Karameikos - Vaults of Pandius
Karameikos - Vaults of Pandius
Karameikos - Vaults of Pandius
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The Demography <strong>of</strong> <strong>Karameikos</strong>around the medium course <strong>of</strong> HillfollowRiver, and in the northernmost woods <strong>of</strong> theVorloi and Dmitrov peninsula. This level <strong>of</strong>settlement is found in a tiny strip all around<strong>Karameikos</strong>’ coasts, from Rugalov to thebeginning <strong>of</strong> the Dmitrov and Vorloipeninsula, and from the border <strong>of</strong> the Estate<strong>of</strong> Marilenev westward, toward Sulescu,Vandevicisny, and the Black Eagle Barony.Lands between Luln, Radlebb Keep, and FortDoom belong to this level <strong>of</strong> settlement, as dothe vicinity <strong>of</strong> Riverfork Keep, the farmlandssouth <strong>of</strong> Threshold, the right bank <strong>of</strong> theWindrush River from Kelvin to Verge, and theleft banks <strong>of</strong> the Hillfollow River from theborders <strong>of</strong> the Estate <strong>of</strong> Penhaligon up toStallanford. A number <strong>of</strong> activities are foundin those areas, from agriculture, fishing, andlogging to herding, boating, trapping,hunting, and a little mining.Borderlands, which constitute the vastmajority - in terms <strong>of</strong> surface areas – <strong>of</strong> thelands where humanity is spread, are actuallyalmost uninhabited (1.3-9 people per squaremile). Tiny villages, hamlets, and huts areseparated by miles, with distances becominglonger in areas further away from the settledlands. Most <strong>of</strong> the woodlands <strong>of</strong> southern<strong>Karameikos</strong> are borderlands: the woodssouth and north <strong>of</strong> the Westron Road, thosebetween the Highreach River and the DymrakForest, and the woods immediately north <strong>of</strong>the Eastron Road. Borderlands include alsothe border areas <strong>of</strong> the Black Eagle Barony,the southern Cruth Lowlands around thelocal rivers, the plains south <strong>of</strong> Verge, valesaround Threshold and the lands east <strong>of</strong> thetown, up to the Hillfollow River. The easternhalf <strong>of</strong> the Barony <strong>of</strong> Kelvin, consisting <strong>of</strong>moors and forests, belongs to theborderlands as well, as do the outlying areas<strong>of</strong> the Estate <strong>of</strong> Penhaligon and the banks <strong>of</strong>the Hillfollow River past Stallanford, <strong>of</strong> theHighreach and Castellan rivers. Very fewpeople (less than 10%) live in theborderlands, which are dotted withindependent settlements and outposts aswell as with keeps <strong>of</strong> nobles – old Traladaranclans or people entitled by the Grand Duketo control far away areas. In theborderlands, agriculture is supplemented byherding, trapping, hunting, logging,boating, fishing, and mining. In fact, whatlittle mining is carried on by the humans in16THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1