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Chapter 2: Gazetteer of tal’Dorei 57

siege to every Herdsmeet since they first learned of
the gathering, and centaurs have begun hiring
humanoid mercenaries to defend the herds as
they discuss tribal politics.

Torian Forest

Cradling the southwestern edge of the Cliff keep Mountain
range, the Torian Forest supplies much of Emon’s timber
and Kraghammer’s firewood. Though its locals proudly
proclaim the Torian to be the “most welcoming” and “least
haunted” of Tal’Dorei’s forests, it isn’t without its dangers.
Many deadly creatures occasionally wander down from
the mountains and await unsuspecting loggers, while the
deeper areas of the Torian make home to a sect of displaced
fey who hold no trust for human and dwarf kind alike.
The northern end of the wood becomes marsh-like and is
mostly avoided, the fens there home to the wild folks of the
Rivermaw tribe.

the rivermaw tribe

Born from the wild peoples of the Dividing Plains, free
folk who shunned the constraints of society, the Riv-
ermaw wanders as a tribe nearly three hundred strong
that calls the trees of the Torian Forest home. Living as
hunters and scavengers, they revere the natural world
and the gifts it bears to the respectful and patient. While
members of the Rivermaw tribe do not seek conflict, the
dangers of the natural world ever encroach upon their

camps, and many train as warriors to defend

their families and elders. It wasn’t until

their conquering by the Herd of Storms, helmed by the

tyrannical Kevdak, that a more violent and savage way

of life was forced upon them for a number of years. Once

Kevdak was slain, the remaining members of both the

Rivermaw and the Herd of Storms agreed to recant the

life of brutality and become the renewed Rivermaw Tribe

under the tenuous alliance of Ivon the Ironwilled and

Zanroar, son of Kevdak.

Turst Fields

Small Town • Population: 1,390

(40% Human, 38% Halfling, 15% Gnoll, 8% Other)

To the northwest of Drynna, not far from the Dawnmist

Pines, the farming community of Turst Fields toils over

extremely fertile land fed by the Mooren River Run.

“During the light of a full moon, it is said that the veil that

holds back the Feywild weakens and spreads throughout the

Forest. People have witnessed strange figures dancing in the

shadows, and large creatures scouring the forest line, looking

for food. When the sun rises, sometimes you can find giant hoof

prints covered in grass and moss; but by the afternoon, they

are completely filled with wildflowers.”

• Elder Keinla, the oldest
  dwarf in Kraghammer