The
Black Marsh Road is the main roadway in the
Western Valley region of
Tarteria. It connects the larger
Orc Highway to the settlements of
Gimoruk and
Goliin Hiid.
Description
Though it is the primary road in the Western Valley, large sections of the Black Marsh Road are untended and little more than a trodden path the farther from Gimoruk and Goliin Hiid it travels, partially due to the lower population in the valley and the abandonment of
Aktempto after the
Tarterian War.
Axe-Breaker Thicket to Gimoruk
The eastern end of the Black Marsh Road connects to the larger
Orc Highway at
Axe-Breaker Thicket. The thicket is a small forest of hard Axe-Breaker trees that surround this intersection. The pathway here is trodden and packed dirt, but is susceptible to rain making it muddy and to the danger of these hard-to-remove trees falling across the roadway.
Towards the west the road travels through rolling hills and wetlands of the
Northern Orcish Plains. A number of wild animals can be seen here, including wild boar and maned wolves. The road passes one of the major battlegrounds of the
Tarterian War, before crossing the
Rexun River and continuing to
Gimoruk.
History
The Fifth Age: The Age of Beginnings
On 23 Madaet 5A 352,
Romulus left
Gimoruk and travelled along the Black Marsh Road. He reached
Axe-Breaker Thicket by 27 Madaet and continued northwards.
On 30 Madaet 5A 352,
Kelwin's Magical Toys and Concocted Wonders was traveling north on the
Orc Highway with
Chaka and
Mortimr Gwathagoldrin. At the intersection for
Axe-Breaker Thicket, they were accosted by bandits who had felled a tree across the road, blocking the pathway for carts. After the battle, Mortimr cleared the tree.
