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T he Land of Herne is known to the
commoners as ‘The Hunter’s Wild’.
Here, gold cannot be found. The currency is
excuse for crimes. Some people claim a
doppelgänger took their likeness when
caught after the act.
[9]- H
 AGSTONE FORT
An abandoned fort lies to the north
west of the mountain ranges. Hagstone
trade. Fur pelts, vegetables, useful tools and fort was once the main point of defence
trinkets. Only the Royal Family of the city [5]- S
 EASIDE VILLAGE: of the old mountain trade route, but
of Havelok attempts to amass riches in the Here fishermen trade in all manner of since the cliffs there collapsed and
form of jewels, in order to trade with distant sea-life. The people of this village are blocked the trade route, the fort has
lands. Along the Trade Route the most less friendly than others of the wilds. been deemed useless. Bandits or
skilful Hunters become famous, entering They have a distrust of the sisters who runaway outlaws can be found hiding
archery tournaments and large hunts, the rule, and so loyal soldiers hide among here.
prizes being grain, dried meat and skinfuls them, causing a great tension here.
of ale. A volcanic ash has begun to sweep It is rumoured that the Hilt of Havelok
the land, however, driving the wildlife into It is rumoured amongst those who was buried here, the ornate handle
distant plains and towards the sea. What live by the sea, that the ruling sisters of the hero’s sword, found on the
could be causing this poisonous gas and ash conspired with Morrigan to rid them of battlefield long ago, shattered by the
to wreak havoc across the Land of Herne? their brother, so that they may rule in magic of Morrigan.
his stead.
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 DDERSTONE FORT
Locations [6]- S
 AINT SWITHUN’S SEA The Adderstone fort is now home to
This sea is said to have healing the Sultan of the people of the sands.
[1]- C
 ITY OF HAVELOK:
properties. If one bathes in it during A desert lies to the south of the Land
The northern city of Havelok is ruled
a storm, their ailments are said to of Herne, and its people enjoy trade
over by two much loved sisters,
be washed away. The storms of St. with those of the city of Havelok, but
Swanborow and Helfled. It is rumoured
Swithun’s Sea, however, are violent and they do not enjoy the customs of the
that they are immortal. The city is
constantly erode the coastline. northern city, and show no allegiance
named after their brother, who was
to the ruling sisters, though they have
slain by the spear of Morrigan, but not
[7]- D
 UNGEON (NORTH WEST): signed a peace pact with them.
before pulling her with him, the both of
Here, beside the mountains and beyond
them falling deep into the earth where
the pines, rests Gwydion. He was once The people of the sands are becoming
a fissure had opened beside the ancient
a powerful wanderer of the ice, and sick from the poisoned air, and the
battle.
would aid weary travellers, his tale Sultan grows worried. He resides
spreading far and wide. Some say he within the fort, which has been filled
A towering bastion of misshapen stone
was a god, banished to the wilds for with elaborate carpets, curtains and
and a thousand windows which glow
favouring mortals over his kin. ornaments from across the wilds.
orange from the flames of hearths.
Havelok is a haven for those who are old
The tomb is bordered by four statues It is rumoured that in the Sultan’s
and sickly, or tired from the constant
representing Gwydion, each crafted private collection, rests the Blade
hunt of the wilds.
by the hands of master sculptors from of Havelok, found on the battlefield
the north, east, south and west. Upon beside the great fissures.
[2]- T
 OWN OF MAYPOLE:
entering the tomb it is sealed shut, and
Below Havelok, upon the snowy flats,
a series of psychological tests that show [ 11 ] - J UNGLES OF THE SOUTH WEST
rests the town of Maypole. Here,
a person’s true intention must be passed To the south west lie jungles,
despite the climate, the people are
for it to reopen. If one is good of heart, swampland and fungal forests.
warm. They rejoice and dance each
they are rewarded with ‘The Trust of Here there are no laws, and those
morning in thanks for the world. But
Gwydion’, a bracer carved from the banished from the tribal villages live
lately their dances have become more
fossil of an ancient plant. The wearer in dangerous and strange communes.
sombre as their crops fail, and dark
can touch the trunks of trees, and see These banished people have a great
things come at night with the clouds of
through all of its leaves as if they are knowledge of the land.
ash from the south.
eyes, once a day.
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 HE CRYSTAL FLATS
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 ENGUS’ TRADE ROUTE
[8]- D
 UNGEON (EAST): Just to the east of Morrigan’s Breath,
The Trade Route runs from the city of
A dungeon lies to the east, just south of great crystals have been pushed up out
Havelok, through the town of Maypole
Morrigan’s Breath. This deep network of the ground from the earthquakes
and the forests, until it reaches the hills
of caverns leads to the resting place of and cracking fissures about the place.
of the wild and the Tribal Villages near
Morrigan and the champion, Havelok.
the great river.
Morrigan’s spirit form still dwells [ 13 ] - M
 ORRIGAN’S BREATH
here, causing the earth to spew forth A volcano towers to the east, spewing
Many adventurers try to gain fame
the poisonous ash. She, the Phantom gaseous vapour into the air, and
and hot meals along the trade route,
Queen, carries her spear and defends occasionally letting loose lava flows
stopping at the many taverns and
the fissure. With her true death, the and falling rock. Some say the
tournaments along it.
land will again be at peace. whispers of Morrigan herself can be
heard resonating from the peak.
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 OGGART’S CAVE:
The dungeon is guarded by the undead
A dingy cave sits the side of a cliff
warriors of Morrigan’s fallen army, If a weapon is forged in the lava
just north east of the Tribal Villages.
and filled with pools of lava and of Morrigan’s Breath, it is made
Within, it is rumoured, a shape-shifter
poisonous clouds. Upon defeating unbreakable, but it will haunt the
lives. This creature is said to cause the
Morrigan, Havelok’s spirit thanks you, wielder at night with strange visions of
many strange actions of folk across the
and gifts you Morrigan’s spear, before the Phantom Queen.
wilds. Perhaps this myth is used as an
disappearing.

