At the top of the map, the middle of the Isle was drawn, it was filled in as a gray haze, and in green ink, the cartographer had written 'Northern Barbarians'. Kothar looked at the map curiously, and Tam saw him looking and chuckled.
"That's what the Empire calls them, since they are North of the Empire. It's a lot less nice, thanks to what we call them and for good reason, the Tribes were encroaching onto the Empire's vassals for many years. No wonder they pushed them so hard in their conflict, we wouldn't have had a chance if they hadn't been so weakened after their war with the Empire." Tam explained, tracing the large dip in the coast on the west, which was just east of the Multas islands. This water-filled expanse separated Kalun and the westernmost of the Empire's vassal states, the Principality of Downe.
