Drakwood

(Waldgraviate) This forest is the major Middlemarch border, from Syborite in the N. to Borderlay in the S.E.; but S. of MMHS the forest takes on a dark and twisted nature -- too warped to produce timber.

For military reasons, this S. part is the country's premier "barony", viewed as a frontier between the metropolis's breadbasket and its natural enemy and trading partner, Aquila.

Trespassing through Drakwood-in-Hochland is equally fatal, but without such unpleasant forebodings.

Major Resources

• charcoal;
• wood rangers;
• game;
• herbs;
• hunting for MMHS's gentry.

VIPs

• Prince Tirsi (an elf) the Marquis's Master of the Hunt;
• the Waldgrave.

Fort Drakwood

The seat of Drakwood is a military camp, not a castle -- the base of operations for Forest rangers and civilian charcoal-burners. It changes location when all the suitable wood has been harvested from a particular place, but the main road remains a permanent feature.