Category: Morraine

Ice Mire – Midway along the Morro River’s northward course lies the Ice Mire, a frozen, lowland marsh locked in ice most of the year. The presence of frozen everglade does not hinder the swift-flowing river, but enough of the water seeps into the mire to maintain it. The hardy trees that grow in the…

Bread-In-Hand Small town, pop 955 Famous for its breads and cheeses, Bread-In-Hand is a community populated predominantly by  halflings who excel in the culinary arts. The town’s name is said to stem from a popular halfling proverb: “A slice of bread in hand is worth two loaves in the oven.” Though they trace their origins…

Below are described only a handful of popular holidays and traditions observed in Morrain. n Festival of Fire – In the northern kingdoms, the warmth of the farmer’s hearth or the hunter’s campfire is essential to survival. The Festival of Fire takes place shortly after the autumnal equinox, marking the turn of the season and…

The isolated nation of Morrain has developed many phrases peculiar to its region of the North, lending colorful (and sometimes confusing) variations on the native tongue. Adroit listeners can often detect a speaker’s home or place of birth simply by placing a phrase or two, and assassins are advised to learn the right handful of…

Named after a mythic titan who died upon the broken land in his haste to escape a wrathful god, the Gendram Hills refer to the cold, jagged lands between the Cliffs of Dyzan and the Frosteye Mountains. Legends tell that the wicked titan stumbled and fell on the asperous grounds and struck his head on…

(Small town, pop. 1,890) Mystenmere is Morrain’s window into the elven nation of Anseur. Built in the shadow of the elven wood and overlooking Valfors Bay on its western shores, it is the home of scholars, wizards, and hunters with a deep respect for the natural world. An embassy in all but name, the queen…

Aside from the wondrous bowers, sunlit glades, and shadowed ravines that comprise this vast woodland, the Anseur Forest is also a small nation of elves renowned throughout the Northlands for their arcane mastery and unwavering honor. A primeval wood with many ties to the fae world, the Anseur is a place of myth, beauty, and…

(Small city, pop. 8,527) The only true city in the kingdom and the seat of its monarchy, Galaron is yet a small community compared to the great metropolises of the south. Still, no other city in the region is as defensible as Galaron, its orphic, green-hued walls rising high along the southern shore of Valfors…

Ul Dominor Mountains – Boasting some of the highest peaks in all the Northlands, the rise of the Ul Dominor Mountains forms the eastern border of Morrain. These snow-capped mountains, looming high above the Vale, mark the domain of the Holdfast of the Steel Overlord. Several dwarf-highways lead from the foothills high into the mountains,…

Long before Morrain was an independent kingdom, it was known to explorers as the Argent Vale—a wide and verdant basin surrounded by towering mountains in the east and thick, highland forests in the north and west. Rocky foothills, open tundra, and a mineral-rich river comprised the Vale. The passage of time and the influx of…