The Moorland, also called Mâerór, is a region which stretches across the Kingdoms of Prussia, (former) Kingdom of Hanover, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Unlike the rest of Europe, this region never developed, persisting as a sprawling, valueless, and lawless expanse of bog, heath, and forest since the days of the early Germanic tribes. One of these tribes, also known as the Wituwari, are said to have cast a spell over the land right as Charlemagne’s campaign eliminated them in 777. Ever since, it is believed no outsider can get through without a proper escort, let alone assert ownership. And there have been attempts. But the fear of the curse, the treacherous, waterlogged bog, and the land’s poor value kept the Moorland ignored. Even in recent times, during the Congress of Vienna (1815), the leaders could not agree on who would receive the land after the defeat of Napoleon. They insisted on observing the curse being lifted first. Only then would they turn their attention to properly dividing the land. So the Moorland as it was: a land nobody wanted!?
Following Charlemagne’s successful campaign, several missionaries were dispatched to evangelize the pagan inhabitants of the Moorland. They soon realized how hostile the land was and the dread that the curse inspired. But they vowed to make it their duty to cleanse the “devil,” as they put it, from the soil. But this proved not to be a simple task. The land was impassable, the few residents scattered all over the place, and there was no structured form of government present. The people lived off the land, with the land and put their faith in the land. This was their God.