Azure Wolf Forest.
It stretched for hundreds of kilometers.
It lay on the borders of the Light Kingdom, the Lannister Kingdom, and the Alpha Kingdom.
The entire forest was located on a massive plateau.
The plateau's terrain consisted of rising hills.
It had been carved out by the Xixibi River, which originated in the Light Kingdom.
The Xixibi River flowed through several countries.
It was a major river, eventually flowing into the sea through the Lannister River.
Thus, Azure Wolf Forest marked the border between the two kingdoms.
On the far side of Azure Wolf Forest, meaning the northern bank of the Xixibi River, lay the Great Plains contested by the Leighton Kingdom and the Lannister Kingdom.
The two kingdoms had fought on the Great Plains more than once.
However, the terrain of Azure Wolf Forest left little worth fighting over.
The forest was also home to packs of magical beasts known as azure wolves.
Moreover, the southern side of the plateau forest bordered the Alpha Kingdom.
The Alpha Kingdom was separated from Azure Wolf Forest by the Guna River.
The Alpha Kingdom had enfeoffed ten Border Nobles along this frontier.
Their castles were arranged along the Guna River.
The Border Nobles built pontoon bridges across the Guna River.
They sent their family caravans around Azure Wolf Forest to trade with the Light Kingdom and the Lannister Kingdom.
Since neither kingdom had enfeoffed nobles in Azure Wolf Forest, the nobles of the ten families gradually extended their territories across the pontoon bridges to the opposite bank of the Guna River.
They built sturdy logging camps there.
Later, because of the threat posed by the azure wolves, they also built military structures such as stone watchtowers.
In essence, the nobles of the Alpha Kingdom had already taken practical control of the