he Howling Hills form a ridge of craggy peaks that sweep from Middenheim at their westernmost extent, almost as far as Talabheim to their east. The tallest of the hills are bare and rocky, their plateaus an endless series of sodden moors covered in heather and coarse grasses, lending them a desolate aspect, whilst the lower ranges and deep valleys are wooded with dense and rain-swept forest.

Along the entire length of the hills, the winds never tire. The hills derive their name from the dreadful, keening wail that this wind carries. Its terrible sound is loudest upon the bare peaks, and takes on a low, ululating moan in the shallow dales. Some say that it is not merely the whistling of the air that gives voice to the constant shrieking, for it as shrill and plaintive as the wailing cries of the damned, and sometimes pleas, piercing screams and unholy threats can be caught amidst its endless moans.

The eastern stretch of the Howling Hills is known as the Howling Heights, for it comprises the tallest peaks of the range. The area is dotted with the scattered settlements of shepherds, none larger than a few huddled buildings made from roughhewn black sandstone. The inhabitants of these villages are regarded by others as a strange and taciturn lot, their minds blasted by the ever-present winds, their dialect thick and uncouth, and they are amongst the most superstitious people in all of the County of Middenland.

But it is not without reason that the locals warn against travel through their lands, for the lonely hills are dotted with ancient cairns, stone circles and toppled monoliths. These are stark reminders of a time long before the rise of the Empire, when Man lived closer to the land but huddled in fear of the unseen forces at work upon the world. The merchants that pass through the Howling Heights, trading with the locals for wool, have many an eerie story, of voices upon the wind, of standing stones bathed in pulsing lights, and of misshapen silhouettes crossing the skyline or glimpsed out of the corner of their eyes. The Howling Heights is an ill-favoured region, the domain of elder powers, upon which Men should think twice before trespassing.

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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