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Blanca and Noira

**Blanca and Noira** were the friends of Galia in the backstory of Lady Verbena. They and Galia were in the local verbena-picking society and were busy picking verbena, gorse, and lavender as the Crescent Festival was upcoming. While Galia found out about Trent and Bree's affair and murdered them, they were still picking flowers, ignorant of the homicide until Galia informed and threatened them. Blanca and Noira are believed to be personifications of participation in bad-doings.

## Backstory

Blanca and Noira are sisters. The pair were born to Besca, a bride who gave birth to the twins at the altar minutes after saying "I do," Besca blamed them for embarrassing her in front of her and her husband's family and in retaliation, gave them to an orphanage that overlooked the verbena meadows. Once they turned 19, they joined the local verbena-picking society as it reminded them of the lot that surrounded their "home" (the orphanage) and there they met Galia. The twins became close friends with Galia and were always nice to her, even if she was mean to them, as they were scared of Galia due to her reminding them of a bully at their orphanage. The day of Trent and Bree's murder, they saw Galia dragging the bodies of the two deceased bodies to the verbena field and she threatened them to not speak a word of the incident. Close to an hour later, a deputy questioned them and they spoke not one word, until he threatened to burn them at the stake to which they confessed that it was their friend Galia out of fear. The deputy's bloodhound followed the trail of blood left by Trent and Bree's bodies that Galia dragged to the elm-and-ivy forest where she was being held still by a foxhunter on a mustang, who passed her onto the deputies to which they shot an arrow through her forehead. Forty years later, Galia awoke from her hollow tree as Lady Verbena and searched through the elm-and-ivy forest to find Blanca and Noira, now 60, collecting ivy leaves along the trees to which she kills them with the log of a sugar maple tree, before being given her curse by Hepatica, the queen of the woods.
Hiedra Montana

**Hiedra Montana Wildlife Refuge** is a refuge located in southernmost Bilva, located 177 km from the northern tip of Jabala. The refuge is consisted of a 3-acre island with 2.5 acres of water surrounding it. The refuge is the most major in southern Parania and the second most major in Parania after Merino Bird Refuge located in Merino, Minuka. It has the highest density of Bilvan leopards, reinaverdas, southern lizards, and marsh frogs in the world.

## Wildlife

Guests can see a variety of wildlife with the most common being red deer (*Cervus elaphus*) at around 2,000 individuals, southern red foxes (*Vulpes vulpes meridiem*) at around 325 individuals, reinaverdas (*Ara barianea*) at 315 breeding pairs, and octopus snails (*Cornu madon*) at countless individuals. Rare animals such as the Bilvan leopard, southern lizard, and marsh frog have their highest densities located in the refuge and are more likely to be seen here or surrounding areas then elsewhere in the world. Since the reserve is located close to the coast, occasional sightings of dolphins, whales, jellyfish and multiple saltwater fish can be sighted. Other wildlife observed in the park include common bronzewings, toddleducks, dunlins, blue iguanas, seed gerbils, kri-kris, donkeys, mole rats, Orirbella mice and mound-building mice.
Common polecat

The common polecat is a mustelid native to Parania, north Mecirhan, the Celestial Islands, and north Peisybaku. It is of a generally dark brown colour, with a pale underbelly and a dark mask across the face. Occasionally, colour mutations, including albinos and erythrists, occur. The common polecat inhabits marshes, bogs, swamplands, forests, greenery, open scrublands, riparian areas, and sea cliffs. These polecats feed on small rodents (shrews, mice, rats, hamster), birds (hoopoes, crows, magpies), amphibians (frogs, newts, salamanders), and small reptiles. The polecat is an ancestor of the domestic ferret. Over time, the polecat has received negative overview, possibly to it’s pestering habits and it’s strong unliking odor.
Darolle

**Darolle,** also known as Paranian wild dog or brown wolf is a carnivore native to most of Parania but is seen to be very rare in most of western and southeastern Parania but more common throughout northeast Parania, Cheskachena, and north Parania. They have an endangered subspecies, the Cheskachena darolle, which was once common throughout all of Cheskachena, as well as parts of Minuka, Sidrova, Nalvano, Silegre, Apelchem, Parlinn, Elsinore and Vindborg, the Cheskachena darolle is now only found throughout Cheskachena and is extremely rare.

The darollle, other then the Cheskachena darolle, is still quite elusive but is in much larger quantities, a number of around 4,300 individuals exist throughout northeastern and northern Parania today, but the most of them live in Cheskachena where the common darolle is more common then the Cheskachena darolle.

## Behaviour

Darollles, despite being seen as aggressive and very dangerous creatures, are very shy and gentle creatures, much like the personality of a deer. Though they hunt when their hungry or for their babies, so they are seen fierce for prey like rabbits, hares, deer, fish, small birds and foxes.

Darolles typically like to reside in deciduous and boreal woodland, mountain, steppe, valleys and urban areas. They are common in Amben, Sharino and Fagervern where they compete with the red fox and are more plentiful then them in those regions.
Caption Stoney

**Caption Stoney** is a city in the Vitena City Region of southern Vitena, located on Vitena City Island. It borders the Vitena Sea to its west and has borders with Motherwood to the south, Stupid Creek to its east, and the larger city of Brambilla to its north. It is located about 18 minutes from Vitena City. It is one of the 52 municipalities of the Vitena City region.

