The Greenleaf is a county located within the southeast of the Mootland, when it was once known as the Duchy of Fallow Hills. The county is named after the Greenleaf Hills, with its inhabitants often calling themselves Greenleafers, as a way to distinguish their sense of independence from the greater Moot.[1a]
Overview[]
Due to a cartographical error in the creation of the Moot, there was one tiny part of the Empire owned by no county. The Duchy of the Fallow Hills was the smallest province of all. When the noble who owned it eventually sold it to the adjoining Moot, the new owners instantly turned it to great profit in tobacco. Although they have no problem growing rich on the foreign demand for their product, the Greenleafers are the Mootlanders most likely to have no time for visitors of the wrong height. They also do a roaring trade with the Dwarfs in the mountains and folks of the Border Princes. As their wealth increases so too does the area become less rural and more urban compared to the rest of the Moot. There are some in the Greenleafs that talk of not needing the rest of the Moot or even the Empire, as Altdorf is a long way away and the south know how to deal with Halflings properly.[1a]
Purchase Error Discovery[]
Carla von Stehlenwieder, the many times removed descendant of the Duke of the Fallow Hills discovers an error in the ancient purchase document that bought her ancestor's land — an error that could make the whole deal null and void. Now that the Greenleafs are worth a fortune, she's hired a pack of expensive Altdorf litigants. She is coming to take back what the Duke owns, or at least a sufficiently profitable portion as a 'fair compromise'. The locals could lose their entire livelihoods. They need academics to investigate the claim, conmen who might smell out a ruse, or heavies to make her change her mind and go home.[1a]