the Brotherhood of the Woods

The Brotherhood of the Woods started out as a Swadian peasant movement in Ocs Hall against the impoverishment of the peasantry and destruction of historic woodlands, which the locals had long worshipped as the home of protector spirits. They used hit and run tactics against the Swadians, hiding out in the forests, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. However, they encountered the usual problems that any long-running rebel movement might face - they needed to ensure a steady supply of food, and also ensure that none of the poor would dare earn a bag of coin by informing on them. Slowly but surely, the movement began to make use of extortion, terror, and corrupt deals with the local authorities to survive, becoming little different from any other organized bandit group in Calradia.
Eventually pushed out of Ocs Hall by the local Swadian armies, they now largely reside in the old oak forests near Jaculan and Sargoth, in the South-East of Swadia.

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