## History

Caption Stoney was uninhabited until the Orirbellans came to the Vitena City municipality region, forming Caption Stoney as a neighbourhood of southwestern Vitena City. It was until 1852 when most neighborhoods were split from Vitena City into municipalities as Vitena City was a very large city of very large population back then. The name was deprived from the Orirbellan word meaning “Stoney Definition” and the Charkians mistakenly translated it to Caption Stoney. The name was likely deprived from the stony coast of the city which is seen across the coast of the Vitena Sea.

## Geography

The city is one of the 52 municipalities located on Vitena City Island located on the southern end of it, it is around 32 minutes northwest to the Southern Point of Vitena and around 18 minutes southwest to the main Vitena City. It is located in the Marima time zone.

### Neighbourhoods

Due to the small size of the city, there is only about 3 neighbourhoods, Downtown Caption Stoney, Southern Caption Stoney and Northern Caption Stoney.

## Demographics

About 95% of the population identified as white, 3% as black, 0.5% as Asian, 0,5% as Hispanic, and 1% as aboriginal. While majority of the city speaks English, the south had little spots and pockets of mostly aboriginal language (in perspective, the south part of the city is around 12% aboriginal). The city was 35% Christian, of those christians, 93% of those christians are Catholics and 7% were Protestants. About 27% of the population were unaffiliated, about 35% had belief in God but were not apart of any Abrahamic religion (likely Agnostic or Deist), 2% were Scientologists and 1% were aboriginal beliefs. This city is the most non-religious city in the Vitena City municipality.
Coral demons

**Coral demons**, also known as **Caranam**, are a species of spirit that appeared in Makolan, Kutwhean, Marima Islander, Orchid Islander and Mayuran legend. They are a race of spirits that vary in size being as small as a woman’s heel and as big as a full grown oak and most of the time feed on fish blood.

## Behaviour

They are usually benign, until you get too close. In legend, they are said to perch onto fishes and suck their blood out their gills which gives them energy, their favourite fish being carp. Their weakness is if you place carps, dead or alive, at the front of your house where they will take a while to suck the blood of every fish before getting to you. They also latch onto coral which is where they live, they supposedly prefer large mountainous-like coral formations that are near the sea floor that are near kelp. If a human is near when their deep in their slumber, they will possess the human with their black magic, causing the human to have strange occurrences such as plugged ears, barotrauma, and swimmer’s shoulders. They also have the ability to attract box jellyfish using their horrendous scent of smell that is said to resemble a mix of chlorine, skunk and seaweed to the surface to sting any humans to not get too close. Larger coral demons can leap out the water and can be in form of a million sand-fleas and latch onto humans to suck their blood and their soul. Coral demons hate seashells so many Makolans and other Islanders wear seashells of some sort (whether as a seashell design on their clothing, a seashell necklace, etc) to make the coral demons flee.
Fulvous chatterer

The **fulvous chatterer** (*Argya fulva*) is a species of bird native to temperate and subtropical scrubs and flat regions of Parania, Pasia, and Gouba. The species has a very large range.

## Distribution and habitat

### Parania

The fulvous chatterer is found exclusively in southeastern Parania and is commonly observed in scrublands across Kosna apart from the Spanninged Mountains spanning Hartnett's borders, though chatterers may be elusive wanderers into Minuka and Hartnett. Chatterers are also found in dry regions of the southern Celestial Islands and are occasionally seen in Paya Santa Maria.

### Pasia

The fulvous chatterer is found everywhere in Pasia but is more observed on the eastern coast of Pasia through Mecirhan, Kafaniyat and Avishaman in dry shrublands and scrubs. Fulvous chatterers are also found in the west as well and are common in countries like Peisybaku and Jabala.

### Gouba

Fulvous chatterers are found in the transcontinental section between Pasia and Gouba in the countries of Ododuwa, Okera, and Nalamuda. Over 50% of the reported sightings of fulvous chatterers are concentrated along Ododuwa and Rabra's borders, however.
Common badger

The common badger (Meles meles) is a badger species in the mustelid family native to northwestern Parania (northern coastal Balyshel, far western Apelchem, Pärlinn, Isle of Chark, Windsure). The is a powerfully built black, white, brown and grey animal with a small head, a stocky body, small black eyes and short tail. Its weight varies, being 7–13 kg (15–29 lb) in spring but building up to 15–17 kg (33–37 lb) in autumn before the winter sleep period. It is nocturnal and is a social, burrowing animal that sleeps during the day in one of several setts in its territorial range. These burrows have multiple chambers and entrances, and are extensive systems of underground passages of 35–81 m (115–266 ft) length. They house several badger families that use these setts for decades. Badgers are fussy over the cleanliness of their burrow, carrying in fresh bedding and removing soiled material, and they defecate in latrinesstrategically situated outside their setts or en route to other setts. badgers are the most social of badgers, forming groups of six adults on average, though larger associations of up to 23 individuals have been recorded. Group size may be related to habitat composition. Under optimal conditions, badger territories can be as small as 30 ha, but may be as large as 150 ha in marginal areas. Badger territories can be identified by the presence of communal latrines and well-worn paths. It is mainly males that are involved in territorial aggression. A hierarchical social system is thought to exist among badgers and large powerful boars seem to assert dominance over smaller males. Large boars sometimes intrude into neighboring territories during the main mating season in early spring.

