Marabass Jungle

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The Marabass jungle lies at the southern end of Xindung. There is no form of central government, nor any infrastructure to speak of. While the jungle itself is one reason for this, a bigger one is its inhabitants - the Shuldin. These insectoids live in large hives, each with its own queen, and there is no guarantee that the various hives will see eye to eye on any given matter. In fact, to an outside observer, it almost seems guaranteed that they want!

This means that at any given time at least two of the many hives are likely to be at war with each other. Anyone planning of traveling through the Marabass jungle had best take the current disagreements into consideration when planning their journy. Every few decades, the entire area breaks out into large scale hostilities that render the entire area almost unpassible. Most governments advise bypassing the jungle all together, both physically and politically. Any deal or agreement made with the Shuldin tends to only last as long as the current queen.

This is a petty, because Marabass can be a beautiful place. The Shuldins hives rise up out of te jungle like artificial mountains, and it is said that the view from the top is incredible. At least one hive is known to have been build around a prexisting waterfall, encororating it into the design to provide a constant source of water that tumbles down through its levels.

While an interesting, if dangerous, academic study, the Shuldin are of little interest to the rest of world. The people of the Marabass jungle are too wrapped up in their own struggles, and anyone sane is content to leave them be. To interviene is most dangerous.