DIKHOFF (Barony of)

Location: Norwold, continent of Brun, northeast of Oceansend, on the western shore of the New Alphatian Sea.

Area: 499 sq. mi. (1,292 sq. km.).

Population: 1,700.

Languages: Heldannic, Traladaran.

Coinage: Heart (gp), blade (sp), wall (cp).

Taxes: 25% income tax, collected yearly.

Government Type: Independent barony.

Industries: Agriculture, mining (salt), craft (weaponsmithing).

Important Figures: Dimitri Dikhoff (Baron, human, male, F15).

Flora and Fauna: Dikhoff is mostly a flat land occupied by farms and cultivated fields and orchards. Woods have been progressively cut down with the slash and burn technique to encourage agriculture and the last patches of evergreen forest remain only alongside the northern border. Along the border with the swamp numerous salt pans exist. Common wildlife includes land predators such as hyenas, wolves, otters and foxes as well as hawks and vultures. Monstrous fauna consists of swamp dwellers (serpents, poisonous frogs, sirenflowers, amoebas and decapuses), displacer beasts and basilisks in the woods to the north and a few winged exotic predators like manticores, wyverns and the legendary Chimera of Doom.

Further Reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords.

No description this year. [Arcadius and Adik provided us with basic dominion information, but no insight-watch for more next year. Ed.]