<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b1/Ilien.jpg)</div>Like the terrain of surrounding baronies, Ilien's rolling grasslands and small ranges of hills are extensively farmed.  Breeders across the Borderlands prize Ilien's cattle - indeed cattle money has earned the small barony a literal king's fortune.  This point has given rise to several common, derogatory remarks about the Ilienese, the kindest of which refers to them as dungslingers.  The ranchers of Ilien soothe their wounded pride with the money their commerce brings in.<br/><br/>The small town of Aenier on the coast at the mouth of the Spider River caters to wealthy travelers, who wish to enjoy the hot springs north of the town.  Aenier is renowned across the southern lands as a scenic place for the elite to gather and relax - unless the fog has rolled in from the Lake of Steam - which has only further increased the coffers of Ilien.<br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong><em>Regent:</em></strong> Rogr Aglondier was an exceptional commoner once, a minor wizard, a trusted advisor and apprentice to the previous baron.  However, he did not decend from an old bloodline and has struggled to asert his power as ruler of Ilien in the Council of Barons since the very first moring he was awoken and told the old baron had died in his sleep.  Rogr rules Ilien wisely and well, doing his best not to make the same mistakes as some of Avan's other barons.  Neither ambitious nor proud, he's willing to admit his faults.  His people enthusiastically support him, for he keeps their loyalty high and taxes low.</li><li><strong><em>Capital:</em></strong> Free City of Ilien.  The wealth of Ilien has allowed a masisve programme of public works which has made the Free City a desired place to call home.  However, the city fathers have instituted a severe immigration policy, ensuring that only wealthy individuals obtain property in the city, less affluent immigrants are enouraged to purchased land and dwellings in one of the many small cattle towns that are scattered across Ilien.</li><li><strong><em>Important Towns:</em></strong> None.</li><li><strong><em>Trade Goods:</em></strong> Beef.  The finest in all of the Borderlands.  Taxes and levies from the resort town of Aenier also add considerable wealth.</li><li><strong><em>Important Persons:</em></strong> Lady Alliene is the High Priestess of the Western Temple of Eldath and Rogr's niece.  The guildmaster, el-Hadid, master of the Port of Call Exchange calls Ilien home and has thus far made his activites seem above suspicion.</li></ul>