Duchy of Horlafense

The Duchy of Horlafense is a part of the Principality of Jartapur. It lies on the western edge of the country to the east of Danbak Kryle and south of Uloghand. The mighty Merfates River winds along the western and southern edges, coming from the heartland of Arumelia and leading to the Southern Dragon Sea on the other side of the nation. The broad sludgy Mukwen River to the north springs from a distributary of the Merfates at the northwest corner of the Duchy (and thus, the Principality) and quickly cascades down close to sea level where it trudges along for the last hundred miles or so through swampy lakes and bayous along the Jartapur / Uloghand border.
Horlafense is in a depression between the higher country in eastern Jartapur along the sea and the foothills of the Skurbing Mountains in Danbak Kryle. It is generally thickly forested, and contains large tracts of managed oak forests which have traditionally fed the need for ships and furniture throughout the old Arumelian Empire.