You start out in a small village called  by the locals "Graylon" after it's first settler who started this village some 50 years ago. To the far north are mountains (about 150 miles away) and to the north and east are open empty planes that parts of have been turned into farming area. To the west is the sea some 20 miles away. Then lastly to the south is the forest only about 5 miles away. The forest goes on for as far as anyone cares to go. This village is actively expanding and is becoming part of a trade route (the role played in the trade route is a simple rest stop). The citizens of Graylon are happy and for the most part healthy, their herds of cows prosper from the open grassy planes (the cow has a partly religious aspect to it), and all is well. You have all been hired by a small caravan to transport goods along the trade route that passes through Graylon and your service has ended there.

Sorry this was supposed to be on play by post!