Sparring and more vicious fights generally result from territorial defense in the breeding season. However, in general, animals within and outside a group show considerable tolerance of each other. Boars tend to mark their territories more actively than sows, with their territorial activity increasing during the mating season in early spring. Badgers groom each other very thoroughly with their claws and teeth. Grooming may have a social function. They are crepuscular and nocturnal in habits. Aggression among badgers is largely associated with territorial defence and mating. When fighting, they bite each other on the neck and rump, while running and chasing each other and injuries incurred in such fights can be severe and sometimes fatal. When attacked by dogs or sexually excited, badgers may raise their tails and fluff up their fur.
Hoopoe

**Hoopoes** are colourful, exotic birds native to Pasia, Parania, Taolim and Gouba. They are known for their feathered crows and exotic colours. The diet of the hoopoe is mostly composed of insects, although small reptiles, frogs and plant matter such as seeds and berries are sometimes taken as well. It is a solitary forager which typically feeds on the ground. More rarely they will feed in the air, where their strong and rounded wings make them fast and manoeuverable, in pursuit of numerous swarming insects. More commonly their foraging style is to stride over relatively open ground and periodically pause to probe the ground with the full length of their bill. Insect larvae, pupae and mole crickets are detected by the bill and either extracted or dug out with the strong feet. Hoopoes will also feed on insects on the surface, probe into piles of leaves, and even use the bill to lever large stones and flake off bark. Common diet items include crickets, locusts, beetles, earwigs, cicadas, ant lions, bugs and ants. These can range from 10 to 150 millimetres (0.4 to 5.9 in) in length, with a preferred prey size of around 20–30 millimetres (0.8–1.2 in). Larger prey items are beaten against the ground or a preferred stone to kill them and remove indigestible body parts such as wings and legs.
Eudolice District

**Eudolice**, also known as Downtown Bernadeet, is the main and neighborhood region of Bernadeet. It is adjacent to the Bernadeet Beach shoreline and where most of the city's breweries, restaurants, javas, and libraries are located. It is well-known for its colorful and unique architecture with murals being found in-and-around the building's exterior walls, plants.
Black Sun Festival

The **Black Sun Festival** is an annual fiesta that lasts from December 19th to December 28th. The festival is an equivalent of the Snowflake Festival and the White Mountains Festival. The festival is exclusively (traditionally) celebrated in Nareemia, Taro, Cerene, Oglos, Marima Islands, Orchid Isle and Kutwhe.

## Nareemia

Nareemia traditionally celebrates the Black Sun Festival, usually in the states of Southport, Austin, Dansinglet, Bayland, Nocaliena, Balmica, North Sandona, South Sandona and Stagg.

Nareemians celebrate as any other country would, except using more natural products from their region, depending on the weather condition status.

The Black Sun festival is not usually a recognized festival in Nareemia, but many people and businesses participate in the event. Young children get presents and visit their loved ones, as well as many sitting down for Black Sun dinner eating a spread of gourmet food. Many foods include turkey, bannock, grapes, chicken, pasta, salad, rice, bread, and of course, pudding.

## Oglos

Oglos, excluding the Karen Desert, celebrates the Black Sun Festival and is also not seen as a recognized festival, but the majority participate.

Black Sun dinner is made up of wurst, grapes, bannock, chicken, mashed potatoes, burgers, and also - pudding. Many also celebrate by rounding the fireplace telling Oglos lore which is a main theme in the festivity.

## Kutwhe

The Black Sun festival is a renowned festival in Kutwhe. Many celebrate it by doing traditional dances - visiting the snow-capped mountains, bathing in hot springs, and lighting coloured torches.

Afterwards, they exchange traditional gifts and have the typical dinner, with chocolate pudding as the dessert, and mashed potatoes, grapes, mangoes, peaches, tangerines, grapes and bananas. Many lights a part of a sun figure with a face with candles to resemble the sun keeping awake during the winter.

## Orchid Isle

Hence being a recognized festival in Orchid Isle, they celebrate it similar to Kutwhe.

Many go to the snowy mountains and bathe in the hot springs, as well as making homemade tea out of tea leaves they find out in the wilderness. As well as gift exchanges and dinner with pudding, mashed potatoes, mangoes, grapes, peaches, tangerines, pineapples, and pork.
Fauna of the Northern Marima Coastline

Animals present in the enormous region of the Northern Marima Coastline (Eastern Parania, Pasia, and Gouba).

## Fauna

### Ungulates

Hog deer (Introduced)Plains zebra (Native)Giraffe (Native)Impala (Native)Hartebeest (Native)Nyala (Native)Bush Pig (Native)Black-fronted duiker (Native)Roe deer (Native)Moose (Native)Argali (Native)Western Black Deer (Native)Wild Boar (Native)
### Canines

Red fox (Native)Gray wolf (Native)Raccoon dog (Introduced)Arctic fox (Native)Golden jackal (Native)
Chukatin ground mole

The chukatin ground mole, also known as the steppe zokor, is a species of burrowing mammal native to western Cheskachena, parts of Kosna, Nalvano and the extreme southeastern corner of Apelchem. The species is notably omnivorous, however, have a strong preference for plants taking up 94% of their diet, they eat tubers, shoots, and seeds. They have very small eyes and no external ears which helps them improve on digging through the many fields of Cheskachena. Zokor lie prey to the common polecat, the gray wolf, the Cheskachena darolle, and domestic dogs and cats. They prefer meadows in wooded regions and along river valleys, particularly mountain valleys at elevations between 900 and 2,200 metres; sod-covered steppes and stony slopes are avoided. The animal’s ideal habitat contains rich dark soil with abundant grasses, tubers, and rhizomes, so it is not surprising that these rodents are also encountered in pastures, abandoned agricultural fields, and vegetable gardens.
Chrislock Mountains

