Two sizable rivers, the Alsante and the Tulas runs through the barony, the which includes these river valleys as well as much hilly and forested upland. The barony is about 600 square miles in size, less than half of this is arable land. Most of the valleys are farmland or pastures for cattle and sheep, but a few smaller forests remain. The sloping sides of the valleys are forested or used for pastures. To the north, the thickly forested hills of the Great Forest form an inpenetrable and danger-infested wilderness, while to the northwest, east and southwest the hills are mostly bare heath and grassland, with small scrubs and bushes of holly and juniper.
There are several lookout points on the hills, with small towers manned by half-a-dozen men each, ready to light fires and sound horns should trâm or brigands emerge from the hills or forest.
The tax collectors estimate the population to be about 25 000. The small town of Mofort (1600 cives) is the only settlement that could be called urban, with a single inn for travellers. There are numerous villages and hamlets (more than hundred), but few are particularily large or noteworthy. The village of Cudere is situated near some mediocore copper mines, east in the barony.
Two thirds of the inhabitants of the barony are farmers, most of the remainder are foresters, firewood gatherers or charcoal burners. The forests of Bois-Alsante are used to pasture herds of swine, and there are many swineherds. The swine of Bois-Alsante are the Yuletide fare of the cives of Naras.
The people of Bois-Alsante are a brave lot, willing to risk the horrors of the wilderness. They are quite ingenius in hiding their harvest in more or less "troll-safe" places. Baron George keeps about 200 men under arms, a sizable number for such a small barony. Furthermore, the farmers are well-armed with bows, spears and axes, in constant vigilance against trâm.
Mostly, the goblins stay in the forest, and the humans stay in the open.