For High Quality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCM2PV8KIY
In law, the length of Nordland's territory extends from the Ostland border, all the way to the edge of the Wastelands, and north from the Great North Road to the shores of the Sea …
For High Quality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCM2PV8KIY
In law, the length of Nordland's territory extends from the Ostland border, all the way to the edge of the Wastelands, and north from the Great North Road to the shores of the Sea of Claws.
The Elector Counts of Nordland have accumulated an impressive collection of titles and claims over the millennia, which if enforced, would make them rulers of the entire northern portions of the Empire. Reality has a way of foiling the most grandiose ambitions, however, and the Count's rule extends to barely half of the lands claimed. Two great forests blanket the Nordland coast, leaving humans to exist in pockets carved out of the solid woodlands and along the barren shoreline.
The eastern section of the Province includes the edge of the Forest of Shadows, which dominates the majority of Ostland. It extends as far inland as the Erengrad-Middenheim road, crossing north of Beeckerhoven and finally ending on a banks of the River Salz. The Forest of Shadows has a dark and dreaded reputation in Ostland, and that reputation has carried over to the people of Nordland. Predatory giant spiders are known to lurk deep in the forest, while Beastmen and Chaos mutants have been seen in increasing numbers since the great war had begun. Lumbering parties rarely travel far into the woods anymore, unless accompanied by a regiment of armed soldiers. The increase danger has led to a fall in timber harvest, hurting the local economy and leading to whispers that the Count is not doing his job.
West of Salzenmund and the Silver Hills lies the Laurelorn Forest, which stretches west to the borders with the Wasteland. Technically a part of the Count's domain, the Laurelorn is in truth a wholly independent realm. Its rulers are the reclusive Wood Elves of Laurelorn, the descendants of the High Elves who chose not to leave the Old world at the end of the War of Vengeance. By agreement with the Elector Count of Nordland, the Elves allowed Imperials to settle the area between the Rivers Salz and Demst, ..
