Known in some places as The Vale of No Return, for this is the path along which dishonored knights are sent west on errantry. It is a place of ill omen, magic, and mystery.
Barceliande Forest was once the centre of an empire of some renown known as Armorcia. Its armies conquered as far west as Narova and built the three fortresses that check the Tounbank Rill, which is now held by Military Republic of Altonbrun. Maerlyn D'Ambrosio has alluded to dealings with that ancient kingdom, but little is certain and she is close in her own counsel.