Auvrynon, Gloumenwood

A vast plateau crowned with a forest, the trees of which are a lush deep green, tall and ancient with gnarled trunks and thick branches that hardly waver in the breeze. A fog drifts along the trees, coating the long needles and leaves with the only moisture the land ever gets. A lizard darts along a branch, its scales red and black, but that does not protect it from the bone spear that skewers it to the bough, ending its life. This is life in the dark and mysterious Gloumenwood; all too short for those unprepared.

Made up of primarily tall Blackwood and other evergreen trees that are drought resistant, the Gloumenwood has become a home for scavengers, predators, and a strange mishmash of unique beings that have fallen into it from the Mystical Storm.

Gnolls, crafty hyena-men, rule the northeastern part of the wood. And they make every effort to bully their way into the lives of travelers that attempt to traverse the forest.

Further south, the gnolls are kept in bay by skaven, rat-men, and a race of savage devils known as xerfilstyx, who guard the murky waters of Loch Kihagh.

These are not the only predators, however. Spiders multiply rapidly within the dark canopies of the Gloumenwood. And many a traveler has been lost to either a swarm of gigantic arachnids or the single bite of the elusive but deadly Tzak Spider.

The turbulent and red-stained waters of Gijakudob River slice a deep chasm between Storm Peak Ridge and the Heroesbane Range, forming the treacherous Jumeau Abyss, a canyon of staggering depth. The river, roughly translated from an old and dire tongue to mean Bloodthirsty according to several xerfilstyx, cuts through Gloumenwood to form Loch Kihagh.
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