The Viscounty of Salinmoor is located in the extreme southwestern portion of the Kingdom of Keoland bounded by the Azure Sea, the Javan River and the Dreadwood. Some 317 years since its establishment, Salinmoor has never featured prominently in the history of Keoland. It is a poor, backwater province that has seen history largely pass it by.

The Viscounty of Salinmoor is largely flat. Close to the shores the ground becomes notably marshy. Inland, the soil tends to be rocky. While there are the occasional stretches of sea cliffs, generally the land does not rise much above sea level. As a result, seasonal hurricanes blowing in from the Azure Sea in the late summer often cause wide spread flooding. This makes agriculture difficult as an entire year’s crops may be lost in a matter of hours.

To the west and southwest, the Hool Marshes are without doubt the worst land in the Viscounty. The Marshes spread out in a vast delta from the main channel of the mighty Javan River. Home to innumerable insects, snakes, deadly species and hostile sentients, the Hool Marshes are of little to no economic value. The only redeeming feature of the Hool Marshes, if it can be called that, are the treasures that fortune seekers can sometimes pry from its mired grasp.

The Dreadwood forest broods heavily to the north and east of the Viscounty. Long a home of horrid monsters and vicious raiders, the forest hides within its borders a multitude of terrors. Keoland maintains occasional ranger patrols to sweep its outer borders (mainly as a show of force to pacify its citizens that live nearby). Several wood elf clans also inhabit the forests. Their relationship with the Kingdom of Keoland is best described as delicate and complex.

Salinmoor’s capital is Seaton. A town of approximately 4,000, it is the source of what law and authority can be found in the region. The crown has military forces stationed there. Being garrisoned in Seaton is considered shameful by the brave and good fortune by the less ambitious.

It is almost always windy and that wind, except at the verge of the Dreadwood, is tinged with salt and spray. Dampness is endemic in all seasons and in the months of summer humidity makes the heat something to be feared, particularly when the winds die down. If there is a pleasant season, it is spring and low summer, when the air is warm but not yet hot and the sea breezes are cool and gentle before the onset of the storm season. From high summer through the depths of winter, storms are always a possibility. Hurricane season extends from late in the high summer through fall.

More than any other province of the Kingdom of Keoland, the Viscounty of Salinmoor is defined by water and the sea. The Azure Sea that bounds the Viscounty to the south dominates and defines life within.

Fishing, to include whaling, dominates the economy of the Viscounty. The bounty of the sea also includes pearls, the only gemmological resource within the Viscounty (while not renowned for their abundance or quality, pearl trade has and continues to support families that live there).

Maritime trade also plays a key role. Goods from across the Azure sea trickle in to and out from Keoland through Salinmoor’s coastal towns.