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Hex location to determine style]

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1 Capital City Free City Ruined City Towering City Magical City Besieged City

2 Guarded Fort Deserted Fort Lord’s Castle Royal Keep Military Keep Ruined Fort

3 Bustling Town Shanty Town Plagued Town Stone Town Wooden Town Store-fronts

4 Farm Village Tribal Village Bandit Camp Hunter’s Camp Empty Village Apothecary

5 Dense Forest Dying Forest Sparse Forest Cursed Forest Woodland Magical Woods

6 Jagged Peaks Cold Mountain Shadowy Range Magical Peak Snowy Bluff Mountains

7 Grassland Meadows Fields Flooded Plain Flatland Savannah

8 Hills Heath Outcroppings Burial Mounds Wet Moors Highland

9 Rushing River Canal Streams Magical River Slow river Poisoned River

10 Hot Desert Dry Steppe Wasteland Cacti Forest Cold Desert Dead-lands

11 Sea Ocean Lake Reservoir Magical Pools Flooded Land

12 Swampland Putrid Fen Sinking Bog Cursed Mire Muddy Land Marshland

13 Snowy Flats Blizzards Tundra Frozen Waste Ice Arctic Expanse

14 Jungle Rainforest Tropical Land Cursed Jungle Bushland Tangled Terrain

15 Volcano Planar Break Mage’s Peak Magical Source Volcanic Lands Gas Clouds

16 Cave Grotto Hill Home Dugout Camp Tomb Passageway

17 Fissure Dry Canyon River Gorge Icy Crevasse World Rift Valley

18 Fungal Forest Faeland Rotten Place Fungal Fields Spore-land Toadstool Town

19 Crystal Plains Crystal Forest Shard Tower Magical Plane Gemstone Mines Crystal Gate

20 Dungeon Treasure Artefact NPC Location Guild Base Hidden Temple

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