The Crumbling Hills

Overview
The Crumbling Hills are an ancient groups of hills along the Disappointing Coast. The hills were once mighty mountains, but millennia of erosion have reduced them to their present state. In 14 AW mounting evidence of placer gold in the hill's three main rivers caused a surge in Beltharan miners and prospectors to enter the region.

Inhabitants
The Pale Ones have been the undisputed rulers of the Crumbling Hills for centuries. They use the region as a winter haven because of its plentiful rainfall. In the summer they hunt the megafauna of the Dust Valley region, and it is during this time that other cultures feel comfortable roaming into the region.

Injun Tribes, as the settlers call them, are 5 distinct tribes of hunter-gatherers that inhabit the region year round and are seemingly vassals of The Pale Ones.

A handful of Bloodhound Packs, most notable Eye-Eater's Pack, use the Crumbling Hills as havens and hunting grounds during the summer.

Miners and Settlers from the nation of Belthar have flooded the valley in the summer of 15AW, spreading across the lower Crumbling Hills like cudza from the border town of Escaberg. Diffuse and independently minded, the claimtowns are easy pickings for the returning Pale Ones.

The Winter War
The Pale ones return in the winter of 15AW was difficult to miss. A hoard of tribesmen and undead launched a surprise attack on Escaberg, burning it to the ground. Then, the tribes split up across the hills seeking out intruders to sacrifice to the glory of the Defiler of Gods. Belthar has sent armies, both royal and private, to protect her investments, but the war is a difficult affair of ambush and logistics.