The Free Reavers' Lands

The southernmost Horned Lands are generally home to many marauding, free bandit-types, but the psychopathic, vile Free Reavers rule an area some 20 miles around their home of Smokewall Castle. This citadel is so named because, once per week, the walls of the castle can be commanded to seep smoking acid without harming the stone, causing ld6 hp of damage per round to any creature in contact with the stone. The Free Reavers are a very strong bandit gang, with a dozen fighters of levels 6-11 and 30 fighter henchmen. They all possess good warhorses, armor, weaponry, and equipment, and the castle dungeons bulge with the treasure hoards they have acquired in nearly twenty years of raiding. The leader of the Free Reavers is the sadistic Shairn Vel Valunar, a 14th-level female fighter with a powerful magical sword which has limited wish powers. Shairn is smart enough to protect herself with that potent magic and those who serve her are smart enough to recognize that fact, for all their chaotic and brutal nature. The priest Ehldern Bloodspitter is another notable Free Reaver, a man of utter depravity and mindless sadism.

The Free Reavers currently ally with Iuz, raiding into the Bandit Lands, hunting in the Shield Lands and, rarely, the Fellreev. They actually hold Iuz's priests in contempt, just as they did the Heirarchs, but since Iuz's priests simply direct, rather than restrict, their raiding, the Free Reavers go along with them, for the time being at least.

The Reavers' lands are virtually devoid of any living folk. Patrolled by their henchmen, these estates are barren, wretched lands avoided by anyone who knows of their rulers.