Urling

This community is easily overlooked by the ignorant. It looks like nothing more than a grove of alders and evergreen trees growing among clusters of grassy mounds. These mounds are in fact the homes of the Witches of Rashemen, built in the traditional style and covered with soil and plants. Most of the inhabitants are hathrans, their spouses, and servants (ethrans normally live among the common folk and only come here to meet with their superiors). Foreigners are not forbidden here—and certainly are not executed for visiting—but anyone other than an ethran, a hathran, or an immediate family member is encouraged to leave after a day or two.

One of the larger mounds is the Green Chapel, a quiet inn for those who have come to speak to the hathrans. Any who stay at the Green Chapel are warned of the consequences of entering the Urlingwood. The inn is run by Selov (LN male human Wiz15), a former Old One who accidentally stripped himself of all magical ability while testing a mage-negating spell he created to use against the Red Wizards. Selov is trusted by the Witches and is protected by several spells that will wipe portions of his memory if he is ever interrogated about the secrets of the Old Ones.

The leading hathran of Urling is the Lady Yhelbruna (LN female human Clr6/Wiz12/Hth10), the oldest and most powerful hathran in Rashemen. Yhelbruna spends little time looking after the town; the hathrans keep their own affairs in order and quickly deal with troublesome intruders. Nythra of the Seven Rivers (NG Wiz4/Clr4/Hth4) is Yhelbruna’s spokeswoman. She is friendly and talks openly with non-hathran Rashemi, and even consents to speaking with the rare foreign visitor whose business takes him to Urling.