The **Chrislock Mountains** is a mountain range in Siere, ranging from west Siere to the Kamver-Stagg border. The mountain range is analogous to the Hilley Mountains, except quite colder being that Siere is near to the Arctic Circle. Today, the mountain range is residence to considerable Native tribes as well as teeming with wildlife, some endemic to Siere itself. Tribes here involve the Silent Hounds Tribe which has endured here since 8 BC. The mountain is seen as a historic site as it existed for 2022 years, being a few hundred years older than the Hilleys.

## Ecology

The flora and fauna of Siere are very well eclectic. The climate varies with dry, chilly boreal forests enveloping the jagged peaks and snow-capped peaks at the top with steady snowfall. Animals can vary with around 30 species of animals; in the boreal woodland, red foxes, black bears, mule deer, fox squirrels, raccoons, opossums, bernard’s salamander, mink, swift rats, groundhogs, hauntings, lemmings, whistler moose, chamois, and wild hamsters, peaks include; the hawk, chamois and prairie dogs.

Flora includes the jack pine, strawberry pine, ponderosa, aspen, bristlecone, blueberries, fly agaric, wolfsbane, giant hogweed, leafy spurge, ferns, lichens, spotted knapweed, spotted cordgrass, monkshood, lupine, wild sweet pea, bane berries, and devil’s club.
Beaver

The **beaver** is a nocturnal, a semi-aquatic rodent that lives in marshes, wetlands, streams, river banks and thickets native to Nareemia. Beavers are endangered in Nareemia due to fur-hunting, they plummeted from 600 million to 40 million beavers. Today they are found in every state of Nareemia but steer clear of deserts (Desert, Austin, Maineda), their largest the population is in Delkida, with around 23 million beavers.
Delkida

**Delkida** is a state in eastern\* Nareemia, bordering Hualente, South Smitona, North Smitona, Austin, Bayland, Desert, Vitena, and Montane at one point. The state is known to be the mountain capital of the world, holding the central Hilley Mountains to the state's north and east. The state is #8 on most populous states of Nareemia, with the capital Blackstone housing 1,330,450 people.
Bilvan Leopard

The **Bilvan leopard** (*Panthera pardus parania*) is a subspecies of leopard and species of big cat indigenous to Bilva and Orirbella. The species is critically endangered and as few as just 120 individuals are estimated to still be alive currently. Fortunately, the species is claimed to be rising in population, with only around 87 individuals in 2019 but with a current population of 120. The Bilvan leopard is the only remaining leopard species present in Parania, as the common leopard (*Panthera pardus pardus*) and mountain leopard (*Panthera pardus montana*) were extirpated for over a century.

## Distribution and habitat

The Bilvan leopard is confined currently to southeastern Bilva and the southwestern coast of Orirbella and is usually documented in brushes, savannas, prairies, and drier habitats of the two countries. The leopard's historic range was much greater being found as far north as southern Cantango, as far west as to southern Lobevia and as far east as to central Nalvano, being present throughout all of Bilva, Orirbella and the Abramos Republic. Historic populations ranged between 50,000 - 70,000. The Bilvan leopard might've originally lived in mountainous, deciduous, coniferous, and swampy habitats.
Homosexuality by country

## Parania

### Kosna

Kosna is the most homosexual country in the world with around 20.1% of its population (1,380,000 peoples). This is exceptionally high compared to other countries and the reason is practically unknown. Sharikba, Kosna's capital, a city of 1,656,000 peoples, is 22.3% homosexual (369,288 peoples), Sharikba houses 26.76% of the LGBTQ+ population in Kosna. The other 73.24% of the LGBTQ population mostly resides in northern and eastern inland Kosna with the least LGBTQ+ population residing in the western half of the country.

### Hartnett

Hartnett is among the least homosexual countries in Parania, with 1.9% of the male population identifying as gay, bisexual, pansexual, or other sexualities and about 3.6% of the female population identifying as lesbian, bisexual, pansexual or other sexualities. The country in total is around 3-4% LGBTQ+.

### Sidrova

Sidrova houses a large LGBTQ+ population compared to most other Paranian countries, with 11.3% of the population identifying as LGBTQ+.

### Dalamatia

Dalamatia houses the second highest LGBTQ+ population in Parania, with about 19.4% of its population apart of the community.

### Cheskachena

Being LGBT is not widely accepted in Cheskachena and there have been reports of discrimination and violence against the LGBT community, thus, LGBT statistics are not held due to fear of being open in the country. However, it is estimated that Cheskachena is at least 17 % LGBT in some parts to at least 1.3 % in others.

### Del Mourhtes

Del Mourhtes has a preferably large LGBT population due to over 90 % of its population having roots or having immigrated from Bilva, Dalamatia, The Celestial Islands, and Kosna; some listed with large LGBT populations. About 14% of Del Mourhtes is LGBT+.

### Nordely

Nordely, another country with over 90 % of its population having roots or having immigrated from Bilva, Dalamatia, The Celestial Islands, and Kosna; some with larger LGBT populations, is about 14.8% LGBT+.

