![[battania 1.png]] "Ab Comer sits on the steep pass cut by the upper Trand river that climbs the Uchalion plateau. The tribes of this region grow grapes on the hillsides, used to make a white wine popular with the [[Imperial]] ([[Calradian-Empire]]) and [[Vlandian]] ([[Kingdom-of-Vlandia]]) aristocracies." "Andurn sits in a cleft in the hills overlooking Llyn Tywal, the dark lake. The villagers of these parts tend the forests, harvesting beech, oak and yew for sale to the towns." "Aster sits in a shallow valley between the hills of the northeastern Uchalion and the Rock of [[Glanys]]. The people of this region have the reputation of being more focused on trade than warfare, and tribal elders have encouraged the cultivation of mulberry bushes to sustain a small silk industry." "Ath Cafal sits near the head of the Cafalcombe, a steep valley that descends to the [[Imperial]] lands. Decent clay can be found in the small streams that rush down from the hills on all sides." "Beglomuar sits in a nook of the southern escarpment of the Uchalion massif. There is little to recommend these lands other than the ore deposits in the hills and the bog-iron of the mountain marshes." [Great Ridge?] "Bog Beth sits in a low, forested valley in the east of the Uchalion massif. Villagers trap beavers, foxes and other fur-bearing animals in the dark, marshy woods." "Bryn Glas sits in a ridge in the eastern escarpment of the Uchalion massif. Villagers mine iron from the hills, for sale to the renowned smiths of nearby [[Seonon]]." "Cantrec sits in the rocky Glen of Balasog that climbs up from the [[Imperial]] lands into the plateau of the Uchafion. The lands is not especially fertile here, but pigs thrive in the bush and shrubland of the heights." "Claig Ban lies at the foot of a steep cleft that climbs the Uchalion massif. The villagers here gather clay from the nearby Myr river for sale to the potters of the [[Battanian]] towns." "Dalmengus sits by the side of the Llyn Tywal, the Dark Lake at the center of the Uchalion massif. The flat, well-watered lands here are fertile and well-suited to wheat and barley." [Mengus' Inheritence] "Diantogmail sits on the edge of Llyn Tywal, the dark lake. There are a half-dozen local legends explaining how the region got its name, which means the 'Flight of the Stoat,' but no two of them match in any particulars. Villagers here grow grapes for wine." ("Flight of the Stoat" (Weasel). [[Fiogrin]] has a story explaining how this village got it's name.) "Druimmor sits in the Morcomb, a rift valley that divides the Uchalion plateau from the mountains of the Ebor peninsula. Miners here have found silver in clefts in the hillsides." "Durn sits just below the gorges of the upper Trand river. Villagers scrape mud from the pools and bogs alongside the river as it levels out, carting it up the winding paths to the town of [[Pen Cannoc]] perched on the cliff above them." "Ebereth sits on a saddle, with the lake of Llyn Tywal on one side and the passes of the Cafalcombe on the other. Villagers here grow grapes to make the sweet white wine of the [[Battanian]] lands." "Fenon Etir sits on an outcrop overlooking the source of the Etir river, a tributary of the Trand. Villagers here raise grapes, producing strong [[Battanian]] wines that are highly valued in the Empire and among the Vlandians." "Flintolg sits on a high crest on the eastern side of the Uchalion massif. The soil is poor but the woods grow thick here, making this the source of much of the timber used in the [[Battanian]] lands." "Gainseth sits in a dark wooded valley beneath the Rhennod hills on the eastern edge of the Uchalion massif. Villagers collect mud from the marshy ground for sale to the potters of [[Pen Cannoc]]." "Glenlithrig, 'the Valley of the Slippery Stream', lies in the highlands of the northern Uchalion. The villagers here are primarily foresters, supplying timber to the nearby fortress-towns of [[Dunglanys]] and [[Car Banseth]]." ["Slippyvale, or Valley of the Slippery River"] "Glintor sits overlooking the rapids of the Fiur river, where the waters of Llyn Tywal descend to enter the Bay of [[Varcheg]]. Horses are raised on the downs, much prized by both raiders and traders from the [[Sturgian]] ([[Principality-of-Sturgia]]) lands to the north." "Imlagh lies on rolling downs in the middle of the Uchalion massif. The village specializes in white grapes for the making of the sweet [[Battanian]] wines." "Inveth sits where the rivers Trand and Etir come tumbling out of the Uchalion massif, join together, and flow into the plains of central [[Kingdom-of-Vlandia]]. The surrounding hillsides support the growing of wheat." "Lindorn sits on the green hills north and west of Llyn Tywal, the dark lake. The surrounding farmlands are sown with wheat and barley." "Llanoc Hen sits in a ridge in the heights of the Uchalion massif. The villagers, known as skilled pig-farmers, look down two passes, the western one leading up from [[Vlandian]] lands and the eastern one leading up from the Empire." "Mag Arba sits on grassy downs overlooking Llyn Tywal, the dark lake. Villagers have planted flax in the boggy dales between the hills." "Morihig sits in a basin in the middle of the Uchalion massif. The region is known for its production of wheat and barley." "Pendraic sits on the steep northern slope of the Uchalion Plateau, facing the Bay of [[Varcheg]]. It is a land of cold winds and constant low-level warfare, crisscrossed by [[Vlandian]] ([[Kingdom-of-Vlandia]]), [[Battanian]] ([[High-Kingdom-of-Battania]]) and [[Sturgian]] ([[Principality-of-Sturgia]]) raiding parties. The villagers raise hogs here, always listening to the warning horns telling them to drive their herds to hiding spots in the hills." "Geunat [[Nal]], the village where [[Nal]] left his head, is a fur-trapping village near the site of a duel famous in [[Battanian]] legend ([[High-Kingdom-of-Battania]]). The villagers are known for their skill as foresters, helping the nearby cliff-top fortress of [[Car Banseth]] to guard the northern approaches to the [[Battanian]] heartland from [[Sturgian]] ([[Principality-of-Sturgia]]) and other raiders." "Rhemtoil lies beneath a cleft in the eastern escarpment of the Uchalion plateau, near the source of the river Miron, which the Battanians ([[High-Kingdom-of-Battania]]) call "the Myr". This is among the most fertile of the [[Battanian]] lands, and produces a fine crop of wheat." "Seordas sits in the lowlands at the eastern edge of the [[Battanian]] lands, at the foot of the Uchalion escarpment. The nearby fortress of Uthelaim shields the district's exposed farms from [[Sturgian]] raiders coming from the east." "Swenryn overlooks the rocky cataract that holds back the dark waters of the Llyn Tywal, creating the lake in the center of the Uchalion. Horses graze above the rapids and waterfalls." "Tor Leiad, 'the Hill of the Full Moon', lies beneath a wooded knoll in the northern [[Battanian]] ([[High-Kingdom-of-Battania]]) lands. Villagers harvest the thick-growing forests of oak, yew and beech. The woods here have been tended carefully by the Battanians for centuries, ensuring that there are always enough trees to harvest and sell for timber." (Where the Yew bows come from mentioned by [[Fiogrin]]) "Tor Melina sits in a marshy basin in the dark forested hills of the northwestern Uchalion massif. Villagers take clay from the damp soil for sale to the potters of nearby towns." "Uthelaim sits on the eastern frontiers of the [[Battanian]] lands on a ridge overlooking a tributary of "the Myr". The people of these parts are foresters, felling the oak, yew and pine of the woods for sale to builders and shipwrights." (Could be the origin of previous High King, [[Aeril]]'s namesake, [[fen-Uthelhain]].)