The Jasper Peaks rose a short distance north of Greystone. The lush farmland that once filled the space between was scorched by the Shroud Civil War was barely habitable. The human population was lawless and banditry common. This was prime recruiting territory for the Cliff Raiders, a highly organized group of bandits whose hideout lay almost two weeks to the north, near Sanctuary. The home city of the Far’hath Slavers was dug into the Jasper Foothills, although the attention of the minotaur Slavelord Far’hath at this time was focused on the construction of his labyrinthine tomb way off in the Hinterland. The Cliff Raiders took advantage of that distraction and routinely raided minotaur wagons and trade caravans: war was been declared between the two parties.