The Bottom Lands of Pleska
A wide swampy area running for more than two hundred miles along the meandering, course-changing Pleska River. The swamp is rich in fish, reptiles and aquatic birds. It is also home to all sorts of monster and abominations. For the most part, people have abandoned this area, although it is dotted with ruins and abandoned settlements. The one exception is the Great Causeway. The Causeway is a ten-mile long earthen embankment reinforced with stones and log bulkheads. Near the center of the Great Causeway the embankment gives way to a pair of long wooden bridges with an island at the center. On the island is Hewen’s Rest, a trading settlement that serves barge traffic along the river and travelers coming across the causeway.
The settlement is surrounded by an abattis-studded earthen rampart topped by a palisade of thick logs. The settlement includes a pair of inns, artisans geared towards serving the needs of travelers on both land and water, and merchants selling products drawn from the surrounding swamps. The village if a popular base of operation for monster hunters who make their money selling the organs of their victims to alchemists and sorcerers. More benignly, the settlement is known for high quality reed baskets typically woven into intricate patterns. The village is the domain of Baron Gothrim Garhard, whose family has held the island for three generations. The Baron is a rough middle-aged warlord who enjoys engaging visitors in all night drinking bouts. The Baron’s primary source of income is tolls from the causeway, but he makes sure he gets of piece of any business done in the village.
Geography
A wide swampy area running for more than two hundred miles along the meandering, course-changing Pleska River.
Fauna & Flora
The swamp is rich in fish, reptiles and aquatic birds. It is also home to all sorts of monster and abominations. Much of the swamp is covered with thick reed beds drier patches are usually covered with trees.
Type
Wetland / Swamp
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