Perrenland Cantons

Hugelrote

Urban Population in 590 CY (hamlets, villages, towns, cities): 30,000
Rural Population in 590 CY (farmsteads, ranches, manors): 25,000
Hintervoormann (head of the Cantonal Council): elected at irregular intervals.

With the exception of the region around the city of Exag, the Mounds of Dawn fall within Hugelrote's boundaries. An area of strange landscapes, strange ruins and even stranger monsters, Hugelrote breeds a unique sort of citizen. The folk in these parts are either very careful or they soon become monster fodder - and even being careful is no guarantee of a long life.

Due to this, the locals - a mixture of Morgenrood and Vuurzward stock - tend to be quite cautious and pragmatic. They are, however, very generous, and always willing to lend a hand to strangers. Despite the fact that they tend not to roam around too much (with all those monsters out there, who would?) they are well informed as to the goings-on in the rest of Perrenland (and beyond). This is, in large part, due to news brought to them by the adventurers who seek out the very things that Hugelrote residents avoid - the ruins and the monsters. Many locals make a good living acting as a guide to adventurers seeking the places the locals would otherwise avoid, and most of the time the locals come home alive.

That death may come at any time lends the Hugelrote citizen a certain blasé attitude to life. The folk of the region rarely let little things like wars, famines, and the like get to them - after all, they could walk out of their house and be eaten (or worse) by a monster at a moment's notice! One thing that does annoy the people of Hugelrote is what they see as the incessant moaning by their neighbours, the Hussen clan of Nederboden, about being ignored. From a Hugelrote perspective, being ignored is far preferable to being munched on by your non-human neighbours! Many a Hugelrote resident has wished that the local monsters might consider a brief jaunt south to Nederboden.

The Hintervoormann is elected at irregular intervals, as their term of office usually depends more on their efficiency and how long it takes them to succumb to the Hugelrote Curse and disappear (perhaps because a monster ate them, perhaps because something worse).