Quote:"The Maker of Gargoyles" implies that large swaths of Averoigne are in fact fields and villages.
I've driven through Auvergne, and that description certainly corresponds to my impressions of it. Of course, who knows how it looked during the Middle Ages? Auvergne is also hilly and contains many volcanic remnants. Not having read the Averoigne tales for some time (they are not my favorites), however, I don't recall whether CAS alludes to this aspect of the terrain.