North Pines
The area of North Pines has long been a thorn in the side of the duke of Rhyl. It has been the scene of rebellion, a harborer of bandits and wildlings, and a center of black market trade for centuries. The free folk here are known to raid wildling and Rhylian alike, stirring up the pine tribes and wydlings against Rhyl and her ‘free’ neighbors. Its folk are rough, fierce, and independent. They have even antagonized the Klaurian peoples in their overzealous logging of the north Rhyl Forest. The folk here follow the Freelander Way, reflecting their
rebellious spirit.
The people here are fiercely protective of the land they claimed as their own. Travelers are not treated well and watched closely, and few traders ply their wares from the outside. No formal military force exists, but the peoples have an eerie ability to coordinate across distances, and forces of a hundred or more can be raised in less than a day, and at times of major crisis the area has fielded a force some five to eight hundred strong of mixed compliment. Their scouts are masters of using the forest both offensively and defensively.