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Hazlan

Culture Level	Medieval
Ecology	Full
Climate & Terrain	Temperate hills, mountains, and plains
Year Formed	714 BC
Population	26,100
Races (%)	Humans 92%, Halfling 4%, Gnome 3%, Other 1%
Languages	Vaasi, Halfling, Gnome, Balok
Religions	Church of the Lawgiver, Hala
Government	Feudal ethnocrat despotism
Ruler(s)	Hazlik
Darklord(s)	Hazlik
Nationality
Analog
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Locations in Hazlan
Transportation in Hazlan
Inhabitants of Hazlan
Former Inhabitants of Hazlan
Flora of Hazlan
Fauna of Hazlan
Native Monsters of Hazlan

Biology

Flora

Fauna

Monsters

Aberrations

Chuul

Geography

Weather

Terrain

Mountains & Hills

The Balinoks

The Forhenvaerendman ("Ancient Ones") are the eastern foothills of the Balinoks. These foothills gives way to the Ensommark ("Lonely Plain"). Toyalis sits at the frontier between them and the Lonely Plain. The Red Highway from Toyalis scales the Forhenvaerendman and breaches the Balinoks beyond.

The Høj i den Safdrede Sti-Naavne ("Hill of the Hundred Paths") stands in northeastern Hazlan close to the border with Nova Vaasa at the limit of the Ufrugtbarlan ("Barren Lands"). It is shunned as a place where ghosts walk and kill those who put a foot wrong.

Plains

The Ensommark ("Lonely Plain") covers eastern Hazlan and is divided into the Ufrugtbarlan ("Barren Lands") to the north, and the Dunlan ("Dun Lands") to the south, by the [[Saniset River].

Forests

The Skyggeskov ("Shadowwood") straddles, just south of the Saniset River, the eastern Hazlani frontier with Nova Vaasa, fronting the Misty Border. It begins in earnest east of the Felgmøsge ("Mistmoss River").

Landmarks

The Black Spire

Communication

Rivers

Saniset River Basin

The Genspejle ("Mirror River")
The Felgmøsge ("Mistmoss River")
The Saniset River has as its tributaries the Genspejle ("Mirror River") and the Felgmøsge ("Mistmoss River")

The Musarde River Basin

The Musarde River

Roads

The Iron Road joins Toyalis to Sly-Var, traversing the Ensommark ("Lonely Plain"), and continues on to the east into Nova Vaasa.

The Red Highway joins Toyalis to Ramulai, scaling the Forhenvaerendman ("Ancient Ones") and breaching the Balinoks.

The Warlock's Road joins Toyalis to Immol, traversing the Ensommark ("Lonely Plain") and climbing into the Balinoks where it stays close to the Saniset River.

Mistways

The Road of a Thousand Secrets (two-way, moderate reliability) between the Misty Border of Hazlan to Pharazia. It existence is widely known in Hazlan.

The Song of Obscene Hunger (one-way, excellent reliability) from the Black Spire in southwestern Hazlan to Bluetspur.

Frontiers

Nova Vaasa

The Graenseskov ("Borderwood") begins in earnest at the northern Hazlani frontier with Nova Vaasa.

The Skyggeskov ("Shadowwood") straddles, just south of the Saniset River, the eastern Hazlani frontier with Nova Vaasa, fronting the Misty Border. It begins in earnest east of the Felgmøsge ("Mistmoss River").

The Høj i den Safdrede Sti-Naavne ("Hill of the Hundred Paths") stands in northeastern Hazlan close to the border with Nova Vaasa at the limit of the Ufrugtbarlan ("Barren Lands"). It is shunned as a place where ghosts walk and kill those who put a foot wrong.

Barovia

Forlorn

Kartakass

The Misty Border

The Misty Border is also known as the Road of a Thousand Secrets and is widely known to lead to Pharazia.

Population Distribution

Cities

Toyalis (pop. 8,200 ) sits on the western edge of Ensommark ("Lonely Plain") within a vast crater. The Forhenvaerendman ("Ancient Ones") stand at its back to the west. Toyalis is joined to Sly-Var by the Iron Road, to Ramulai by the Red Highway, and to Immol by the Warlock's Road. The Tables is its most feared and noteworthy structure. The Iron Citadel-Fane, just outside of Toyalis, is the seat of the Halzani branch of the Church of the Lawgiver.

Towns

Sly-Var (pop. 4,500) sit on the Ensommark ("Lonely Plain") on the frontier between the Ufrugtbarlan ("Barren Lands") and the Dunlan ("Dun Lands). The Saniset River and the Genspejle ("Mirror River") meet in Sly-Var. Both rivers are navigable at this point. Sly-Var is joined to Toyalis by the Iron Road. It is joined to markets in Nova Vaasa by the Iron Road and the Saniset River. The Tables is its most feared and noteworthy structure.

Villages

Ramulai (pop. 300) sits in the Red Wizard's Vale at the foot of Mount Soren at the heart of the Hazlani Balinoks. It is joined to Toyalis by the Red Highway. It is the seat of the Red Academy.

Notes

The remaining 13,000 Hazlani live in other villages or smaller communities still. Theses include private estates, religious enclaves, frontier communities, and farms. The majority, probably the overwelming majority, of these places stand on Ensommark ("Lonely Plain").

Inns & Taverns

Things, Creatures & Personnages of Legend

The Høj i den Safdrede Sti-Naavne ("Hill of the Hundred Paths")