Hreelcii Isles

The Hreelcii Isles are an archipelago south east to the main continent of Kubrajzar. The Isles are almost surrounded by near surface reefs, the Hreelcii Coastal Reefs, making most of the greater waters surrounding the Isles untraversable by deep water vessels or larger aquatic creatures. The Hreelcii Isles were created by Thaa during the early in the history of Galbar, but after the formation of the great lands of Kubrajzar, Toraan, and Mydia.

## Climate and Geography

The Isles are notable for being extremely rocky and mountaineous, seen here in the notably mountanous regions in a dark grey, while the lighter green depicts the rocky highlands as the darker green shows the more fertile plains and valleys that make for the mainstay of populated areas of the Hreelcii Isles.

The Hreelcii Isles are fairly well suited for some common forms of life, having a similar climate to the nearby regions of Kubrajzar which are dominated by forests and mesas.

## Regions

### The Azumai River Valley

The Azumai river valley is home to three broad river cultures (based around the upper river, lower river, and delta respectively) and numerous other nomadic cultures in the jungles, foothills, mountains, and great caverns beneath the mountains.

#### Flora

> Countless tributaries gushed down from the forested hills and mountaintops into the verdant valley, and there the hushed song of the flowing waters mingled and intermixed into the mighty Azumai; whose song encompassed the whole valley and called to the far mountains and crooned at the rolling skies. And from those skies came squealing zephyrs, their laughter ringing everywhere as they brushed the tops of trees and rained kisses and flirtatious words down; and the trees giggled and sighed and brought their leaves and branches about them in embarrassment and pleasure. All about the great valley forests gave way to bare plains, which then again gave way to jungle and more forest, which gave way here and there to wetland. And at the heart of it all was the great Azumai that snaked its way from the far mountains, through the valley, and to the sea; where it formed up into a complex delta and poured its waters and sediment into a bay of not inconsiderable size.
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#### Fauna

> And there was life aplenty here - that, the airborne Shade could hear. The grasslands were home to herds of strange bovines boasting hides of sharp quills and to sheep that leapt to absurd height; and here and there a flame-headed deer could be spied dashing across the plains and between the hills. The wetlands and the jungles alike were home to all manner of deers and monkeys and blinking leeoli wisps; and there were big cats here and so too on the plains, though no creature could boast the size and magnificence of the winged leons that stalked the grasslands all across the valley. Where verdant hills gave way to rock and mountain, the Shade could hear the lazy, bubbling song of the rock-eating salamander.
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> The shade sighed, a small sound bubbling through its form and escaping into the whirling worldsong in the form of a moan. It rippled gently yet powerfully through all things, brushing and embracing the song of the butterflies and the bees, wetland and jungle snakes, and the jaguars lazing in the trees. Here and there it went breezing by tapirs and tatous slumbering peacefully beneath their armour. Gorillas sat in the thick jungle undergrowth turned their heads, blowing their lips out at the song that tickled their spirits, and great crocodilians bathing on the riverbanks and drifting in the great Azumai drew open their reptilian eyes momentarily before closing them again.
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> Herds of hammerhead landsharks that lazed in and around the Azumai and in the wetlands, as well as packs of their smaller wolflike cousins, observed the passing of the rippling moan with dull resignation and energetic yapping respectively. Falcons and kestrels screeched in union with the flowing song, and high above the glorious harpy eagle rose and rode the canvass of the skies alongside the gentle wave of soulsound. ...
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> it was not the taut strains of the hunting jaguar that drew the Shade, or the nervous airs of the dashing mara in the grass.
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## Inhabitants

Humans, Itztli, and Night Elves are the most numerous mortal inhabitants, various combinations make up a very small portion of the general population but they are more numerous in some regions.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5120258
2. ↑ https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5120258