Toxic Fungest

In the southernmost part of the Fungest we can find the Toxic Fungest, the last of the three regions of the Fungest described by Jaalibali during his travels. Its particularly intense downpours and its closeness to the dark bogs have affected its environment and its inhabitants, though it is still recognizable as part of the Fungest through and through.
The lands of the Toxic Fungest are the most dangerous areas in the entire region. Highly influenced by the corruption emitted from the swamps of the Bog Witch, it apparently was once beneath her grasp. The effects of the magic from the neighboring regions have altered the flora of the region considerably. The mushrooms grow irregularly, twisting and turning, having multiple caps and even spawning spikes and thorns. All mushrooms from the Toxic Fungest have some sort of chemical defense, either poisons or psychedelics, emitted by the fungi in cloudy bursts. This can coalesce in clouds of dense chemical mixture, and this can mix with the morning fogs during winter to create a deadly mist that covers the region.
The effect of her cursed magic was the birth of a different class of mushroomites, the Muscarin. Muscarins are very similar to regular mushroomites, but with a darker nature and a thinner, lankier and more irregular form. They usually show plenty of appendages, from arms to tentacles. Their behavior is darker than the mushroomites’, and they can enjoy playing with their captives and their intruders instead of just dealing with them. This can range from malicious enjoyment of their suffering to outright torture, and considering the wealth of knowledge of poisons of the muscarins, this can be quite a terrible experience. However, muscarins are still mushroomites deep down, and their priority is first and foremost the defense of their portion of their fungal forests. Forests which themselves look quite twisted and corrupted. Muscarins are shown to be quite aggressive against the creatures from the swamps of the Bog Witch, which has led some to theorize that there is still some lingering fear of the mysterious entity.
The relations between the muscarins and the other local species are complicated. If the muscarins do not consider them a threat, they will at most harass and annoy them, impishly chasing them until they are gone or until they get bored. If they consider them a threat, the muscarins will harass them with poisons until they are too weak to defend themselves, and then will take them down with prejudice, using the carcasses to feed their mushrooms. No matter if you’re human, dwarf or fellow mushroomite, once the muscarins have judge you a threat, you won’t be able to reason with them. And yet, when the Ogre Kingdoms attacked the region, they were some of the first and most dedicated mushroomite mycotribes in the defense of the region, sharing many of their toxic knowledge to defend the land. They also interact quite closely with the human cities, having become a common sight in the streets and markets of the coastal towns, and they even partake in some voyages outside of the Fungest along human traders and merchants, something unheard of in the other mushroomites.
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