Your travels bring you and Brute to parts of Central Brenton you've never seen. Primarily you remain in the Crown Lands, the beautiful and fertile plains under exclusive royal jurisdiction. Towns and hamlets tend to prosper mightily in this region, with the bounty of the land and the protection of the Regal Regiment as their foundation.
You remember back in Ruffino's duchy that visiting nobles from more far-flung areas spoke with great envy of the Crown Lands, as well as Duke Ruffino's coastal domain with its ample trade and relatively gentle weather.