Common Legends and Lore: Lentaine
by Sir Rezaldo Perelli, Master of the Adventurers Guild
Year - 746
“Thank you for reading, brave adventurers, this issue I bring you to the wild, windy lands of Lentaine.
Lentaine is a rough land, plentiful in it’s expanse but shallow and sparse in resources. It consists of gentle rolling grasslands pocketed by sharp, jutting crags, segmented along it’s reaches by slow, silty rivers. The soil is poor, but still the determined farmer can eek out an honest subsistence living.
The population is almost entirely human in the plains, with a smattering of dwarves occupying the best crag spires and elves near the coast. Most are poor farmers just trying to get by in the rugged lands. While the surrounding kingdoms and empires through time have squabbled over who exactly owns the lands, no significant military or municipal forces occupy the region, aside from token forts along the perimeter.
It has garnered the nickname “The Spit” because almost all rivers running through the land cross a particularly volcanic series of crags called Volscarpe, or the “Mouth of Pestilence”. While many volcanoes make the lands more fertile, for reasons unknown Volscarpe ruins soil which is mixed with it’s ashes, or “Spit”. Many suspect evil magics playing a part. Anyone who consumes or touches the ash grows ill, causing many to assume the crags are cursed.
Banditry is the primary threat within “The Spit”. Because the region has a nearly nonexistent law enforcement presence, and farmers often put up little to no threat, Lentaine is a favorite resting place for Bandits who collect tithes and rob travelers. They base in old stone buildings within the crags.
No trees can grow in Lentaine, so most buildings are created from stone or sod. The people are friendly and generous, but used to slow and predictable lives, and are usually uncomfortable with outsiders. Depression is a large issue in Lentaine, for the sparse lifestyle leaves little time for merriment, but once or twice a year they find time to celebrate, whether it be for harvest or some other occasion. The residents take these events very seriously, even the large bandit population knows to stay away from a proper lentic shindig.”
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