Mornset Countryside

After a long journey south from Syngorn, or north from the Rifenmist Jungle, thick foliage gives way to rolling hills and winding rivers. No great cities are to be seen here, only an untouched wilderness pockmarked by fortified towns. The Mornset Countryside is home to many people whose ancestors fled the rule of Drassig. Most of these people value their privacy—especially from Emonian landscape painters who enrich themselves by romanticizing and exoticizing their idyllic way of life.
The Free Folk of Mornset, as they call themselves, include a wide variety of people who have spurned the ways of their forbearers. The bulk of these people are the descendants of refugees from a long-ago war, but a number of Tal'Dorei people who long for freedom from the pressure of modern life have uprooted their lives and journeyed to Mornset to start anew. Likewise, some Orroyen elves who dislike the nomadic lifestyle find homes in the small communities of Mornset.
Beyond those who follow their hearts to this realm, Mornset is also home to a number of criminals fleeing persecution. Most Free Folk don't ask questions about newcomers' pasts, and welcome them regardless. However, if these particular outlanders don't leave their past behind and continue to harm others, or bring bounty hunters or worse in their wake, every village in Mornset has a well-trained militia that will eagerly remove dangerous folk from their midst.
Bound by necessity to survive in the outskirts, the people of this land share a general code of honor called the Fundaments. This code holds all to a baseline of respect for all travelers and outcasts, and codifies ancient principles of hospitality. Each denizen of the countryside looks out for their neighbor, and if a person in need arrives upon one's doorstep, the hospitality of food and shelter must be provided. 
It is understood that the Fundaments may be taken advantage of by ruffians and power-hungry upstarts. Nevertheless, this code of honor has served the Free Folk well for centuries, and anyone who scorns it is looked upon with disdain and mistrust. Most of the Mornset Free Folk are humanoids, but many free settlements have alliances with the local hill giants, cyclopes, and ogres, who help protect them from the Iron Authority to the south.

Type

Plain

Location under

Rifenmist Peninsula