Lowlands

The Lowlands is the most populous yet most dangerous region in Nempur. Skylos Jungle, Onyx Bog, and the Woodlands are the subregions located in the Lowlands.

## Skylos Jungle

The Skylos Jungle has mainly a dense rainforest environment, yet this subregion has the largest cities in Nempur. This is mainly because the subregion is the closest to Ihphy’s Archipelago and Mystos, two continents the subregion trades heavily with. The Gulf of Citia is located off the coast of Skylos Jungle.

Zabuzum and Musan are “Entrance Cities” for those traveling to Skylos Jungle from Mystos or Ihphy’s Archipelago. Once passing through the checkpoints at one of the cities, the traveler can then go to Satai and then the rest of Skylos Jungle. The three cities are trying to force the other Lowland subregions into making all travelers pass through Zabuzum and Musan as checkpoints before entering the Lowlands.

Satai, also known as “The Great City of Satai'', is the biggest city in Nempur. It is sometimes described as Nempur’s capital city. Located off the coast of the Gulf of Citia, Satai has created a leading fishing industry that competes with Bolvaria in Ihphy’s Archipelago.

Sinner’s Coast is a long strip of coastline in Skylos Jungle that is seen as taboo by many in Nempur because of the many missing ships that had sailed off the coast. Touching the Blank Sea and its volatile climate, treacherous storms plague the area, claiming many lives throughout Nempur’s history. This has made Silam the only city along the coast. Silam controls when ships come and go on the Sinner’s Coast, but it still does not stop tragedies from happening.

There are two border cities in Skylos Jungle, Trian and Diana. Trian is located in all three subregions in the Lowlands, while Diana is located along the Pantherinae Shores bordering the Onyx Bog.

Off of the Draggini Creek embankment, the city of Hesakhen sits quietly, having a long-standing history of never participating in conflict. The Lowlands' harsh environment makes travel by animal practically impossible, but inhabitants of Hesakhen bred high-ankle horses called Ondomori. These special horses can tread the treacherous woods, jungle, and swamp areas that fill the Lowlands. With the city’s main trade being the Ondomori, the city constantly sees an influx of people from all over the terrafield. Ondomori is now being seen in areas like the Summerlands in Mystos and the Cumulus Empire in Eeccess.

Where the Redwei River runs into the Moon River is the city of Lothal. This small city is usually the last stop before travelers enter the Gulf of Citia from the Midlands.

Extending out past Sinner’s Coast in the southern area of Skylos Jungle is Calak, a city whose inhabitants are determined to make Calak a staple city. After renaming the Companion Seashore to Citia’s Grace, Calak transitioned into a city completely dedicated to Citia.

### Onyx Bog

The Onyx Bog is a swampy region that runs along Oluna’s Coastline in the southeastern region of Nempur. The bog is overrun by hostile swamp animals, specifically warthogs, crocodiles, and platypuses. Although the Onyx Bog is fairly dangerous, there are still cities in the region. Mount Ash is located in the subregion.

Subutai is the largest city in the region, known for its exports of simp vine, a healing vine found in the Onyx Bog that is brewed to make herbal tea.

Ventell is a small city that harvests simp vine. The city works closely with Subutai who exports the well-loved vines.

Bog conservationists gather in the small city of Vallon to try and stop the devastating effects harvesting simp vine has done to the Onyx Bog.

Surrama is the second-largest city in the region, built right beside Mount Ash. Known for its tourism industry, the city also harvests and exports lava rocks and volcanic ash.

### The Woodlands

The Woodlands is the smallest subregion located in the northern Lowlands and stopping at Tail Peaks. Unlike other subregions where cities operate independently, the Woodlands works like a theocracy that controls all the cities in the region.

Along with being the smallest, the Woodlands is also the poorest, only having wood as their main resource. When Priest Hokan Yaiv had a revelation that although it stated in the Book of Citia that it was okay to kill animals for personal use, killing animals for coin was not mentioned. Priest Hokan believed that this omission meant that killing animals for trade was strictly forbidden in the eyes of Citia. In 152 SM, Priest Hokan made trading animal parts illegal in the Woodlands.

Since it is taboo to slaughter animals for coin in the Woodlands, fur trapping has become an illegal lucrative trade controlled by a group called the Woodland Underground.

Syratis is the Woodlands capital city, where the Citia Sect, an independent religion, is located. The city sits against the Tail Peaks right where the Redwei River passes through. Knowing that black-market groups have been appearing in the Woodlands, the Citia Sect has created the Companions whose job is to stop these groups. These Companions train in Syratis

In the middle of the Woodlands sits Oshosi, an ever-expanding city built completely out of water-petrified wood. The strange architect of the city has brought visitors from all over Nempur, bringing in a new tourism economy no other city in the Woodlands has experienced.

After Oshosi’s tourism success, a group of Woodland investors created Olasa, a city that’s single purpose is to be a tourist attraction. Wanting to continue with the theme of wood, the investors took advantage of the enormous ancient Citwood that covered the area by putting the city in the trees.

Tucked into the Tail Peaks is Camkhin, a black-market city and a staunch supporter of the Woodland Underground. The Underground uses Camkhin to transport furs into Sileri, but their headquarters are not in the city.

Heline is located off the bank of the Moon River. The city is controlled by the Quattro Pines, four families that own each species of the four pine trees that surround Heline, monopolizing the economy.

The smallest city in the Woodlands is Barai, a trading post that sits off the banks of the Lake of Saints. The city used to get a small amount of travel because of the Saint’s Pilgrimage, but after saints fell out of popularity within the chapel, Barai’s visitors became only traders and travelers.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grey, Gabrielle. *WTFBT Expanded: Nempur,* 2022.