he Empire is a vast country, ringed by soaring mountains from which flow the sparkling waters that are the lifeblood of the land. Though crossed with mighty rivers and dotted with rolling hills and downs, foetid swamps and mires, the majority of the Empire is swathed in thick, gloomy forest. Though men have attempted to beat back the forest eaves to make way for cultivation and pasture, still the woods are master of the land, and home to all manner of nameless terrors.

The Great Forest stretches right the way across the Empire, encompassing the lands between the Middle Mountains in the north to Nuln in the south, and from Altdorf in the west to Kislev in the east. Its heart, however, lies right at the centre of the Empire, and it is this area that is referred to as The Great Forest on maps.

It is an ancient forest of great size, with trees ranging from hoary old willows to majestic, towering oaks. The majority of the cities, towns and villages scattered throughout the region are located along the mighty waterways that flow from the mountains to the sea, for river travel is far safer than passing along the dark roads. Few settlements exist any distance into the woods, for only the foolhardy would venture out of the safety of a walled town or fortified coaching inn.

Less than a dozen yards from the forest's eaves the trees grow so thick in places that few can pick a way through them. Evil, glinting eyes spy on passing travellers, and mutants, Beastmen, Goblins and worse are known to make their lairs within the tangled undergrowth.

Chains of rugged hills break the endless sea of green — the Howling and the Barren Hills, the Färlic and the Kölsa Hills. All are bleak and windswept, and shunned by right thinking men, who look on their ancient, ruined towers and even older, timeworn monoliths with superstitious, and entirely warranted, dread.

As the armies of Men, Dwarfs and greenskins converge beneath the dark canopy, the glades and hills are set to become the scene of much bloodshed and woe. For, somewhere within lies the Nemesis Crown, and all the power it might offer to he who dons it.

Regions of the Great Forest

For information on the locations within this region, see the Warroom when it open on June 25, 2007.

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