The Land: Verbrek is a patchwork of woods, marsh, and meadow on a rolling terain. The forests are mostly deciduous, including oak, quaking aspen, and flowering dogwood. The clearings are dotted with thorny shrubs and carpeted with deep, emerald grasses. In autumn, as the leaves drop, the shrubbery bark turns to deep crimson, and the grass turns to gold. A ground fog settles in the hollows at night.

Verbrek has no villages or towns--only small hamlets with a few families each. In a clearing near the center of the domain stands a circle of roughly hewn stones, each twice the height of a man. Natives call it simply "The Circle."

The Folk: A few hundred natives inhabit Verbrek. All are werewolves. They are the only large carnivores in this domain.

On the full moon following each solstice and equinox, the packs meet at The Circle. At this time, they celebrate the hunt, settle legal issues, perform marriages, and trade a little.

The werewolves of Verbrek tolerate the gypsies and anyone on their charge. Any traveler who enters uninvited, or without a gypsy escort, becomes game--meaning both prey and entertainment.