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Whitestead

Whitestead is a very small village located where Sionna Creek joins the . At this intersection of roads traders rest before traveling on into , or following the river to  or the coast.   Facilites It is very small with only a few houses, but sometimes farmers from the surrounding area come to sell their excess stock. White Waters There is one tavern for travelers, named White Waters. It is owned by Dominique, a short-haired human who...

Ithildris

Traveling through Shimmervale Forest was calm and peaceful. As you walked between the beautiful silver willows and past the shining streams you could not help but notice their grace. And so you come to the gates of Ithildris, the glimmering city on the edge of the woods. Ithildris is a small city, built with the help of the Elves of Shimmervale. It is a city of much beauty and grace. The city has its potential for magic-users, for it is renowned...

Shimmervale Forest

North of there is a woodland called Shimmervale Forest. There is good magic here, and groups of wood elves live here protecting the forest. They go out in the forest to be merry, or to have hunting parties. They also have heavily influenced the town of  on the edge of the trees. A road goes through Shimmervale, but one does not need to fear when passing through. Halfway to or from Ithildris there is a small community of forest gnomes. There...

Gellarney Port

Gellarney, also known as Gellarney Port, is the capital city of  county. It sits nicely in Tristan's Hills, on the banks of the Silver Run. Here ships come from to deliver some goods, and here sailors come to sing some sea shanties.   Geography and Layout Gellarney is located on a little peninsula near the mouth of the . Thus, it features water on nearly every side; the Run to the north-west to west, and the to the south. To the north-east...

Dunric

A low city wall appears before you. You see along the road some carts being dragged by jolly human farmers, a group of dwarven wives chatting with baskets in their hands, and nearer the city you see a halfling a rancher leading a cow towards the gate. On the river float rafts, and small sailboats, some docking near the city and some floating down the Silver Run towards  on the coast. A mass of well-spaced houses grows beyond the stone walls....

Merryville

To the south of the there are more hills, before the  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 Many small villages dot the hills of southern Aenín, of which Meadow is of course the most well known. This is of...

Donegal Quarry

Donegal Quarry is a dwarven digging operation near village in . Here they mine the natural limestone for use as decorative building material. It is operated by two hill dwarf brothers, Lyron and Damon Donegal. About a dozen workers remove the soft stone from the hillside, and then cut it into slabs for transport. In the month Goldmoon of 863 AA, the quarry was beset by a group of Undead that arose from it's depths. A was thrown together when...

Oaksby

Oaksby is a human town on Sionna Creek, in . It is populated primarily by humans, hill dwarves and halflings.   Geography Numerous streams combine in Tristan's Hills, flowing together to carve valleys between the hills. Along Sionna Creek, before it flows out the hills and joins the , sits the town of Oaksby. The hillside south of the river displays the most houses, a large watermill being the tallest building in the town. A few farms fill...

Tristan’s Hills

Many small villages dot the hills of southern , 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...

Silver Run River

The Silver Run is the large river that flows down from the . It is named for the unnatural shine of its waters coming down from the mountains. It has many tributaries due to the hilly landscape it flows through.   Geography These shining waters come down from the northern slopes of the Thera mountain range, flowing eastward through  county. The Silvercut Byway follows the Silver Run, leading away from the southern dwarven stronghold  and...