Green Knoll

Green Knoll, is a small town in the disputed portion of the Frontier Counties, a war-torn region under the occupation of Bastonia, which was once part of the Lordless Lands and under the rule of the Orcish Nation. The town is best known for being the site of a battle the orcs refer to as the Green Knoll Purge, which broke orcish control over the region and culminated in the ascent of the orc god Lum Spear-Breaker to divinity. Now ruled by the humans of Bastonia, the town is a volatile settlement even by the standards of the dangerous Frontier Counties, riven with crime and far from the light of Bastonian law and order.

Geography

Green Knoll occupies a hill of the same name in the northeast Lordless Lands. The original settlement has been razed since the Bastonians conquered it and replaced with a small town whose enterprises and government offices service the surrounding farmlands.

Economy

Green Knoll is hardly profitable. While the area is agriculturally rich, it is also subject to frequent incursions by the Orcish Nation, though these are usually little more than spontaneous raids in reprisal for the historic battle of Green Knoll. Construction is ongoing, with a new garrison and efforts at constructing a defensive wall around the town underway. This effort is being undertaken by a division of the Right Honourable Companions of the Engineer. The city has a lone inn, known as the Happy Griphon.

Politics

The raids by the orcs put considerable pressure on the town's ruler, Baron Greenknoll, whose personal forces are not enough to pacify the entire region, though the town itself is reasonably secure with the presence of the local knights. However, these raids are also not bothersome enough to force a more unified response, making the relationship between Green Knoll and the rest of its county somewhat fractious. The baron makes use of forced labour in the form of captured Orcs and other criminals, in order to supplement the rapid development of the town's fortifications.