Starkpool

The area around the crossroads at Green Springs Village was once a well defended border country with many forts and castles. A long series of border wars between 800 and 900 YN saw most of them laid to waste. The area began to be significantly overgrown, and the cleared area shrank to just a few miles around the bridge and a series of posts along the roads. 70 years ago, things got worse when a large horde of Goblins descended from the Gobkrag Mountains avoided the Earl of West Road's forces and plunged into the forested area. This attack cleared most of the Men and Halflings settled under the forest canopy and destroyed the last of the guard posts on both roads, It even went as far as destroying one of the two guard towers in the village itself. Some aid came from the Earl and the Goblins ceased to attempt outright conquest of the village. Instead, they seized 3 abandoned fortified places in the woods and began to make repeated stealthy attacks against road travelers and villagers.

The Goblins began to get more aggressive in 1024 YN, especially against road traffic. They made a forceful night attack against a caravan of Druids, stealing an important heirloom from a Druidic princess from across the Eastern Range. The 7500gp reward offered by the Druids attracted a good number of adventurers and fortune hunters to the Goblin Forest to claim it.

Various adventurers spent time searching the forest in 1025 YN. They found that a number of barrows, dungeons and tunnels had been infected by Chaotic magic and had to be cleared. They had to fight animals, Goblins, the evil dead and outlaws too. A group called Awesome Lawsome found 1 of the three Goblin Forts, attacked it, killed the Goblin “king” and recovered the Druid heirloom. They decided to clean the place up and move in, renaming it Fort Lawsome. The tide had turned, the days of the remaining Goblins in the Goblin Forest appear numbered.