The forbidding Semethe Forest and its Kathela
Hills are home to the Kath. Dense woodlands and
steep terrain make much of the area impenetrable on
horseback. The Chelmarch Army seldom leaves the Salt
Route in this area. Huge numbers of wild pigs grow fat
on the abundant acorns, hickory nuts, and chestnuts.
Competition for these succulent beasts is the usual cause
of conflict between the weary Salt Route caravans and
the Kath whose home they stagger through.
Forest Hundred
Kaldor’s unpopulated regions are administered by
forest wardens with assistance from paid royal foresters.
The wardens are charged with protecting and exploiting
resources for the benefit of the crown. Although forest
wardens are answerable to the sheriff, in practice they are
the sole arbiters of law and order within their hundreds.
Poachers may be captured and bound over to the sheriff
for justice but it is not uncommon for a forest warden to
resolve the issue directly.
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