The Ironbark Hollows is a dense, lightless forest characterized by massive trees with bark as hard as tempered steel. A persistent silvery mist clings to the ground, limiting sight and muffining sound while hiding the deep, grey mud that makes travel exhausting. It is a dangerous frontier where desperate settlers compete for rare resources against organized monstrous warbands. Life here is defined by the struggle for dry ground and the constant threat of the shadows.