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siege to every Herdsmeet since they first learned of “During the light of a full moon, it is said that the veil that
holds back the Feywild weakens and spreads throughout the
the gathering, and centaurs have begun hiring
Forest. People have witnessed strange figurines dancing in the
humanoid mercenaries to defend the herds as
shadows, and large creatures scouring the forest line, looking
they discuss tribal politics.
for food. When the sun rises, sometimes you can find giant hoof
prints covered in grass and moss; but by the afternoon, they
torian forest are completely filled with wildflowers.”
- Elder Keinla, the oldest
dwarf in Kraghammer
Cradling the southwestern edge of the Cliffkeep 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
camps, and many train as warriors to defend
haunted” of Tal’Dorei’s forests, it isn’t without its dangers. their families and elders. It wasn’t until
Many deadly creatures occasionally wander down from their conquering by the Herd of Storms, helmed by the
the mountains and await unsuspecting loggers, while the tyrannical Kevdak, that a more violent and savage way
deeper areas of the Torian make home to a sect of displaced of life was forced upon them for a number of years. Once
fey who hold no trust for human and dwarf kind alike. Kevdak was slain, the remaining members of both the
The northern end of the wood becomes marsh-like and is Rivermaw and the Herd of Storms agreed to recant the
mostly avoided, the fens there home to the wild folks of the life of brutality and become the renewed Rivermaw Tribe
Rivermaw tribe. under the tenuous alliance of Ivon the Ironwilled and
Zanroar, son of Kevdak.
the rivermaw tribe
turst fields
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 Small Town • Population: 1,390
(40% Human, 38% Halfling, 15% Gnoll, 8% Other)
hunters and scavengers, they revere the natural world
and the gifts it bears to the respectful and patient. While To the northwest of Drynna, not far from the Dawnmist
members of the Rivermaw tribe do not seek conflict, the Pines, the farming community of Turst Fields toils over
dangers of the natural world ever encroach upon their extremely fertile land fed by the Mooren River Run.

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