Western Blar is modestly inhabited, especially along Old Street and along the banks of the Farth River , which forms the western boundary with Farlond. Eastern Blar is almost entirely dense forest, penetrated only by Old Street, although a few small villages exist in the northeast, across the river from Freehold. The Duchess of Blar, Debalia Toreth, maintains a fairly well-trained but small force of knights who defend their estates in the western portion of Blar with gusto. Now and then trade caravans make the journey back and forth to Kelhold where goods from Othan can be purchased in trade for the meager goods of Blar and eastern Farlond.
Relations between Blar and Farlond are relatively cordial. The Duchess Debalia is related to the Markalhays of Farlond. Her mother was the sister of Baron Faran's father.
Blar was a part of the Kingdom of Farlond and ruled by the Toreths under Farlond's Talend Dynasty. Previous to 850 Blar was ruled as an independent principality by the Doruth family. However the Doruths and much of the population of Olethia were corrupted by the Pig Idol soon after it was recovered by local adventurers who looted the lair of Vertithrax in 833. The king of Farlond and the Order of the Griffin overthrew the Doruth in 850. Since then the Toreths have been in charge. After the events of 947 which resulted in the dissolution of the Kingdom of Farlond nothing much changed. Copyright © 2022 Tod G. Harter. All rights reserved. No unauthorized distribution without the express written permission of the copyright holder. This document was prepared using Hairball version 0.5.1 on 2022-02-26 License