Continent

Following the Cataclysm, only a few ships escaped the continent to the archipelago and settled there. The continent itself was a twisted, uninhabitable version of its former self with strange, monstrous creatures running free throughout it, overrunning any remaining vestiges of civilization, or so it was thought.

In late 2323, at the beginning of season 3, the *SS Guildhall* set sail for the continent and its passengers eventually settled there in the town of New Gork. In the 2370s, the city inexplicably broke away from the continent and ascended to the skies, and began to float above the jungle.

## Geography and Landmarks

The continent is to the north of the archipelago. From the southern shore, a lush jungle extends northward until the land rises to mountains, beyond which extends a vast desert. Countless attempts have been made to map the area, but due to the powerful wild magic common to the continent, many landmarks have been known to completely change places, appearing and vanishing seemingly at random.

Major landmarks have included the ancient underground City of Lights, the failed settlement of Dragonsreach, and the outposts of New Gork's Tempest Temple, as well as the mycelial basin.

### Mycelial Basin

Deep in the jungle, beyond the old outpost, the ground falls away into a great pit, the extent of which is unknown. It's said that those who go any deeper into it than the very edge never return. Voices—such as that of a child crying or someone calling for help—have been heard echoing from within it. It seems unlikely that the sources of these voices are anything like what they sound to be, and it is ill-advised to pursue them lest you, too, fail to return. The air in the pit is thick with fungal spores which obscure vision, hinder breathing, and can infect those who linger too long.

## Civilizations and Sapient Life

The continent was not entirely uninhabited, as was previously believed, and lasting adventurer settlements have been established.

New Gork was established in late 2323, at the start of season 3. Over the ensuing years, adventurers from there came across a kingdom of merfolk located somewhere off the coast, Dorocuil, a nation of undead elves, and the Frontier Forge, a pre-Cataclysm establishment capable of producing warforged, as well as fey, grung, and octobuds, though little is known of the latter.

Livbringaren was established in 2339, ten years after the end of season 3.5.

In the 2370s, the Crater Agricultural Township was founded in the crater left by New Gork's ascension.

### Fey

Various fey have been encountered on the continent. Pixies have been known to prank travelers, but may often be appeased with simple gifts. It's warned that a particular fey living in a field of blue "magiscribe" flowers should be avoided. Although it hasn't been confirmed, the individual known as the Duskmother is widely believed to be fey; she has been friendly to adventurers in the past.

### Grung

The grung are small in stature and their physical appearance is froglike. When adventurers from New Gork encountered them shortly after New Gork's establishment in 2323, at the start of season 3, they attempted to press the adventurers into slavery. Relations are not known to have improved.

### Octobuds

The octobuds are a particular species of octopi that are capable of controlling corpses. The level of their independent sapience is uncertain, but while piloting a corpse, they are able to access that creature's brain to some extent and are distinctly intelligent.

## Notable Flora & Fauna

An incomplete list of non-sapient plant and animal life encountered on the continent, with a few relevant notes.

* **Basilisk**: Capable of petrification.
* **Breathing Reed**: Harvested from a lake several hours' travel from New Gork. This plant has a unique structure that allows it to filter oxygen from water such that if a person were to cut a stalk of at least six inches and place it lengthwise between their teeth, they might be able to breathe even while underwater. Such use places a strain on the structure, however, and when it has dried again, it will not function in such a way again.
* **Corpse Butterfly** (name unofficial): These orange butterflies possess expandable mouths with which they feed on corpses. When in danger, they will let out an ear-splitting screech, bringing their fellows to their aid. They attack as a swarm and have been observed to be weak to fire. One was presented alive in a jar from the people of New Gork to the king of the merfolk as a trophy.
* **Corpse Flower**: A monstrous, carnivorous plant found in the jungle which has been known to consume humanoids. Its prey often raises as undead following consumption. It gives off a foul odor.
* **Fire Panther**: Orange fur with red splotches. Known to burst into flame when threatened; potentially a hunting technique.
* **Grave Lily**: A dark, almost black lily that grows only in desecrated grounds. An extract may be made from them that hinders natural healing abilities, although it remains potent only some few hours after the flower is initially plucked. Attempts were made to bring them back whole and cultivate them in New Gork, but quickly failed due to the plant's unusual environmental needs.
* **"Handsy"** (name unofficial): A massive creature made up of vines with dead, blackened hands grafted to the ends. Its central body has eyes and a "mouth" consisting of rapidly spinning thorns. When encountered, it attacked from the trees and attempted to grapple its victims with its many hands and draw them up into its mouth. Its hands leave black prints wherever they touch which are difficult to remove, although *Prestidigitation* has proven effective.
* **Igneous Rex**: Giant, fire-breathing, bipedal, reptilian creature. Hostile.
* **Mandril**
* **Mango**: Delicious and beloved by fey.
* **Meenlock**: A crab-like creature that can move between shadows and hates light. Its very presence is terrifying, and it retains this nature even in death. Its flesh, when consumed, may induce fear, and its blood, when either consumed or delivered through a wound, may make one more prone to fear.
* **Metal-Scented Flowers** (name unofficial): Harvested from the same lake as the breathing reeds. Yellow cup flowers with red-orange stems. Grows in the shallows of the lake. Smells of metal.
* **Naxirus Maximus** (sometimes called "magiscribe flowers"): Blue flowers that can be used to make ink for spell scrolls. A sizeable field can be found somewhat near to New Gork, though a dangerous fey claims the field as home.
* **Pseudodragon**: Looks like a basking lizard until it spreads its wings. One was encountered on the shipwreck of the *SS Guildhall* that could breathe lightning. It seemed neutral to the party.
* **Russet Mold**: A rust-colored mold that will erupt into a cloud of spores if disturbed. When it infects a corpse, it can also produce vegepygmies (see below).
* **Skybreath Ginseng** (sometimes called "sky ginseng"): Grows high in the trees of the jungle in certain areas. The root of this plant can be used to create a brew which inhibits infection by the fungal spores of the mycelial basin.
* **Stinking Sleep Lilies**: The orange pollen smells sweet initially, but when inhaled, induces extreme weariness and sleep, and afterwards will smell only foul to the affected individual. Corpse butterflies (see above) are found near fields of them, presumably in order to feed on the sleepers.
* **Tyrannosaurus Rex**
* **Vegepygmy** (sometimes called "spore creatures"): Hostile, fungal-based creatures that are released along with a cloud of spores when a corpse infected with russet mold is disturbed. Vegepygmies have regenerative capabilities and it's suggested to use fire for proper extermination (certain spells, such as *Chill Touch* or others dealing necrotic damage have also been observed to work).
* **White Spore Arthropleura** (sometimes called a "spore crawler"): A massive millipede-like creature with some sort of presumed symbiotic relationship with a white fungus that grows all over it. Has self-healing capabilities (the extent of which is unknown). Lives deep in the jungle, in the mycelial basin.