women, two members from each clan, plus one member of each major race in the region. (This is a council of ten individuals, as there aren’t members for “half-elves” or “other races”.)
The major attraction, on this map, is the tower located just north of the
Hamlet of Breland, called Faliath's Tower.
Faliath was a half-elven druid/sorcerer that lived in this region more than 300 years ago. He was known for for his quick temper and intolerance towards those that despoiled the wilderness. He often beset woodcutters with dire animals and conjured evil creatures. Then one day he simply vanished into his tower and was never seen again.
The citizens of the
QUALITIAN BELT always stayed as far from the tower as possible, but as time passed people forgot about
Faliath and his dispictable ways and now his tower is a crumbling ruin overgrown with moss. The local children often dared each other to run up to the tower and knock as ask if
"Old Man" Faliath is home. So far, no one has answered.
However, on the night of the 300th year anniversary of the druid/sorcerer's vanishing, a eerie fog rolled down from the tower across the eastern grain fields of the Belt. Since then the region has been plagued by insects and sightings of strange lights in the fields. The children are a little less bold now, even during the daytime.