### La Islas Celestiales

While laws are in place that homosexuality is in fact legal in La Islas Celestiales, the country has a strong culture that sees it as taboo leaving true statistics to be said. It is estimated about 5.55% of La Islas Celestiales is LGBTQ+.

### Bilva

Close to 27% of Bilvan men have reported same-sex attraction in their lives, but only 15% of Bilvan men are LGBT. Women have a much lower frequency at 2,3% percent.
Fauna of Western and Central Nareemia and Siere

## Mountain Biome

The Mountain biome in the central region is in a very small proportion, only being in the extreme east of Montane and Vitena but this small region supports many wildlife, some include the common crow, common raven, white-tailed deer, mule deer, bighorn sheep, wild goat (which is introduced), cattle, dog, cat, human, blackbird, least chipmunk, cottontail rabbit, snowshoe hare, black bear, coyote, red fox, bat, robin, sparrow, magpie, northern flicker, blue jay, goldfinch, wren, woodpecker, dove, pigeon, porcupine, mink, grey wolf (if present), marten, moose, beaver, muskrat, mouse, rat, waterfowl, golden eagle, bald eagle and many species of owls.

## Southern Biome

The southern biome is located from southern Vitena in the northeast to southwestern-most Clementine in the southwest. The biome includes Balmica, southern Sendadowa, Nocaliana, Clementine, South Sandona, North Sandona, southern Stagg and southern Vitena. Animals here are very diverse and they include the coyote, wild boar (which is introduced), wild goat (which is introduced), nutria, muskrat, beaver, cuscus (if present, likely extirpated), opossum, raccoon, mink, red fox, blue jay, northern cardinal, waterfowl, rat, mouse, wild water buffalo (which is introduced), jaguarundi, lowland paca, crow, raven, bat, robin, sparrow, blue jay, woodpecker, painted turtle, box turtle, snapping turtle, gopher tortoise, turkey, northern flicker, northern mockingbird, brown-headed cowbird, towhee, bluebird, thruster, blackbird, sharks, fish, lobsters, crabs, and crawfish.
Animal numbers in The Celestial Islands

The Celestial Islands has around 300 living organisms. Below are the numbers and rarity of each specie.

## Animals

* Blue Iguana (Common, around 1,200 individuals)
* Common chameleon (Common, around 1,500 individuals)
* Common cucumber beetle (Common and invasive, around 3-4 million individuals)
* Pesky shrew (Rare, uncounted individuals but probably around 100)
* Celestial Islands Shrew (Common, around 1,300 individuals)
* Common shrew (Common, around 930,000 individuals)
* Barry’s shrew (Rare, uncounted individuals but probably around 100)
* Harhar shrew (Common, around 1,100 individuals)
* Moray eel (Common around coasts, around 12,000 individuals)
* Common hedgehog (Uncommon, introduced, around 200 individuals)
* Soldier beetles (Common, introduced, around 1-2 million individuals)
* Common earthworm (Common, around 4 million individuals)
* Northern bottlenose whale (Very rare, around 300 individuals)
* Sperm whale (Common around coastlines, around 4,000 individuals)
Guadalupe

**Guadalupe** is a city situated in the eastern Karen Desert housing 12,000 people as of 2021. The city is located right on the border of Nareemia and is about a hour drive to Port Limo in Desert. Guadalupe has sometimes been mistaken as a Nareemian city due to its major convenience to the border. The city houses between 3-7% of Oglo’s population but around 12 million people enter the city every year either as tourism, work, documenting or as crime stoppers.
Animals of Taro Island

Taro Island is an island off the coast of New Parania in Taro. The island has a island-climate with hot-humid summers and fairly snowy winters. The island is home to a significant amount of wildlife. The only (surprise, surprise) predator is the common raccoon! Leaving this to be a paradise for deer with absolutely no predators!

## Gallery

The non-native peacockOur trash pandas, the common raccoon!Bog turtleThe Northern red-bellied cooterEastern newtOur non-native giant salamanderWhite tailed deer
Common peafowl

The **common peafowl** (*Pavo cristatus*) is a peafowl species native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world.

## Distribution and habitat

The common peafowl is one of the most widespread birds, it is indigenous to more wetter regions of Pasia, specifically along southern Avishaman and southeastern Rabra, but was brought to multiple other countries for mainly ornamental use, such examples include Hargenland, Borogovia, New Edeloria, New Acheson, Munnach, Lobevia, Silegre, Cagneux, The Isle of Chark, Windsure, and Kosna; each country having populations each of over a million, Hargenland, however, is known to have a peafowl problem because they are overpopulated, very territorial and aggressive, leave droppings everywhere and wake many up at early hours to their shrilling calls, the city of Dameberg, located in the south of Hargenland, has over 1,000 peafowl and approximately 480 breeding pairs and they wreak havoc and destroy lawns and plants causing a fine in the city of approximately $120,000 at one point. Dorsbury, a village in the Isle of Chark, has a similar situation but with way less peafowl with just between 40 and 150 peafowl but they leave droppings all over the place, are very territorial, and wake many up at early hours because of their loud calls; luckily, the high fox population in the Isle of Chark has helped the peafowl population go down a bit, but their status is still very high. Kosna, Windsure, Cagneux, Silegre, Borogovia, New Edeloria, Munnach, and New Acheson have little to no issues with the peafowls, no other countries in Parania are known to be home to peafowls and if their found, are likely a vagrant. Peafowl are found mainly in densely forested biomes that aren't abundant in predators.
Dask

A **dask** is a type of species apart of the elven/fairy family and is said to reside in northern Parania and the northern Isle of Chark. They are a mischevious type of imp or fairy of some sort that is said to inhabit wooded areas, especially among the Parlinn-Apelchem border like in the Tollerwalde forest. They are described as being short, plump and mean, ranging from red to brown and having a big, wobbly belly that imitated the sounds of birds and nearby animals to keep humans from finding them.

