Windor occupies the northern coast of Terrenia, a wedge of fertile lowland backed by the forested bulk of the Green Mountains. The land slopes from mountain foothills in the south down to a rocky coastline in the north, cut by rivers draining snowmelt toward the sea. It's a country of orchards and pastures, stone-walled villages, and distant peaks that always seem closer than they are.
The Windorf halflings who call this place home have shaped it into something comfortable—roads well-maintained, inns frequent, hedgerows trimmed. But the mountains loom. Smoke rises from unseen valleys. And every village within a day's walk of the treeline keeps its gates sturdy and its signal fires ready.
Geography
The Lowlands stretch from the mountain foothills to the coast, a patchwork of small farms, orchards, and grazing land. Rivers wind through shallow valleys, powering mills and feeding irrigation channels. The soil is good here—dark and loamy in the river bottoms, stonier on the hillsides. Apple orchards are common, as are sheep and goats.
The Coast is rocky rather than sandy, with small fishing harbors carved into natural inlets. The water is cold year-round. Villages like Hanssevelde and Gorstraat work the sea for cod, herring, and crab, trading their catch inland for grain and goods.
The Mountain Fringe marks where farmland gives way to rocky slopes. Villages here—Vaken, Comines, settlements along the hill roads—live with one eye always on the heights. The air is thin and cold. And the trolls come down when they're hungry.
Villages
The remaining settlements are villages, ranging from a few dozen families to a few hundred. They cluster in three rough groups:
Coastal Villages (Hanssevelde, Gorstraat, Mazits): Fishing communities along the northern shore. Gorstraat handles most trade with Aal Salma. Hanssevelde is the largest fishing harbor. Mazits sits on a small peninsula, isolated but picturesque.
Lowland Villages (Biesestraat, Egelplas, Naast, Panottes, Gentbosch, Zalfen, Utsenstraat, Bergwijk): Agricultural communities scattered across the farming country. Most are unremarkable in the best way—quiet, prosperous, boring. Biesestraat is the largest, serving as a local market center for surrounding farmsteads.
Mountain-Fringe Villages (Vaken, Comines, Aulnois, Schonburg, Hanset): Settlements along the forest edge where the lowlands meet the mountains. These are the frontline communities, the ones that see troll raids firsthand. They're more fortified than their lowland cousins—palisades, watch towers, gates that close at dusk. Vaken hosts a permanent Warden garrison. Schonburg has old walls from a previous era, when things were worse.
The Tyura River
The largest river in Windor, the Tyura rises somewhere deep in the Green Mountains and flows northeast through Nylen before curving east toward the coast. It's navigable by small boats for much of its length, though rapids near the mountain foothills limit upstream travel.