The waste-ground doctrine
The Human frontier claim that ruined and marginal ground belonged to no one, by which frontier lords declared Goblin-held ruins empty and took them with hired swords and burning brands. See The Bridge Peoples.
In the Writers’ Guide
- The Bridge Peoples FoundationsGoblins: Value in What Is Left, Tensions
- The Civilizations of the Medieval Era The Medieval EraOrders Without Ground
- The Basins and the Marches The Medieval EraThe Headwater Marches, The Broken Marches
- Writing in the Medieval Era The Medieval EraWho Counts, Tensions
- Glossary Foundations