Overview
This region, located southwest of the Dreadwood between the river Javan and the Hool Marshes, has changed hands frequently over the last three centuries, being at times part of the Kingdom of Keoland and at times part of the Yeomanry. It served primarily as hinterlands to both nations, until a treaty in 461 CY established the Yeoman border officially at the eastern banks of the Javan. Responsibility for the territory has fallen to the Keoish ever since, who largely ignored the region for the last century and have only recently eyed it with renewed interest.
Once a far-flung dependency of the kingdom known as the County of Eor, it was generally disregarded, as was the province of Salinmoor in the east. This was due to the isolation of these lands south of the Dreadwood following losses further south by House Rhola in the last century to the nascent Sea Princes. A new line of Neheli kings in Niole Dra chose a more isolationist course, and this introversion left these provinces virtually independent. The county eventually fell to raiders from the Hool Marshes, when incursions by the teeming lizardmen of the swamp finally harried the leaders of the small populace into submission. The province stood unfortified and lawless for years afterward, being trampled by brigands and yeoman alike.
Recent tensions have finally turned the attention of the Throne of the Lion back to the south. Four years ago, in Patchwall of 572 CY, King Skotti reclaimed these lands formally by force of arms and granted the province to a cousin in the House of Lizhal. The new viscount, Richart Jorgos, has the royal backing needed to reestablish the realm as a full member of the Court of the Land. This includes a contingent of men-at-arms finally strong enough to repel most of the denizens of the marshes. Regular trade has been reestablished with the Yeomanry from the newly sired town of Kimberton (pop. 980) on the Javan, and relations are greatly improved. However, incursions across the river from the Little Hills and into the Dreadwood remain common, as the bulk of the new settlement is going on in the southwest and the local Yeoman in the north are reluctant to give up the practice. Viscount Jorgos has announced a small bounty on every lizardman skull redeemed in Kimberton, and the grisly proclamation has attracted a number of bounty hunters and freeswords to the region.