Separated from the Great Forest by the road from Altdorf to Middenheim and the Howling Hills. The Drakwald is one of the most ancient woods in all the world and is notorious for being the most dangerous and untameable territory within the Empire, and has since been infested with many types of strange and terrible creatures, the most prominent are the lurking tribes of Beastmen. The threat from the forest to imperial trade and travel necessitates regular sweeps by specialist troops such as the Drakwald Patrol and other state troops, as well as the construction of fortified inns and watchtowers along the wide roadway to from the south to the Middle Mountains and Hochland.