In December, the vast cold front from the great plains of North America moved southward, reaching the end of winter at the Granada River and continuing over a thousand miles south, transforming into a cool autumn breeze outside Otter City.
This is the core City-State of the northern Vastec tribes, a fertile land at the mouth of the Tampen River, which has become utterly silent, desolate, and barren after five or six years of relentless looting and fighting. Only trade caravans from the Kingdom conduct trade in this desolate coastal City-State, serving as a rare link between the warring tribes in the surrounding area.
