Editing Hex by Hex (section)

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==Dragon Hollow==

Near the Eastern edge of the Heartwood Forest lies the petrified bones of a great Red Dragon, half-buried in a hill-side. The origin of the bones have been lost even in legend, but it is said that under the lies what was once the great horde of the Dragon, waiting to be claimed by one brave enough. Even still, very few people find reason to approach the site, as few who go ever return.

SECRET: The hill is, in fact, the home-base for the Bardinian Rangers, a group of primarily Human and Half-Elf outcasts who have withdrawn from society to roam the Wilderness.

The Rangers are, for the most part, good folk, and hold an uneasy truce with the Elves of Lonavalon, mostly ignoring each other. The Rangers are made up of people of many different skill sets. From actual Rangers and Druids, to Artisans and Bards.

The lair of the Rangers is accessed through the mouth of the dragon, and includes an underground stream and many large Caverns.

The area around the hill is well-defended, and the main reason few return is that those who have found the lair never leave, being required to join the Rangers.

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==Farmland==

The Delnar spills out of the hills into fertile plains. Both Wheatsea and Aelwyd graze their herds on the flood plain during summer, and outlying farms of Wheatsea grow arable crops south of the river.

==Farmland==

This entire area is given over to farmland to feed the City of Bellaca. The Farmers in this area are forever annoyed at what they consider low prices of grain in Bellaca. The grumbling has gotten louder of late with some farmers talking about withholding grain or selling it elsewhere.

==Bellicose Castle==

The current Lord of the area, Baron Tyran Bellicose, lives in a mighty fortress overlooking the Old King's Road. He is a iron-fisted Lord in many respects, but fair. He does not tolerate disobedience, dealing harshly with any sort of challenge to his authourity, but he doesn't squeeze the locals mercilessly and deals squarely with all regarding taxes, treaties and the like, so he is generally well respected, if not actively adored, by his subjects.

Recently, however, these subjects have started to adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the Baron's soldiers and tax-collectors, and in some areas, such as the Withaive hills, they've actually dared to attack them. The Baron grows increasinlgy paranoid that a usurper is working behind the scenes to incite the people against him and remove him from power. Perhaps one of his brothers or maybe his son. His spys are even now keeping tabs on his entire family.

Perhaps he has been too soft on the commoners and needs to visit such destruction on these Winterhaivian rebels so as to leave no doubt about his power and then, maybe, he'll figure out who in his family is responsible for stirring them up and deal with them in turn...

==Crossroads==

A crossroads exists here where Old King's Road meets roads leading south towards Splendor and north towards Aerth Aelwyd and the Vagabond Mountains.

==Grasslands==

East of Hob's Shire, the land is uncultivated grasslands verging on the forests of Ehlonna's Splendor.

==Ehlonna's Splendor==

Situated amongst lightly forested areas giving way to meadows is a grand, open air temple-city dedicated to nature and fertility. Several regional gods and goddesses have representations among the statuary, with the current primary goddess venerated being Ehlonna.

Near by communities pay tithes to receive the blessings of fertility and good hunting. The priests who serve in the Splendor (as the temple-city is called) serve as unofficial advisors to many nearby governments.

While the surface of life there is focused on the business of venerating the deities and serving surrounding communities, as well as educating the next generation of priests and priestesses, there is constant rivalry between the loose and conflicting hierarchies of worship. Schisms and heresies occur beneath the surface, occasionally erupting to the surface in the prayer sessions and scriptural study that makes up civic discourse for the Splendor.

Rumor has it that the reach of the Splendor was once far greater, and that the desert south of Windhook was blighted into its current form by the priestesses of that time. To those spreading this rumor, the current arrangement of gods--especially with Ehlonna as chief goddess--is a compromise that purposefully cripples the power of the Splendor.

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