Gray Hills

The Gray Hills mark out a traditional borderland between the Kingdom of Terresol and the fractured region of Northwind, bloodily contested throughout the ancient feud between the two peoples. As a conquered province of Terresol, the Gray Hills are referred to as Pemberlum, meaning 'place of victory'. House de Lysse rules over the Gray Hills as exarchs, acting technically as stewards for House Dumagne.
The name "Gray Hills" comes from the volcanic dust that can be found scattered all over the verdant countryside.
== History ==
Originally a part of Northwind, the Grey Hills acted as the agricultural backbone of the northern kingdom, when the region was later annexed by Terresol, Northwind was deprived of it's breadbasked and spiraled further into chaos. In the aftermath of the Terreme conquest of the region, House Dumagne convinced King Reinhardt Vortigorn of Terrasol to grant fiefdom of the newly created region of Pemberlum to their vassals from House Leece.
In 399, after the death of Sun King Vronti Kelwynd, a wave of Northwinders assaulted the Terreme islands in the Sea of Emin. Lord Adrien Meserle of Togaira was slain after facing the invaders on the coast of Pemberlum and was later avenged by his wife, Lady Peraz Dumagne.