Briary of Wessold
The Briary of Wessold is a large division of the greater Royal Domains of Northern Imesse that surrounds and supports the City of Wessold. The Briary consists of just more than 800 square miles of the extreme northwest of the High Kingdom of Imesse and is currently ruled by the Noble House of Isenbar.
Structure
Officially administered by the Briar of Wessold, Amos Isenbar. However, all actual governance is from Lord Harris Isenbar from his ancestral home at Isenhall. The Briary is officially a portion of the Royal Domains of Northern Imesse and thus under the direction of the Lord High Constable of Imesse, Sandor am Toricki, who rules in the name of the High King of Imesse himself.
Demography and Population
The Briary has a population of just more than 20,000 souls, all of which are Human. The only non-Human races one will find in the Briary are merchants and traders passing through, or hunters and adventurers using the Briary as a base of operations for a season or two.
Military
The Briary maintains a Company of Lancers and a Company of Foot, but neither of these bodies of men are considered effective due to a lack of training and a lack of discipline. Both units are little more than drunken bands of bullies and brigands in roughly matching uniforms.
Foreign Relations
Agriculture & Industry
The Briary of Wessold produces few surplus harvests, but beef and sheep are the largest and most profitable agricultural ventures. Wheat, barley, rye and oats are grown with some success, as are apples and pears. Hunting is still a profitable means of living, with annual harvests of elk, deer, bear, wild goats, auroch and many fur-bearing animals such as beaver, mink, martin, fox, and badger. Annual migrations of mastodon are a popular and very profitable but extremely dangerous venture that brings a large number of adventurers to the area each fall and spring.
Although the vast and seemingly endless forests of years past are much reduced, timber harvesting is still a large industry with much profit potential.
Infrastructure
Roads in the Briary are famously bad, especially during wet spring seasons. The poor roads and tracts of the area instantly become impassable mires of deep, sticky mud that can consume carts and wagons whole. The most reliable means of entering or leaving the region is the Holdwater River from March until December when frequent and deep freezes make river travel impossible.