## Mythology and Folklore

In folklore, a dask lives similarily to a human, some of which are solitary, in families, in couples, etc. Though most like to live in groups of fours and best admire living in the branches of poplars and birches. They sit upon the branches and wait for a unsuspecting visitor (Like a human or a deer for example) to pass by and they'd often prank the victim by dropping branches or apples overhead. Other pranks are digging pitfall holes, mostly commited by the juvenile dasks. They'd use a rotting spade and make a secret hole somewhere in the forest and when the victim falls in it, they'd cover the victim with bushes, fruits, and twigs and run off. Dasks also can train mischievous birds, such as magpies or ravens, to support their pranks onto victims. Dasks are said to be extremely fast and can run across an entire country twice in a day, they are also said to be afraid of humans. Some instances (Mainly from Apelchem lore) speak that dasks are made of mud and clay and were mistakenly made by the creator when he tried to create the boar, but when he tried to snatch the dasks back and tried to reshape it, the dasks ran far into the woods and began wreaking havoc.

### Appearance

Dasks are usually around 2-3 feet tall, plump, slimy, and have a big, wobbly belly as well as a major gas problem due to their unhealthy diet of garbage scraps and insect corpses. They are said to mainly be naked or wearing rags and are often mistaken for wild men.

### Diet

Dasks are omnivorous and scavengers. They mainly only eat insects, especially moth caterpillars and earthworms. They also scavenge through humans' garbage bins and eat whatever they would find in there and avoid fruits and vegetables.
Blackburn

**Blackburn,** scarcely known as Commonwealth of Blackburn is one of the twenty states of Taro. The state’s capital is known as Blackburn City, which is home to bustling skyscrapers and tourist attractions. Blackburn borders Wesson to the south, Minturn and Millsbury to the north and east as well as having a maritime border to Erenwoods.

## State Facts

**Blackburn** is the 3rd smallest state in Taro just below Jernlen and Wesson. The state was also one of the first states that many evangelists and explorers docked onto which gives the state that ”older” sentiment. The state has many nicknames, the most common one being the ”Maple State” as it is one of the largest maple syrup producers just falling behind Stagg.

The state stands in the New Parania region of Taro and is the most populous state of the region.

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A small historic town in BlackburnMore historic photos of BlackburnThe state’s official bird, the Bluebird
Blue ground dove

The **blue ground dove** (*Claravis pretiosa*) is a small tropical dove. It is a indigenous resident breeder that breeds from Desert Sur in the northeast to Toba in the southwest and across all the Herethearian Islands; it, alongside common bronzewings, were released across Parania for ornamental purposes and later spread naturally in Pasia down to northern Gouba.

## Distribution and habitat

The blue ground dove is relatively common in open woodland, forest edges, clearings and roadsides, especially in more humid areas. It is found from sea level to about 1200 m altitude. It builds a flimsy dish nest of twigs 1–11 m high in a tree and lays two white eggs. The blue ground dove is found naturally in every southern Herethearian island except for Cailoon in northern Kutwhe and is a vagrant specie to Cerene, Southport, and Oglos. In Parania, the blue ground dove is found in warmer climates such as the Celestial Islands, Dalamatia, southern Cagneux and southwestern Kosna and spread naturally to Mecirhan, Peisybaku, Jabala and later onto Upper Owanda and Okun.

## Culture and mythology

Blue ground doves are very crucial in the Marima Islands indigenous culture and were seen as messengers and observers who observed the wellbeing of the tribes and either sent good health and wellness to the good people in the tribe if they were ill and worsened health to the bad people in the tribe if they were ill.
Destine

**Destines** (Pronounced DES-TY-NESS) are a malovent race of creatures that originated in the tropical islands of Herethear, they live amongst the trees and bushes and feed on the bodies of now-deceased birds and animals and were once benevolent creatures who were formed to protect the vulnerable and weak that lived in the harsh jungles, but ever since the four islands of Kutwhe, Orchid Isle, Mako Mako and The Marima Islands split apart and formed war, they became more and more vicious, and began to consume all the bad blood between the four peoples and with fury raging in their heads, they began to eat-up the bodies of the people to cause less conflict.

## Superstitions

Destines are not very much heard of today but they are still seen in small manuscripts of Makolan art where they are referred to as "Bulbogana", the horses of Floral Sen who, with all the bad in the world, became corrupted and began consuming all the bad people themselves but with all the confusion, anger and corruption began to see all as bad and began to consume the good and innocent. They grew from becoming very small, timid creatures to monstrous serpents with 3-foot long fangs.

