Olgunholt
Much of southern Ord is dominated by the dark forest
known as the Olgunholt, a place with a sinister reputation
stretching back centuries. Even though the edges of the
forest are logged and are sometimes home to small Thurian
communities, its depths remain unexplored and are ardently
avoided by the Ordic citizenry. The forest is inhabited by
a few scattered Trollkin kriels, but the rumors of nearby
blackclads—rumors that were borne out during the dark days
leading up to the Claiming—are primarily responsible for the
forest’s reputation.
Since the days of the Orgoth Occupation, the Olgunholt has been said to be one of the primary strongholds of the Circle Orboros in western Immoren. Deep in the woods lie rings of sacred stones and other places of power where the blackclads gather to perform their dark rites, and the forest itself is filled with their wold creations, as well as creatures that are loyal to them. Bloodthirsty Tharn who worship the Devourer also make the dark woods their home.
At the edge of the forest sits one of the strangest settlements in Ord. This site, known as the Warrens, was originally a series of slave pens constructed in a narrow gorge that was part of a vast Orgoth stone quarry. Much of the region was devastated during the Scourge, and what remains is now a maze of bewildering alleys and cramped quarters cut into the stone of the gorge and populated by outcasts, bandits, and worse. Five Fingers has a well-deserved reputation for lawlessness, depravity, and excess, but the city itself is home to carefully taxed and regulated crime and vice; the Warrens, however, enjoy no such regulation. Instead, only the most desperate or destitute come to the settlement’s network of interconnected cells and cellars. Over time, the residents here have developed a pidgin dialect of Ordic they call “hoveltongue,” and they are largely left to their own devices by anyone with common sense.
Since the days of the Orgoth Occupation, the Olgunholt has been said to be one of the primary strongholds of the Circle Orboros in western Immoren. Deep in the woods lie rings of sacred stones and other places of power where the blackclads gather to perform their dark rites, and the forest itself is filled with their wold creations, as well as creatures that are loyal to them. Bloodthirsty Tharn who worship the Devourer also make the dark woods their home.
At the edge of the forest sits one of the strangest settlements in Ord. This site, known as the Warrens, was originally a series of slave pens constructed in a narrow gorge that was part of a vast Orgoth stone quarry. Much of the region was devastated during the Scourge, and what remains is now a maze of bewildering alleys and cramped quarters cut into the stone of the gorge and populated by outcasts, bandits, and worse. Five Fingers has a well-deserved reputation for lawlessness, depravity, and excess, but the city itself is home to carefully taxed and regulated crime and vice; the Warrens, however, enjoy no such regulation. Instead, only the most desperate or destitute come to the settlement’s network of interconnected cells and cellars. Over time, the residents here have developed a pidgin dialect of Ordic they call “hoveltongue,” and they are largely left to their own devices by anyone with common sense.
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