Halvzarmoor

On the border between the Kingdom of Dovenar and the Kingdom of Hain, near the coastline, the farmland gives way to hills, bogs, and forest. The misty moorlands of the Halvzarmoor belong to no humanoid, but rather are controlled by militaristic and mutated Ketarun Cats. The land is dangerous for non-cats, and humanoids are forbidden from entering without permission.
Twelve miles long and seven miles across at its widest point, the Halzarmoor is historically a battleground and place of armed resistance - in the early wars of Hain, these hills and bogs were used to harass invaders and the local cats were essential allies in raiding enemy supply lines. Now, it is a hazard. Monsters left behind by war and "tamed" into "defenders" slumber for much of the year, and lash out at any non-cats that enter their territory.
The cats who control this land are known as the Halvzarmarch Preserve - Ketarun cats ruled by the petty King Valorstar. The cats of the Halvzarmarch are aloof, harsh, and somewhat isolationist, but do tolerate a small handful of smugglers, adventurers, and knights who have earned their respect. All others must pay tribute or face the mutated hazards that the cats here have spent centuries curating and gardening. The cats here are under the distant rulership of Hain but are so autonomous as to be effectively independent, as their sole job is to fortify their barren patch of land and prepare for the next defensive war.

Geography

The Halzvarmoor is 12 by 7 miles across. The terrain is hilly, particularly the Northern core of the moorlands. Rocky crags protrude from thorny shrubland, mists hang heavy over the sticky and spiny grasses, and patches of twisted jet-black trees dotted with starlike lichen burst from the landscape in tangled knots. Intermittent springs feed bubbling creeks that crisscross the inhospitable landscape, making their way down the hills into the coastal swamplands of the South. 
In the east, a small valley with a pond and a dense blackwood grove is home to the greatest density of cats.

Type

Moor

Location under

Graefsher

Included Organizations

• Halvzarmarch Preserve

Owning Organization

The Kingdom of Hain