The Great Forest Coast Road

The Great Forest Coast Road runs from Hotpools in the north to Ilber Nole and the ruins of Fort Toofar in the south. Originally laid by the Castorhagi to connect their penal colonies along the Forest Coast, it was carefully engineered with meticulous stone paving and clever drainage systems.
As Castorhage lost control of its colonies, many sections of the The Great Forest Coast Road fell into disrepair. Over the years since, as the Tycho Free States have gained in economic strength, they have rebuilt and now maintain many stretches of the road. However, the fragmented nature of the Free States means that the road is typically in best repair wherever it is nearest to large current settlements. The places in worst disrepair include the last few dozen miles before Fort Toofar, where the final layer of the road’s paving was never finished, and the section between Timbertown and Bogsweat, which washed out in a freak storm after having been damaged by several lightning strikes (some say a pair of wizards must have dueled there considering the extent of the damage).
Leading from Fringe into the Green Warden Forest are the remains of the Great Road that King Lertis Tevoy of Castorhage attempted to build to pierce the secrets of the Green Realm. Work on the road was abandoned during the Mortgage War with the elves. Ironically, this portion of the road may be the most beautiful. The wild elves chose not to dismantle the road’s remains within their territory. Instead, they leave it as a reminder of past sorrows and betrayals, as well as to warn travelers what becomes of those who violate wild elf territory. Druids coaxed the forest to regrow around — or even through — the crumbling pavement. Many portions of the road here feel like a haunted, green cathedral, at once holy and terrible. Travelers in the region have often sighted ghosts or similar shadows working or fighting on the forest road or weeping beside it.

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Road