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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 775257" data-attributes="member: 224">Interesting Locales near Eaglesfordor “so, you want to plan a vacation, do ye?”To the Players:The following is “commonly known”; it is accepted as fact by the local populace.  Your character may have conflicting or additional information.  The locations are alphabetized, for your convenience.Villages <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eaglesford: a small hamlet, slowly being abandoned, at the edge of the Kambron Empire.  Produces some barley and oats for export.  Has a decent dwarvish brewery. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reedstep: abandoned village, north from Eaglesford, along the River Liss.  Abandoned a few years after the last orc raids.  Rumored to be haunted. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scanton: a hamlet, perhaps twice the size of Eaglesford, about 2 days journey south along good road.  Several in Eaglesford have family there. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tel-Anath: Dwarven city, far from Eaglesford, deep in the Carpathian Mountains to the north east. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three Oaks: a village, largest near Eaglesford (about 2 days journey).  On the terminus of one of the main roads of the Empire.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wodston: a tiny hamlet.  It was a large village, until it was burnt to the ground during the last orc raids some 20 years ago.  It was rebuilt, but only as a hamlet.  Rumored to be involved with the local bandits in some way.  A saying: “As sneaky as a tree in Wodston…..”</li> </ul>Ruins <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alder’s Seep: A spring, rumored to have magical properties.  What properties they are depends on who you ask….  When the orc raids happened, the orcs often camped either here or at The Garresh. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alderslook: Several ruined towers, grouped in a circle, on a tall cliff overlooking Alder’s Seep (a spring). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Boarshead Ridge:  A large ridge overlooking the Meridan River, north and east of Eaglesford.  In the right light, the ridge looks like a boar’s head, complete with tusks (the ruins).  At the top of the ridge is a series of smaller ruins, one of which is a large tower.  Below the ridge runs the Dwarven Road. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Crownell:  Not well known, nor easily located, this is another huge complex of ruins.  Rumor has it that it is where the Troll King lived, before he was destroyed, long ago.  Another rumor is that the ruins are an ancient city, that rises and sinks into the swamp of the Aldersmere according to the phases of the moon….that is why it’s so difficult to find…… </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Earogath, The: a large ring of standing stones, with an “altar” at the center.  Widely believed to be where the witches and warlocks of old summoned demons to do their bidding.  Those connected to the nobility know that entering the area is strictly forbidden by imperial decree, issued some 300 years ago. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Garresh, The: A narrow canyon that passes through the Easthills.  Often the home base of orcish raiders, back when such things were common.   </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Keprok: a huge complex of ruins, probably of an ancient castle, near the village of Three Oaks.  Most of it has been carted away and used as building stones for nearby villages. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reedstep, Tower of: A tower and ruins on a hill opposite the abandoned village of Reedstep.  The ruins are part of a large complex, which at one time included a stone bridge across the River Liss.</li> </ul>Rivers and Roads <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dwarven Road, The: The road that starts in the coastal city of Sjen, and winds it’s way north, eventually following the River Liss to it’s headwaters near Tel-Anath.  The road passes through Eaglesford, and passes beside Boarshead Ridge.  The road used to be very important and well maintained….100 years ago, or so.  Now merchants usually take other paths. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Emperor’s Road, The:  Starts in Three Oaks, and goes south and west toward the Empire’s heart.  The (lesser) extension of that road leads to Eaglesford. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Meridan River: Tributary to the River Liss, springs from the front steps of Tel-Anath. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">River Liss: Main river of the area, capable supporting small rafts and boats near Eaglesford.  Springs from the Carpathian Mountains to the north.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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