Chalklands

The Chalklands

• A true borderland, with thin strips of civilisation surrounded by the omnipresent wilderness.
• The entire area sits atop the ruins of many former civilisations both human and other. The lure of hidden palaces and lost cities attracts many adventurers and fortune seekers, with many returning disappointed, beaten or not at all.
• Gnoll bands infest the area, many driven from the Kassite Plains at the time of the great Helegu invasion over 200 years ago. Their numbers are being swelled by gnolls currently moving again from the north.
• Goblinoids, orcs and kobolds also regularly travel through the area to avoid the Erensari heartland. They use the many hidden valleys and caves that eventually spill into the Rakis Rift to traverse in secret, far from the prying eyes of the settlements of their enemies.
• In recent years wandering Stone Giants have wreaked havoc, randomly causing destruction, altering the landscape or even abducting inhabitants.
• Indications are emerging of a half-orc warlord known as Clade to the west of the Rakis Rift who is gathering to him fearsome outcasts like himself. No overt movements have been yet made beyond his zone of control, but he has clashed with travellers and neighbouring tribes & territories. He is rumoured to be ruthless in killing anyone who crosses his territory without permission.
  

Here be dragons

• Well known stop over and habitat for dragons, most notably copper, green and the occasional red.

Type

Highlands

Location under

Hadean