A Guide to
The Barony of Valsar

Intro:
The northeast barony is VALSAR, a mountainous region. This is ranger country, and is also infested by evil giants and humanoids. The rangers hold Valsag Pass, a citadel on the land bridge between Hurva and Harat. Valsar is governed by Baron Wadel, an honorable, well-liked man.

Brief History:
c. 85 Harati barbarians cross the Hurvatian Isthmus searching for veins of workable metals and gems.
292 Hurvans and Harati forces clash for the first time after several small Hurvan fishing communities were plundered and razed.
380 The Harati establish the defensive city of GennGarri (which eventually renamed by the Hurvans as Ft. Kalohar) to prevent being pushed any further north by the Hurvan forces.
675 Royal Hurvan Army General Cornelius Valsar is told that if he can take GennGarri from the Harati, he will be given the title and lands of a baron. Within fifteen years, he not only captured GennGarri, he drove the Harati back across the Hurvatian Isthmus. Thus the barony of Valsar was established, with the rechristened city of Ft. Kalohar its capital.
820 The fall of Ft. Kalohar. Harati longboats catapult flaming oil onto the city for nearly a month and ground forces succeed in breaching the walls. No Hurvan men were left alive.
875 With the aid of dwarven siege engines, the Hurvans recapture Ft. Kalohar. By the end of the War of Annexation, the Harati would once again be driven back across the Hurvatian Isthmus.

Borders:

General Feel of Placenames:
Many places originally had Harati (Viking or evil barbarian sounding) & Orcish names (Orcish is guttural and chucked full of harsh consonants while lacking in long vowel sounds) originally; the Hurvans may or may not have changed them later.

Other Nomenclature:

Valsar: "Valsarian". The Harati still call people from this area "GennGarrites".
Ft. Kalohar: "Kalorian"

Major Geographical Features:

Major Rivers:

_______ River
Ft. Kalohar sits on this river which runs from the _______ (lake) to the sea. The channel of this river allows most ocean going vessels to make their way to Ft. Kalohar.

_______ River
Runs from the Firestorm Peak area to the Couronne River

_______ River
Runs many miles south to join the _______ in forming the Couronne River.

_______ River
Another tributary of the Couronne river system, it runs almost due west

The Otterslide
This short but swift river in southern Valsar runs east from the mountains to the sea. In recent years the flow of the waterway has gradually been decreasing—no quite knows why.

_______ Mountains
run the entire length of the barony

Great Central Plain
The northeast half of this lies within the Valsarian borders.

_______ (forest)
On the east coast

_______ (forest)
On the western side of the _______ Mountains.

________ (lake)
west of Ft. Kalohar

_______ (island grouping)
off the coast, northeast of Ft. Kalohar

Hurvati Isthmus
Even though the Barony of Valsar claims this entire region and much of the land on the northeastern side of this landbridge, the rough terrain of the Isthmus is the effective baronial boundary.

________ (rolling hills along the coast)
home to many tiny fishing communities

Named Cities, towns & villages:

Ft. Kalohar (M)

Farmington (H)
Sandy Bottom Creek runs through this hamlet of about 30 families.

Bloomsbury (H)
A small community of about 250 people on Sandy Bottom Creek.

Rawnis (T)
A small fishing community on the northern edge of The Otterslide's delta. Rawnis is the sight of Corwyn's Tower. Off the coast under the ocean lurk kuo-toa. Just beyond the Kuo-toan dwellings there is an ocean ledge with drops several thousand feet. Who knows what lurks beyond.

Shaerie (T)
A small farming community on the upper Otterslide. Kobolds live in the surrounding hills. There is another insect collective but it's out of the way. In the
early spring ot 1091 farmers reported seeing a giant boot track, but that's crazy talk.