A broad peninsula and island chain in the southern Greenwater Isles, Roule is the heartland of halfling colonial power. Rolling golden plains give way to prosperous farmland, bustling port cities, and—at the center of it all—a dark forest the halflings have never managed to tame. The air smells of honey and salt. Red-roofed towns dot the countryside connected by well-maintained roads, and halfling merchants speak of Roule as civilization's triumph over wilderness. They don't speak of who lived here before.
The halflings arrived three centuries ago. Within two generations, a plague had swept through the indigenous human population, killing nine in ten. The survivors fled into the interior forest. The halflings called it providence and built their empire on the emptied land. Today, Roule is wealthy, orderly, and profoundly unwilling to discuss its founding.
Fairn Passage
The northern sea lane connecting Roule to the broader Greenwater Isles and beyond. Fairn Passage sees heavier traffic than the Inside Passage—merchant vessels bound for Xoth, Urok, and distant ports.
The passage is named for Admiral Fairn, who established Roulean naval supremacy here two centuries ago by sinking a Xothian fleet. Relations with Xoth have never recovered. Today, Roulean and Xothian vessels maintain careful distance when passing, and naval "incidents" occur with enough regularity to keep both sides on edge.