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| =====Hylund Forest===== | =====Hylund Forest===== |
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| Hylund Forest is a forested area north of [[:Goldvale]]((Exact distance unspecified.)) that'd take a few days to reach by foot. The greater region it exists in is called [[Hylund]] which is a bastardization of the word "Highland", for this region's base elevation is about 6000 feet above sea level. The forest is known for having a pair of volcanoes and monster style [[:Orc|orcs]] to the west of it, and for being a place where **animalfolk** thrive in seclusion. | Hylund Forest is a forested area north of [[:Goldvale]]((Exact distance unspecified.)) that'd take a few days to reach by foot. The greater region it exists in is called [[Hylund]] which is a bastardization of the word "Highland", for this region's base elevation is about 6000 feet above sea level. The forest is known for being adjacent to a pair of volcanoes and monster style [[:Orc|orcs]] to the west of it, and for being a place where **animalfolk** thrive in seclusion. For the sake of defining how big the forest it, it basically encompasses almost all of the [[Hylund:Hylund]] region that isn't up on the Hylund Plateau or a well defined specific area such as a lake, ridge, town, or whatever else. So the term "Hylund Forest" is almost but not quite interchangeable with "Hylund" as a whole. |
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| | ====Animalfolk==== |
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| | //The [[:Animalfolk]] of the Hylund Forest live primarily in a hidden village that isn't directly attached to any main road. Very few who are not Animalfolk know the location of this village.// |
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| * A one shot game session consisted of an alternate party formed of [[:Animalfolk]] here. This led to some details being filled in about the area. | * A one shot game session consisted of an alternate party formed of [[:Animalfolk]] here. This led to some details being filled in about the area. |
| * At about the same time in another potential entry point they found an old signet ring by the bones of a deceased knight, who was from some sort of "Order of Knights" and that's all they could determine. | * At about the same time in another potential entry point they found an old signet ring by the bones of a deceased knight, who was from some sort of "Order of Knights" and that's all they could determine. |
| * Cowfolk exist here but they're considered anti-social jerks and are not part of the community. | * Cowfolk exist here but they're considered anti-social jerks and are not part of the community. |
| | * A second game session with [[:Marion]], [[:Anderson]] & [[:Milo]] resulted in: |
| | * The phrase "Acorns To Peanuts" being coined, meaning to make change using peanuts as if they were worth a 10th of an acorn. Acorns representing about a gold to the forest creatures locally. |
| | * The DM creating the abbreviation "[[:AAP]]" for "Alternate Animal Party" to simplify these notes. |
| | * [[:Ursavus]] the "Wine Bear" becoming a cannon entity for the Hylund Forest area. |
| | * A perpetually annoyed [[:Patrick]] sending the [[:AAP]] members active this session on a quest leading out of the forest, resulting in them winding up on another continent entirely. |
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| | ====Development==== |
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| | * Once upon a time the forest was accidentally set on fire by the careless adventurers known as [[:Jules]], [[:Urist]], [[:Vesper]], [[:Jeorge]] & [[:Sirona]]. It burned many acres in the eastern part of the forest, until [[:Patrick]] was forced to intervene. See: [[Story:Patrick Stops The Hylund Forest Fire]]. |
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