Old Tors

These ancient, craggy hills cover almost 60,000 square miles of northwestern Foere beyond the Elderwood. Some scholars believe these were the oldest mountains of all Akados (save perhaps the Lost Mountains of the far north), now weathered down over countless eons. The overking claims this land, with the northern and western edge of the hill country constituting the border of his kingdom with the Duchy of Waymarch.
A few enclaves of halflings make their homes in these hills. Some of their elders insist that their folk have lived here since time immemorial and suggest that this may in fact be the original homeland of the halflings in the Lost Lands.
While Foere patrols do keep watch along the margins of the hills and make occasional forays to ensure no other realm claims this land, much of the hill country is wild and populated by orcs, hippogriffs, and batfolk.
Somewhere in the Old Tors is the Hill of Mornay, on which the notorious Black Brotherhood built their monastery in 3272 I.R. As is now well-known, the Black Brotherhood served dark powers and sought to assassinate the overking of Foere. In 3314 I.R., Overking Osment sent an army to besiege the Black Monastery. Many perished in the attempt and at the end the monastery disappeared in a massive conflagration. Three years later, Torwatch Keep was built to keep watch on the Hill of Mornay to ensure that the brotherhood never returns. In recent years, however, at least five incidents have occurred in which witnesses reported finding the Hill of Mornay once again crowned with black walls and slate-roofed towers. In every case, the manifestation of this revenant of the Black Monastery has been accompanied by widespread reports of madness, crime, and social unrest.

Type

Rolling Hills