Hool Marshes

These deadly wetlands are infested with every natural danger, from animal predators to diseases, and is favored by monsters for its shelter.

The Hool Marshes are infested with every natural danger, from animal predators to diseases, and is favored by monsters for its shelter. Only desperate people flee into the Hool, knowing the dangers posed by the native lizard folk, but with civil war in the Sea Princes' lands, many are desperate these days. Disturbing tales say that cults dedicated to demon princes such as Orcus and Dagon have developed here. Keoish scouts patrol the northern banks when possible.

The Hool River’s meanderings along the level terrain separating the Yeomanry and the Sea Princes’ lands are surrounded by quaking mires and almost bottomless pools. The marshes are full of natural hazards; a man can slip or fall to a watery, choking death in a few seconds.
Lizard kings are said to have turned most of the reptilian lizardfolk that dwell here to evil. Also, in the central marsh, northwest of Westkeep, there is said to be a community of yuan-ti with considerable magical powers who dwell within a temple which is itself magical. No reliable reports of this exist, however.

Hold of the Sea Princes

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Type

Wetland / Swamp

Location in the Flanaess