Great Dale

Little more than two seemingly endless forests separated by a strip of land make up the Great Dale. Its few inhabitants include reclusive farmers, introspective huntsmen and coolly hostile woodlanders. Most of which reside in the Veldt which divides the Rawlinswood and the 'Forest of Lethyr. The peoples of the Great Dale interact little with the 'outside world and few with them, unless traveling through and seeking shelter. Strangely so, no elvish society make their home here other than a few reclusive Dalish tribes. The heart and borders of the woods themselves are viciously guarded by dubious druids, notably the Nentyarch, a mysterious being of powerful magic known to quickly dispatch those who dare harm the forest. No outsider knows who he (or she) does, only that *it* rules the Great Dale. Inquiries to this effect are all answered by the Dalish folk with an un-comfortable shrug.

Though few trade with the Great Dale, those that do can find a great quality and number of alchemical herbs, bows and arrows, carved woods and magical tokens from a forgotten age. The druids and the Nentyarch who rule here tolerate the trade route that passes between their forests only because caravaneers know that to disturb the forest is death, and accordingly they avoid it.