The High Moot

The confederation of Korl high-pass holds that keeps the crossings and brokers the strength of the Korl as a people — not as hired muscle for House Vandahl or the Marrow Lances. The holds gather at the Wind-Cut Pass and decide together which lowland wars are worth their backs.

Before the Imperium raised its Rampart to wall the Korl out, the high holds already kept the passes; the empire is gone from these mountains and the holds are still here. The Moot is no crown and no warband — it is the elders of the scattered holds sitting together when the snows close the line, settling tolls, feuds, and grazing, and answering as one people when a lowland captain comes up the trail wanting Korl strength. They will sell a hold's backs to an honest war at an honest price, and they will refuse a season of soft coin and offended lords without losing a moment's sleep. They hold the high country as their own, and they mean to be holding it when the next paper empire passes like weather.