Coming at the Yeomanry and its canon geography from another angle - what if the Yeomanry is the product of a meteor impact - an extinction level event? Like the Chicxulub impact in the Yucatan that wiped out the dinosaurs?
The meteor (maybe almost solid nickle-iron) would have come in at an extremely low angle, passing between the Tors and Little Hills and impacting in a mountainous region, blasting out the Yeomanry. Such could create either the sweltering bowl of canon fame or, in time, the crater could have filled back in to a substantial degree to form a more upland plateau, particularly if the ejecta on the already mountainous "rim" proved unstable and "flowed" back down, as lahars or huge mud/land slides.
We know GH was once dominated by reptiles (SKR's Demogorgon adventure in Dungeon) and that these creatures/dinosaurs died out leaving substantial fossil remains (Dragon - Rune Skulls of the Abbor-Alz). A mass extinction would not run counter to this canon and could help explain it.
Not sure if this helps, but here goes; from Greyspace (Spelljammer, I know, but hey Maldin will appreciate it!):
Kule (the moon Celene) is close enough to the surface of Oerth to show surface details. Visible features include large craters, many with extending 'ray' structures and some central mountain peaks, a handful of extinct volcanoes and one large dry seabed in the moon's upper righthand quadrant.....
...astronomers assumed that both hemispheres of Kule were geographically and geologically very similar (The 'Nearside' hemisphere faces Oerth, and the 'Farside' the other way.) This proved not to be the case. Nearside sported more mountain ranges and volcanos, while Farside turned out to be a mish-mash of thousands of overlapping craters. Some sages speculate that the craters are the result of a great storm of asteroids that scourged the inner planets millenia ago. Farside bore the brunt of the assault because Oerth itself, and its atmoshere, at least partially shielded Nearside. (Opponents of this theory gleefully ask, 'Where's the asteroids now?' to which the supporters can only shrug eloquently.)
In connection with the meteor theory of the Yeomanry's formation, I'm imagining an oblique impact that created an oval crator. The area between the Tors and Little Hills would have seen almost no ejecta and rim formation, whereas the Tors and Little Hills would have seen some and the Jotens, Hellfurnaces and Crystalmists would have seen the most.
In this regard - oblique impacts - consider the Carolina Bays (sometimes referred to as pocosins) of the Eastern Seaboard. While their origin is still hotly debated, one theory is a meteor swarm impact. Any impacts would have had to be very oblique or even airbursts to form the oval Bays (note that Carolina Bays are not exclusively shoreline or water formations). The Yeoman Event would have had to be more angular to gouge out the Yeomanry from amidst the mountain and hill terrain, but still.
Cool thing about Carolina Bays/pocosins - they have proliferate carnivorous plantlife! In the Yeomanry or Hool Marshes, maybe something hitched a ride on the meteor(s)? Lots of carniverous or intelligent plantlife? Could liven up both areas! _________________ GVD
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