Weisbaum County
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| Status | County |
| Vassal Of | Duchy of Volari |
| Location | South-Western Volari |
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| Languages –Reichspiel |
95% |
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The Weisbaum Valley is a county in the Duchy Volar. It is an area of around 60 miles by 40 miles in the south west of the Western Marches. It holds the oldest settlements in the Western Marches. The area has a strong Aquilan culture. Its neighbours are the Caledonian Ranges and Wylan Hills to the south, the Southern Fens to the west, the Kheer Tal plains to the north, and the rest of Volar to the east.
Places
Places of Interest
Weisbaum is an agricultural county, with a population of 80,000.
- Weisbaum (popn 4,000) is the county capital
- Hansfeld (popn 2,800) is a wool town
- Forhen (popn 1,300) is a frontier fort
- Salzdorf (popn 1,500) is a frontier fort
- Underwalden (popn 1,000) is an outpost
- Wurzen (popn 1,200) is a frontier fort
- Leimen (popn 2,200) is a wool town
- Sudbach (popn 1,800) is a wool town
People
Rulers of the Realm
Others of Note
Groups
Language
The primary language spoken is Reichspiel, although many townsfolk speak Common, and a few speak Kipchak.
Culture
While the county is nominally part of the Duchy Volar, the inhabitants regard themselves as an independent and sovereign state.
Religion
Magic
Resources
These are defaults until specific flavours are developed and recorded:
History
The Weisbaum Valley was founded when the Western Marches were settled by the Aquilans in around 150WK. At this stage, it was a swampy bowl similar to the Southern Fens. A concerted draining programme soon rendered the area habitable. The lines of hills separating the valley from Kheer Tal and the reputation of the swamp kept the area safe from the Vlach clans. Once the settler were established, they started trading with the Vlach and other tribes, and were rarely raided. They maintained their teutonic traditions even when the Bowcourt settlers occupied Aveice almost three hundred years later. A number of inconclusive skirmishes led to a peaceful, but forced, integration with Aveice, which later became the Duchy Volar. There have been several wars with the Black Forest orcs, most recently when Cain led an invasion of Weisbaum and Aveice in Summer 801.
Events
Scribe Notes
Map
Currently only paper maps are available, although there is an electronic copy by Kelsie floating around somewhere.
