Bromkiln Byway

The  is a road that saw a lot of foot traffic, leading through the Dwendalian Empire from Deastok to Berleben.

Amber Road Crossing
A few hours north of Zadash, the road crosses the Amber Road and continues further to the east through the Labenda Swamp straight to Berleben.

Amber Road to The Labenda Swamp
To the east of the crossing a mile of the road is a small localized valley over one of the larger hills. In this valley is a small tanners’ shack nestled between a small cluster of trees, a bit of natural rock formations and the edge of a small forest cluster. Further down the road there is a small forest two or three miles in diameter.

Between the tanners shack and the swamp, three miles off the road, there was a tree struck by lightning. It was a tall and proud tree with a few singular clusters of trees dotted around it. The top of it had been carved right down the center and part of it had been splintered and exploded off into multiple pieces. There were chunks of wood around the vicinity.

From the hills along the road the Silberquel Ridge and the swamp could be seen.

The Tanners’ Shack
The shack is not more than 20 feet by 20 feet in size, with walls made out of simple masonry and stones lodged together. It has a ramshackle roof, weathered over time into a downward curve with a brick chimney on top. It has two doors, one at the front, locked with a large metal rod and one at the back. The shack has one window at the front with no glass in it.

On the outside there is a tanning easel, and a wood chopping block with an axe embedded and left in it with couple of pieces of firewood off to the side. At the back of the shack there are a couple of cured and salted meats that were hanging from the back of the roof.

The inside of the shack is fairly bare, but hanging from the walls there were lots of skinned and cured furs from wolves, badgers, and other different creatures that were brought in for the tanning process. There was a handmade piece of hide armor that had been recently stained.

The Tanner The tanner is an elderly full-blood orc. His head was wreathed and tangled grey coarse hair, like a crown around the top of the head that goes past the mouth and over the chest. A foot-long beard around his chin ends about the bottom of the sternum. He is muscular and hunched, his grey-green skin looks thick, weathered, and wrinkles, and his two heavy tusks protrude from underneath the lower jaw. His eyes are sunken and bloodshot, with yellow sclera.

Labenda Swamp to Berleben
The grasses then begin to give way to wetter terrain leading in to the darkened, tangled, thick swamp of Labenda. The normal dry ground, even after a rain, becomes sludgy.

This road was designed to not sink with the rest of the swamp material, as it sees a lot of travel. Nevertheless, when the Mighty Nein passed through, the ground beside the road was very spongy.

Along the road, there are sparse branch canopies with light coming through.

The Bromkiln Byway eventually leads into the central district of Berleben.

Travelers

 * Bandit group consisting out of 2 ogres, 8 goblins and 3 wolves.
 * A legion of Righteous Brand soldiers moving east across the Bromkiln Byway, including Captain Maximilian from Druvenlode.

After accepting the tasks of the Gentleman to check upon the safe and storage house in the Labenda Swamps. The Mighty Nein take the Bromkiln Byway to Berleben. On the second night they get attacked by a bandit group consisting out of 2 ogres, 8 goblins and 3 wolves. After defeating the bandits they continue their way to the Labenda swamps.