It is said that if you begin judging or criticizing a natural structure, you may be criticizing the Destine itself as they camoflauge with the bushes and trees and they will soon either appear to you and consume you or they will lead you to a unlucky situation.
Circle flower

A flowering plant of the primrose family, the ***circle flower*** is also known as dotted loosestrife, huge yellow loosestrife, or spotted loosestrife. It is found in parts of Kosna, Hartnett, Obnivir, Sidrova, Minuka, Nalvano, Silegre, Cantango, Orirbella, the Abramos Republic, Bilva, Lobevia, Lavotia, Jevleto, Cagneux, and Oppseed in southern Parania. The plant is mostly found on rocky soils, along roadsides, and in moist areas.
Cailoon

**Cailoon**, the province of **Cailoon**, is a island of Kutwhe. It is the largest province of the country and is bigger then all of the mainland. The island is located in the northernmost portion of the southern Nareemian Islands region and is the northernmost point of both Kutwhe and the island regions together. The island is 1,100 km away from Nareemia (Clementine) and 230 km away from Kutwhe. The island is the most religious part of Kutwhe but the least Kutwhean Makolan part. 1,200,000 Christians are on the island (52.0% of the population of Cailoon is Christian). Cailoon is 34.0% Atheist, agnostic or nonreligious, 14.0% are Kutwhean Makolan adherents. Cailoon is widely described as a huge tourist destination with about 1,809,880 tourists coming on average by year, about 67.3% of these tourists are from Nareemia, with the remaining 31.6% being mostly from Parania, Pasia, and Taolim. Most of the Nareemian tourists are from Southport, Bayland, and Nocaliena (Constitute 66.0% of Nareemian tourists combined). Many consider Cailoon distinct from mainland Kutwhe and many backlash goes between the two people, some even suggested that Cailoon split from Kutwhe and become a independent nation.

## Geography

The island is located at roughly the same latitude as southern Oglos and Cerene, making it more north then the four main islands of mainland Kutwhe, Orchid Isle, Mako Mako, and The Marima Islands. The island is abundant in pale white sand, cyan clear waters, and craggy, rocky foothills often sided with subtropical palms and mangroves. An abundance of underwater caves is present in the island. Cailoon rarely receives tropical storms and is considered a refuge from the Hurricane Season which occurs throughout most countries that have coastlines or are in the northern Marima Ocean.

## Flora and Fauna

Cailoon has a subtropical climate, whereas mainland Kutwhe has a fully tropical climate, the island, being subtropical is home to many subtropical palms. A wide diversity of birds can be seen on the island. Alligators (rare), snapping turtles, box turtles, parakeets, peacock-pheasants, macaws, land crabs, olinguitos, raccoons, raccoon dogs, bush dogs, iguanas, stray dogs, stray cats, potcake dogs (domestic, some stray), conches, mussels, oysters, and flamingos (70 percent of which are white).
Blackstoney

The **Blackstoney** are a indigenous group of people, they are better known as the **Blackstoney Nation** and resided historically within all of Delkida, southern South Smitona, eastern portions of Vitena and Montane and northern Austin. The capital of Delkida, Blackstone, was named after the group. They likely achieved their name because they often lived in teepees nearing the New World Mines of northern Delkida which housed many charcoal which many of them called A’duk’elasoney which is translated to “Black Rock” and the Paranian settlers renamed black rock to “Blackstone” and therefore referred to the tribe as Blackstoney.

## Role in the making of Blackstone, Delkida

The Paranian settlers made a settlement which was close to the Blackstoney land. The Paranians of Delkida had a friendlier relation to the Blackstoney then the rest of the Paranians and they built the city together so they signed a treaty to live in peace together in the same town. The other Paranians despised this idea of camping among “Indians” but the Paranians didn’t care and the two agreed on naming this settlement Blackstone after the tribe.
Cane Toad

The **cane toad**, also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to The Marima Islands, Mako Mako, and Kutwhe, but has been introduced to The Celestial Islands and areas of Rabra. The cane toad is very large; the females are significantly longer than males, reaching a typical length of 10–15 cm (4–6 in), with a maximum of 24 cm (9.4 in). Larger toads tend to be found in areas of lower population density. They have a life expectancy of 10 to 15 years in the wild, and can live considerably longer in captivity, with one specimen reportedly surviving for 35 years.

The skin of the cane toad is dry and warty. Distinct ridges above the eyes run down the snout. Individual cane toads can be grey, yellowish, red-brown, or olive-brown, with varying patterns. A large parotoid gland lies behind each eye. The ventral surface is cream-coloured and may have blotches in shades of black or brown. The pupils are horizontal and the irises golden. The toes have a fleshy webbing at their base, and the fingers are free of webbing.

Typically, juvenile cane toads have smooth, dark skin, although some specimens have a red wash. Juveniles lack the adults' large parotoid glands, so they are usually less poisonous. The tadpoles are small and uniformly black, and are bottom-dwellers, tending to form schools. Tadpoles range from 10 to 25 mm (0.4 to 1.0 in) in length.
Countries Closest to Other Continent Countries

## Parania

Particularly all of Parania’s closest Transcontinental countries are Jabala, Peisybaku, Mecirhan and Siere.

### Cheskachena

The closest transcontinental countries to Cheskachena is Siere and Mecirhan. Other closer transcontinental countries to Cheskachena are Jabala, Nareemia, Kutwhe, Avishalman, Kafanayat, and Owanda. Therefore, the closest Pasian country to Cheskachena is Mecirhan, the closest Herethearian country to Cheskachena is Siere, and the closest Gouban country to Cheskachena is Owanda. Taolim is the furthest continent from Cheskachena (8,600 km away), but the closest country in Taolim to Cheskachena is probably Tamanaya.

