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The Border Zones Region
The area surrounding the City of Polychronopolis from the Farmlands to the North to the Jorak Mountains in the South and from the Break Ridge to the East to the Western Sea and the West Hills to the west are called the Border Zones, marking the southern edge of the Kingdom of Kotharia and the north edges of the Chaotic Wilds. It encompasses an area 200 miles wide by 200 miles long (40,000 square miles) (slightly larger than Hungary, slightly smaller than Pennsylvania).
Each Zone will have its own page, but below is a summary. Each zone is labelled with the letter Z plus a number on the main map.
| Zone | Name | Encounter Difficulty | Dominant Terrain | Settlements | Features |
| Z1 | NW Cattle Country | 2 | Grassland | Cattle Meeting | R1 H1 R4 |
Z1—NW Cattle Country
Encounter Difficulty Level: 2 Dominant Terrain: Grassland Additional Areas: small marsh, dead forested hills Settlements: Cattle Meeting Features: R1, H1, R4
Z2—Grand Duchy of Chronos
Encounter Difficulty Level: 2 Dominant Terrain: Cultivated Farmland Settlements: City of Polychronopolis, Farmington, Features: Castle Argon, Castle Amra, Temple Horizon, Temple Zureth, Rathgard, R3
Z3—East Waste
Encounter Difficulty Level: 3 Dominant Terrain: Poor Grassland Additional Areas: hills Settlements: None Features: H2
Z4—East Grassland
Encounter Difficulty Level: 3 Dominant Terrain: Grassland Additional Areas: none Settlements: none Features: R2
Z5—Great Myr Forest
Encounter Difficulty Level: 4 Dominant Terrain: Heavy Mixed Forest Additional Areas: none Settlements: Myrdol Palace Features: R10
Z6—Break Ridge
Encounter Difficulty Level: 5 Dominant Terrain: Mountain Additional Areas: none Settlements: none Features: M1, M2, C1, C2, C3, R7
Z7—The Long Wood
Encounter Difficulty Level: 4 Dominant Terrain: Deciduous Forest Additional Areas: Cultivated Farmland Settlements: Town of Portburg Features: Light house, D1
Z8—West Plains
Encounter Difficulty Level: 4 Dominant Terrain: Grassland Additional Areas: Cultivated Farmland, Wooden Marsh Settlements: Castle Balth, Castle Codros Features: R5, R6
Z9—Dead Peaks
Encounter Difficulty Level: 5 Dominant Terrain: Dead Forested Mountains Additional Areas: none Settlements: none Features: R9
Z10—Dead Hills
Encounter Difficulty Level: 7 Dominant Terrain: Dead Forested Hills Additional Areas: none Settlements: none Features: C5, R12
Z11—West Hills
Encounter Difficulty Level: 6 Dominant Terrain: Hills Additional Areas: none Settlements: none Features: R13
Z12—The Border Country
Encounter Difficulty Level: 5 Dominant Terrain: Heavy Bush Land Additional Areas: hills, cultivated farmland Settlements: Castle Dyr Features: W1, W2
Z13—The Haunted Forest
Encounter Difficulty Level: 7 Dominant Terrain: dead Forest Additional Areas: None Settlements: None Features: R11
Z14—River Land
Encounter Difficulty Level: 4 Dominant Terrain: Grassland Additional Areas: Hills, Poor Grassland, Cultivated Farmland Settlements: Castle Edgar Features: D2, R8
Z15—Frith Encounter Difficulty Level: 5
Dominant Terrain: Hills Additional Areas: Cultivated Farmland Settlements: Castle Frith Features: C4
Z16—The Mud Flats
Encounter Difficulty Level: 6 Dominant Terrain: Mud Flats Additional Areas: none Settlements: E1, E2 Features: none
Z17—Bog Wood
Encounter Difficulty Level: 8 Dominant Terrain: Boggy Forest Additional Areas: None Settlements: None Features: R18
Z18—Wide Waste
Encounter Difficulty Level: 9 Dominant Terrain: Poor Grassland Additional Areas: None Settlements: Fortress Paltron Features: W3, W4, R14, R15, Obelisk Mulok, H3
Z19—The Open Prairie
Encounter Difficulty Level: 8 Dominant Terrain: Grassland Additional Areas: None Settlements: None Features: W5, W6, W7
Z20—Terror Heights
Encounter Difficulty Level: 10 Dominant Terrain: Dead Forested Hills Additional Areas: None Settlements: None Features: R16, R17
Z21—The Badlands
Encounter Difficulty Level: 11 Dominant Terrain: Broken Badlands Additional Areas: None Settlements: E3, E4 Features: K1, K2, Oracle of Vegtrix, M8
Z22—Shadar
Encounter Difficulty Level: 7 Dominant Terrain: Grazing Land Additional Areas: Hills Settlements: Town of Shadar, Road Moot, Herd Moot Features: W8, D3
Z23—Jorak Mountains
Encounter Difficulty Level: 12 Dominant Terrain: Mountains Additional Areas: none Settlements: Town of Gormling, Castle Gash, Features: M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, R20, R21, R22, K3
Z24—Mountain of Fire
Encounter Difficulty Level: 13 Dominant Terrain: Lava Fields Additional Areas: none Settlements: none Features: Volcano
Z25—Rocky Desert
Encounter Difficulty Level: 10 Dominant Terrain: Rocky Desert Additional Areas: none Settlements: none Features: R19
Z26—Deep Dunes
Encounter Difficulty Level: 13 Dominant Terrain: Dunes Additional Areas: None Settlements: None Features: R23, R24, Pyramid of Thang