Usque ar Hara

The Usque is a vast forest that lives and breathes as an entity unto itself. It spreads across the land and is a host to various clans and creatures. The forest is ancient, history of it recorded centuries before the great cataclysm, speculations say that it has been around for at least a millennium or more depending on who is telling the story.

There are several areas both within the Usque, and below the Usque, that suggest ancient civilizations that once resided. For example, there are ruins of different villages dotted throughout the expanse of the forest, and there are ruins of dwarven cities in the expansive caverns below.


A river winds throughout the forest, fed by springs and a source of manna in some areas. The waters are host to various fish and freshwater creatures, and feed various ponds and lakes throughout the forest.


Mountain ranges can be found in different areas, some hosting entry points to the caverns below. One of the mountains (Mt. Piorre) in a particular range is so tall that it would be a feat to climb it and make it back down alive.


The western border is near where Medan used to be, and the eastern border is somewhere within the midlands. The northern border is ambiguous as there seems to be a fog. The southern border ends at the middle southern range.


The hub of communication, The Drinking Horn, is somewhere close to the western border where there is more modern civilization. This is also close to where Trogdor, the dragon, burned down at least 50 acres of forest.

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The people are self governed for the most part, but the goal is to have a central government for situations that require it, and a city or area in which the people travel in order to vote or make complaints.

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A group of women who take the helm of trying to protect the Usque as is tradition. This does not exclude males from doing the same in their own capacity, but the guardians are an exclusive group specifically for women chosen from different villages and tribes.

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Openly Hostile: Orcs, trolls, gnolls, ogres, rock worms (underbelly), dire wolves, witches, harpies, imps (more to be listed)


Neutral: Faeries, nymphs of various types (Dryad included), fauns, dwarves, elves (high and wood), halflings, pixies, tree entities (more to be listed)


Peaceful: Unicorns (more to be listed)

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