Falcon's Hollow is the end of the line for many of its residents-the final destination in their flight from the long arm of the law, a haven from crushing debts, a sanctuary from crippling abuse, or a new start free from religious persecution. This ramshackle lumber town clings to the ragged edge of Andoran's Darkmoon Vale, staring down the wild shadows of a vast and largely unexplored frontier. Falcon's Hollow attracts the desperate in droves - and it also beckons the calculatingly cruel, who merrily grind those poor souls under their unforgiving heels. Beset on all sides by wild beasts, the dead of a ruined dwarven empire, and malicious fey, the townsfolk of Falcon's Hollow must also contend with the hardened hearts of those few who have made the town their fiefdom and the heavy yoke they hang around the necks of its citizens.
It is a blunt, sawdust-choked stop on a winding trade route, a festering haven of injustice and cruelty, Falcon’s Hollow rests perilously close to the infamous Darkmoon Wood. The long shadow of Droskar’s Crag casts a shroud of gloom on the desperate souls who call this place home. Many come here to make their fortune cutting darkwood lumber in the lush wood, while others journey to this remote fringe to start over, piecing together their shattered lives on the edge of an untouched wilderness far from the things of man. Persecuted zealots and outcasts flock to Falcon’s Hollow to practice their strange and often deviant rites unfettered by the mores of civilization. Finally, Falcon’s Hollow lures many explorers with the promise of great adventure nearby. The town, its people, and everything in it belong to the corrupt Lumber Consortium, controlled by the de facto leader of the town, the loathsome Thuldrin Kreed. His petty decrees and the consortium’s overpriced goods keep the people of the town prisoner as surely as if Kreed and his goons used manacles and chains.
Home to fewer than 1,500 humans and a smattering of other races, most of the townsfolk care only for the paltry coins paid for their backbreaking work and what simple comforts they can buy. A few, however, understand that what’s bad for one is bad for all, and they struggle endlessly with the Lumber Consortium to improve the lives of their neighbors—and by extension, themselves. The community thrives on a tenacious mix of greed, debauchery, and stubborn self-reliance. As much property of the Lumber Consortium as the buildings, cut timbers, and other assets in the town, the people of Falcon’s Hollow live in abject poverty and unending misery. Those born into Falcon’s Hollow (or those foolish enough to move there willingly—or even unwillingly) face lives filled with anguish and devoid of hope or betterment.