### Kosna

Kosna is one of the closest Paranian countries (The other being The Celestial Islands) to Pasia. The closest transcontinental country to Kosna is Mecirhan, but the rest are Jabala (185 km away), Avishalman (740 km away), Kafanayat (825 km away), Peisybaku (1,130 km away), Siere (3,450 km away), Nareemia (5,200 km), and Oglos (7,699 km).

### Hartnett

Hartnett’s closest transcontinental countries are Mecirhan, Jabala, Kafanayat, Avishalman, Peisybaku, Owanda, Yiva, Siere, and Nareemia.

### Obnivir

Obnivir’s closest transcontinental countries are Jabala, Mecirhan, Kafanayat, Avishalman, Peisybaku, Owanda, Yiva, Siere, and Nareemia.

### Orirbella

Orirbella’s closest transcontinental countries are Mecirhan and Jabala. As well as Siere (4,100 km away), Nareemia (6,030 km away), and Oglos (7,655 km away).

### Bilva

Bilva’s closest transcontinental countries are Jabala and Peisybaku. But also Mecirhan, Siere, Nareemia, Yiva, Kutwhe, and Owanda.
Brassica

Brassica is a 16-year-old teenager and princess, being the daughter of God of Nature and King, Orion. She is introverted and shy, often keeping to herself, being self-educated and skilled at drawing.

## Childhood and Backstory

Brassica was born as the middle daughter to Orion, after Vanda and before Ameya. She and her sisters were raised like royalty and did private lessons as they were restricted to diddle-daddling with commoners. Brassica learnt the sense of drawing and arts and became very good at it, while Vanda and Ameya were always together, Brassica had nobody to look up to or talk to. Brassica often liked it alone as she didn't know how to speak to others outside her family, she was totally unnoticed by the fact that the commoner and villager boys all wanted to take her hand in marriage. One day, she met Blake, they became friends and shared the same hobbies. One day her lips met his and they were together.
Grape Hyacinth

The **Grape Hyacinth**, also known as muscari is a flowering plant native to Parania, Taolim and Pasia, that produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring. The flowers are often mistaken with the other native flowers in the same region, them being the blue hyacinth, the harebell and the common bluebell.
Beatrice

**Beatrice** is the goddess of skunks and self-defense but can sometimes be the goddess of prudence and false accusations. She is best depicted as a portly and bubbly woman wearing a large, lacey and black Victorian hat as well as having a big and puffy black-and-white dress. Her left hand is holding onto a wooden cane and the other is free from the cane and is holding onto a elderly skunk. She inhabits a large meadow full of burrows and flowers abundant of ground animals like skunks, groundhogs, moles, pocket gophers, voles, raccoons, earthworms, wasps, and digger bees. She shares the land with many other notable animal goddesses such as Tamila, Eugenie and Olivia.

## Description

Beatrice was born way, way later then the other gods and goddesses and was not born until 1865, that is more then a billion years younger then the main gods and goddesses. She was once just a normal socialite until she hit the age of 35 when she received a mysterious pamphlet in her mailbox, written with gold and lined with silver, she immediately threw away the letter after smelling what seems to be skunk but the letter mysteriously flew out the trash. That night, Mako Mako, in disguise as a woman with a golden glow and presence, came to her bedroom and invited her to be the queen of skunks. Beatrice felt unsure, not knowing whether she could trust this strange apparitional woman, but she accepted and held her hand and floated up to the kingdom above the clouds. She was surprised to see other infamous and fancy women have been selected too. Tamila, a grand aristocrat who worked for Queen Ophelia, Eugenie, another socialite who was from the grand city of Vitena, and Olivia, a beautiful duchess from Cagneux. Mako Mako claimed she selected these four woman so they could take breaks from their already pleasant jobs and become guardians of animals. Beatrice became the goddess of skunks and was gifted a whip made of emerald, Tamila became the goddess of gophers and was gifted a magical and ghostly shovel, Eugenie became the goddess of raccoons and was gifted a club, and Olivia became the goddess of wasps and was given a shear. The four were ordered to work at a beautiful and spacious meadow north of Mako Mako's kingdom and help tend the mortal farmers' crops, their minions, the skunks, gophers, raccoons and wasps to help, but due to a strange malfunction, some led to doing the opposite.
Black redstart

The **black redstart** (Phoenicurus ochruros), also known as the black redtail, black redstart or longdone is a small passerine that was once known as a thrush bird but is now classified as a flycatcher.

## Distribution and habitat

The bird's range is quite extensive, spanning Parania and Pasia. It breeds in the Celestial Islands, Dalmatia, Jabala, Peisybaku, Cagneux, Lobevia, and Bilva, and is a resident in eastern, central, and northern Parania, as well as much of Pasia, with the exception of Jabala and Peisybaku. It makes its home in gaps in structures. These birds are most prevalent as a passing and winter visitor in most of the northwest (Windsure and the Isle of Chark), with only 10-40 pairs nesting. It is particularly abundant on passage in the southern half of the Isle of Chark, in more wooded and urban environments that back out into the wilderness, as well as along the western coast of Windsure. The birds arrive in October or November and search for water insects and flies along the coast. The birds of the east are exclusively found in Minuka and eastern Kosna, and they are extremely rare in any of the region's neighbouring countries.