If folk have heard of the Cold Wood at all, they know it stands in the shadow
of mountains that spawn huge orc hordes. As a result, woodcutters and
would-be homesteaders alike avoid it. Beneath its thick stands, the ground
rolls gently in hills smoothed by glaciers long ago. In the valleys between,
mixed hardwoods grow - the heights are covered almost exclusively with pine
and spruce. Chill and damp keep wildfires to a minimum - lightning strikes
cut smoking swaths as they do everywhere, but seldom burn far or consume many
trees in the Cold Wood. Groundwater is plentiful. This is a primeval forest
of the Silver Marches, there is rumoured to be an orc encampment hidden
within.
Area by Casamir.