In 576 CY the southern parts of the hills are inhabited by numerous halflings, and gnomes dwell in the north. The Flinty Hills is a broad and deep band of hills at the southern end of the Rakers. The far western part of the Hills lies within the Gamboge Forest. To the east lies the Bone March, the Blemu Hills and Knurl, and to the south east and south lies the Adri Forest.

The head waters of the Duntide River form in the Flinty Hills, and then flow west through Nyrond. The eastern shoulder, and an arm which projects southward for many leagues, forms a natural lower boundary for the Bone March and the easternmost territory of Nyrond.  A portion on the western side of the Harp River is covered by the Adri Forest. The Flinty Hills are higher and more undulating in the north, declining to plateau and broad, fertile slopes to the south and west. The northwestern edge of the hills lies within the Gamboge Forest, and has fair stocks of deer, game birds, herons, rabbits, and the like.