Editing Ivae Orr Campaign (section)

=== '''Dungeon Masters Background''' ===
This campaign story arc is broken up into multiple acts that will occur over the course of one to two game years.

[[Baron Eddard Dunthmore]] is the players primary nemesis. A 14th level cavalier and Captain of a mercenary company of heavy infantry he took [[Oleg Keep]] in the tumultuous years after the Greyhawk Wars on behalf of Duke Grennel of [[Doi:North Province|North Province]] and intends to retain title to it. He has played the the three major warring powers (Nyrond, North Province, and the loose coalition of humanoid tribes holding most of Bone March) against each other for the past 10 years while slowly consolidating his hold on the area surrounding the keep. [[Doi:Duke Grennel|Duke Grenell]] and [[Doi:Count Dunstan|Count Dunstan]] have both tried to leverage Dunthmores geographic position to their advantage as the Keep straddles a wide pass between the [[Ivae Orr Forest]] and the and the old North Road connecting the regions silver and iron mines both to the [[County of Knurl]] and North Province. 

The former silver and iron mines of the northern half of the [[Doi:Blemu Hills|Blemu Hills]] are held by the hobgoblin Ripper tribe who are intent on securing better resources (arable lands + slave to work them) to sustain their growing tribe. The lowlands of Bone March have been the traditional agrarian home of the Flan people for millennia and the area is dotted with many small villages ripe for the picking. The tribe has a loose alliance with Dunthmore and initiated a series of attacks against the villages not under Dunthmore's control. Dunthmore for his part - then follows up with harassing attacks to drive off the humanoids and garnering good will from the populace who would rather serve a human than humanoid liege. In parallel Dunthmore allows brigand activity orchestrated by the local thieves guild (also sanctioned by Dunthmore) to rob merchant convoys moving wool and whiskey through the region. A percentage of the profits are then split between Dunthmore and the hobgoblins. 

Count Dunstan has suspected Dunthmores treachery for years but has been unable to prove it and convince the population their benefactor is really the one behind their misery. Dunthmore's and the hobgoblin alliance has never been great and and now the hobgoblins have decided to move aggressively into the lower March. Dunstans forces are capable of defeating the hobgoblins but they are spread thin and he knows the other humanoid tribes would likely follow their advance leading to Knurls forces being overwhelmed.

As the last rightful ruler of Bone March, Count Dunstan has decided to bestow minor [[nobility]] status as [[Knights of the March]] and grant the players title to [[Oleg Keep]] as a reward for their service. By doing so he buys time gather his forces and those of the Dwarves of Clan Darzog to reinforce the defense of [[Knurl]] and potentially unseat Dunthmore from the keep providing the players can capture it. With his northern flank secure and powerful allies (the PC's) to launch a counter-offensive from. If the PC's fail the humanoids solidify control over the Blemu Hills and end up right on the border of Knurl.