[DIY] DF Setting Information

[The Cardinal]

The Bhaergales
Also known as the Bhaergish Highlands. This is an area of deep valleys and steep hills, covered with dark forests and riddled with small brooks and creeks.
Known for the many unexplored caves the Bhaergales lie in the northwest of the Land of Five Rivers, right between two of those great waterways.
Strangely enough, despite their rugged wooden terrain, there is little to no known faerie activity in these highlands. Instead they are mainly populated by humans, halflings, and some gnomes. They all live in tiny hamlets and villages scattered across the hills - but to "outsiders" they bear more resemblance to barbarians and woodsmen than to farmers and townfolk.
However, the bhaergish have used many of their small creeks to drive watermills, thus giving birth to a cottage industry of swordsmiths and knife makers. "Bhaergish Blades" are simple in look and design but almost of dwarven quality in sharpness and durability.
Adventurers often come here to aquire weapons or to explore one the hundreds of small ruins and ancient keeps which were erected here over the centuries - yet no single prince or nation could keep a claim on this land between the rivers for long.