Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-12599067-20140725170325/@comment-12599067-20140803013257

(Exemplary in the sense that they are well-behaved. Some of them are, but most of them aren't exactly the "kind and loving" types. However, they manage to keep the appearance of being much more orderly than they really are in the event someone of importance stops by. Irregardless, the guards are all extremely well-trained and are very dangerous, especially to an unarmed and unarmored prisoner.

But yes, even once you get past the heavily-guarded walls, most people are likely to die of starvation, disease, or being dismembered by assorted creatures in the swamps of Black Marsh before they reach the other provinces.)