Damkina is situated on a small island in the middle of Vast Lake. The island is
essentially a single hill atop which stands the
Overlord's palace. Although the city has walls
these are largely redundant as the rest of the island is hardly big enough to hold an
army capable of maintaining a siege. The shores of the island also slope steeply down
suggesting the hill would look more like a mountain if the lake were drained. Indeed noone
has ever plumbed the depth of the lake which is twenty miles in diameter and a favourite
haunt of water elementals.
The surrounding lands are largely untamed wilderness apart from the estates of the
Damkina nobles and pockets of widely dispersed settlement. The winters can be harsh
although the climate round the lake is somewhat milder than the surrounding lands.
In the spring flooding regularly occurs as the snow melts in the mountains exacerbating
the seasonal heavy rains: most
travel and trade occurs in the summer and autumn.
Both humans and beasts in the area tend to be primitive. The roaming tribesman
are generally of Elephan or
Confed stock and have no more than stone weapons
although smaller groups of Amazons may also be
encountered. Beside the monstrous beasts in the region there are also mammoths,
mastodons, and sabre-tooth tigers.