To the south of the Eastlands there are more hills, before the Ocean swallows the land with her waves. Between Tristan’s Hills and on the banks of the Silver Run little villages are found. Here live halflings and humans, as well as some wood elves, but it is also the ancestral home of Aenín’s southern dwarves, the hill dwarves.
Geography
Tristan's Hills
Many small villages dot the hills of southern Aenín, of which Meadow is of course the most well known. This is of course where the fable hero Tristan started his journey, where he left all those years ago to save the world. And it is the village where he still resides, retired of adventuring and enjoying old age together with his wife. Tristan’s Hills have been named after him. Other halfling, dwarven or human villages are mostly too small for any map but Oaksby, a human town on Sionna Creek, deserves a mention.
The Coast of Wonders runs along the southern edge of Tristan’s Hills, its end marked by the Last Lighthouse.
Silver Run River
These shining waters come down from the Thera mountains, flowing eastward. The river Steady then joins the Run before it reaches the city of Dunric, second greatest city of the county. From there the river veers southward and enters Tristan’s Hills. In some places the water has carved small gorges in the land. Sionna Creek flows into the Run from the east. The land gets flatter as the river nears the ocean, and at it’s mouth sits Gellarney Port, the county capital.
Shimmervale Forest
North of Tristan’s Hills there is a woodland called Shimmervale Forest. A road leads through it, but one does not need to fear when passing through. Groups of wood elves live here protecting the forest. They also have heavily influenced the town of Ithildris on the edge of the trees.
Government
Merryville’s ruler is Padraig O’Malley. Like most citizens of the East he isn’t too bothered by power, and runs a healthy business as his second occupation. Paddy to his friends, he also isn’t too occupied for a good pint every now and then.
Gellarney Port is the county capital.