The Reachmen are a proud and resilient people, known for their stubborn resourcefulness in the face of adversity. They take their name from the Northern Reach, whose lands they proudly declare as home. The Reachmen walk their own path despite the Church of the Heathen Prophet's grip on their homeland, banding together to resist the Heathen Church's pressures to tighten control. Northwood is considered the unofficial capital of the Reachmen's resistance, largely because of their unwavering fortitude in the face of the Heathen Church's ever-growing pressures to solidify an iron grip on the town due to its resources and status as the Heathen Prophet's birthplace.