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This package details all of SOUTHERN RHOVANION ¢ SOUTHERN
MIRKWOOD™ contains * 4 major layouts including DOL GULDUR * A
16” x 20" full-color insert, side #1 depicts settings from THE LORD OF THE
RINGS™, side #2 maps out WOODMENTOWN, the HILL OF SORCERY
and a HORSE-LORD settlement * From the Undeeps to the old Forest Road,
» across the Battle plain called DAGORLAD, Southern Mirkwood is a land cursed by the
Necromancer of DOL GULDUR * Produced and distributed by IRON CROWN ENTER-
A LASS) Pe Nee a ee ;southern miRKWwood™
CONTENTS 60 ,QUES AND WER soUTHERY HOVANON.
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three week periods. A numberof the eamps are occupied over he course of
the year. The whole band joins the rest ofthe clan during the spring, nid-
summer, and fall. One clan, the Sarcheod, lives in a settlement at
“Woodmen-Town” and enjoys a unified structure. Theirs isan abnormal
existence which has been derived from close contac with the neighboring
Eves of Lovin.
Miltary Structure: All males above the age of? are engaged in training
‘with weaponry, and possess skills in tracking, stalking, and anything ese
associated with a hunting and gathering existence. They make fine war-
‘ors, but have no formal military training, The clan's military structure fs
Informal; the council can call upon the bands to provide men forthe
This Wood-men community is fatty self-sufficient, isolated as i ha
been from many other societies. Over the ast few centuries and pariculzl
during the las few years wien fupitives fleeing the pains of the Plaguebave
been passing through their lands, the Wood-men have found that thee
Facility in whtlin and joinins fine woods has provided them with most of
the essentials of housing and storage, This wood-evaft has always served
valuable source of trade. They are expecially known in Rhovanion ang
‘Gondor for their rae, intricate boxes, called "inerenerabon” (pronounced
“innerenner--ban:"sing: "inrenerab, "pronounced “inner-enner-ab")
those who construct them. No wider than a foot, no deeper than eight
men boxes look ike
mple oaken consiructions, only acasionally decorated with inksid oF
rantents of other types of wood.
But simple constructions they ae not. Open an inerenerab ainsi one
sces numerous compartments. Even more compartments exist within te
‘boxes, hidden tothe intruders eye. Magical powers reside in thee works,
powers reined in by the Wood-men's kills in harvesting and curing wood,
Food put into an merenera says fresh and nourishing for one month. It
fact, when one fils these enchanted Boxes with bread or frit, the food
takes on subile power: itcan feed a man for four weeks without replenish
‘ment, Herbsand roots put into en inrenerabetai their medicinal pateny
indefinitely; needless to say, poisons maintain their powers there as wel If
‘one obtains an inerenerab with good wil then the sere ofthe hidden
compartments work to one’s everlasting advantage, allowing one to hie
‘precious items lke rings or bracelets out of view of robbers and thits But
if one obtains an inerenerab without the good will ofthe Wood-man who
‘made it, or his legitimate sucesso, none ofthese exceptional qualities hold
inches, rarely taller than sx inches — these Woo
defense oftheir territory. Accomplished warviors command by vntueof the
authority they mainain in everyday life. Armor consists of helms with
leather jerkins or hardened leather breasplates; round wooden shields
‘covered with leather and reinforced with rom are the norm. Allwarior are
proficient withlong bows, and short swords and hand axes serveas the pin-
‘ipl hand arms.
‘Currency: None. Barter isthe norm, and precious metals are prized
primarily for their valuela makiag ornaments. Theuse of colaageis itual-
ly unknown outsige of Woodmen: Town, andi i extremely rar there
Language: Rhovanion sub-group Nahalduk. Westron spoken by few
outside of Woodmen-Town,
Appearance: Generally blond, blue-