Ehrendton
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The Ehrendton is a plain in northeast Nova Vaasa.[1] The Dnar River is its western limit; the Sydligdnar and Katsmund Canyon are its southern limit; the Nocturnal Sea is its eastern limit; and to the north, it is unclear whether it stretches into Darkon. The grasses of the Ehrendton are far from luxurious, being short, thin, and prone to a fungus that turns them from yellow-green to an unhealthy white. Such patches are called dødmangraes ("dead man's grass") and are said to be the sign of an unmarked grave.[1]
The region is remote and sparsely populated.[1] The family of Ehrend lends its name.[1] The family is actual a small branch of the Bolshnik family and Count of Ehrendton is allowed a great deal of latitude in his governance of the region.[2] Opposite the southwest most corner of the Ehrendton, just across the Dnar River, lies Stonegard, the fortified seat of the Bolshnik family and of its patriarch Prince Othmar. Again opposite the southwest most corner of the Ehrendton, just across the Vaughn Dnar River, lies Kantora. The village of Haaldam, with a population of perhaps 200, is its largest settlement, at least on the plain properly speaking.[2] At the foot of the southeastern most corner of the Ehrendton, just north of the mouth of the Sydligdnar, is the flourishing ship building centre of Skibbygger Beach. There are no bridges to connect the Ehrendon to the south nor perhaps the west. The Sydligdnar is at no point fordable and may only have ferries at Kantora and at Skibbygger Beach. The Dnar is also probably too deep to be forded and may only have a ferry at Kantora. The ruins of the village of Drataan, formerly its largest settlement,[2] probably lie near the frontier with Darkon.
In the northeastern most corner of the Ehrendton, straddling the border with Darkon, is the small fishing port and pirate haven of Rutledge. No effort has yet been made to claim it for Nova Vaasa. South of Rutledge is the small fishing port of Mavalga.
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The Ehrendton owes its not inconsiderable fame to The Beast of Ehrendton, penned by Sir Armand Ironhand, which addresses the razing of Drataan by the Black Duke.
An examination of geographic features prior to the Great Upheaval suggests that the Ehrendton lay at that time entirely within the frontiers of the Nightmare Lands. Events as retold in The Beast of Ehrendton and elsewhere belie this suggestion however, leaving little doubt that the Ehrendton once lay east rather than west of the Dnar River. As dramatic a change as this might seem, it was no more so than a handful of others which, when taken together, effaced from the Core the existence of the Nightmare Lands.
REFERENCES
Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume V, 11
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ravenloft Gazetteer V, p11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ravenloft Gazetteer V, p42.
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