Wolfen Hills

The Wolfen Hills is an autonomous province of the Mynyw Heartlands within the Kingdom of Stromgarde. It was created in the Treaty of the Western Door, which officially recognized the Wolfenhold Wardens as a sanctioned organization and structured its land as an autonomous province of the Heartlands. It is ruled by the Commandant of Wolfenhold, of which pays no taxes to the Conclave and maintains its own military presence that is separate from the Conclave's ability to call them to arms.

The Wolfen Hills was the second-to-last region to be added to the Heartlands, however the next province -- Flamespitters -- would not be added for another hundred or more years. It is the smallest province in land size, being 154 km2 and the least populated, having less than one thousand residents. It bordered by the provinces of Flamespitters to southwest, Fadryn to the southeast, and Witherbark Territory to the north and northwest.

The capital of the Wolfen Hills is the Wolfenhold, however Penfro is its largest town and considered the trading and farming hub of the province.

Geography
The Wolfen Hills lies within a large valley -- protected on two sides by the Calontir Mountain Range. Its northern opening has meets the Witherbark Territory and the greater Arathi Highlands while its southern opening leads into the Heartlands proper. This valley has been a strategic opening to the Mynyw Heartlands, causing several well-placed fotifications to be erected to guard it.

As the valley moves naturally into hilly lowlands, forests have grown since its natural creation. However, much of the land has been deforested, leading it to become grasslands for agriculture or pastures for animal husbandry. The northeastern parts of Calontir Mountains have been used frequently for quarrying and mining, being rich in iron, quality stone, and other precious minerals. The southwestern edge leads into a smaller valley filled with a dense forest of heartwood.

The Wolfen Hills has mild summers and cold winters; spring is the rainiest season due to its proximity to the coast and experiences heavy rainfall several days out of the week. Summer and autumn are natural planting and harvesting seasons due to the relatively dry and rainy days leveling off the warmer it gets. Winters are frigid and snowfall tends to be heavy -- filling up the passes.

Economy
The Wolfen Hills is a strategic province and not particularly economical compared to the larger and richer provinces of the Heartlands. However, it is somewhat self-sufficient in due to not being required to export resources outside of it to other provinces. Because of this, wealth is typically spread around as needed with the majority of the resources being either brought to the Wolfenhold for the common defense or the more luxury items (such as gems and precious minerals) being sold to merchants that travel on the Old Road.

'Major' Exports include:
 * Precious minterals (gold, gems, rare metals))
 * Timber (Oak, Heartwood, Pine, etc.)
 * Crafts
 * Herbs

These exports are purely those produced in excess, with exception to precious minerals. All wealth that is invested is typically on a per village basis and is equally shared among its denizens.

Natural Resources
The Wolfen Hills has access to the ore rich Calontir Mountains. The follow metals have been found:
 * Gold
 * Silver
 * Iron
 * Tin
 * Copper
 * Lead
 * Coal

The Wolfen Hills additionally has a thriving forest consisting of many confiers to the southwest near Cydweli:
 * Oak
 * Pine
 * Fir
 * Spruce
 * Maple
 * Birtch
 * Heartwood

Lastly, various herbs can be found in the hills:
 * Peacebloom
 * Silverleaf
 * Earthroot
 * Mageroyal
 * Brairthorn
 * Steelbloom
 * Kingsblood
 * Fadeleaf
 * Goldthorn
 * Belladonna
 * Thornapple (Jimson Weed)

Wolfenhold
capital, old and strong castle, military fortification

Penfro
largest town, hub for farming/trade, run by teumas nic venicarus

Cydweli
timber town, small, aifric the green runs it

Ynysddu
mining town, medium, run by Val (mynyw gnome!)

Blackwood Forest
forest around cydweli, largely called that due to the density of trees but also known as a place where cults used to make their home