Botwa

The nation of botwa encompasses territories in the Kuthana and Fiolurun regions of Crumble. The country is also called eternal grasses and red moon country.

## Geography

Botwa is a dry area of land of expansive grassy steppes, desert plains and craggy mountain plateaus. Most of the land consists of thin soiled grass plains that cover extensive sand dunes, bordered to the west by a mountain range and the sea to the south.

The mountain range is the main surface water source and is inhabited by vodyanoi and cragkin.

## Geographical features

Botwa has several unique features that shape the customs of its inhabitants.

### One day grass

Botwa has several extensive plains lands where grass grows fast, reaching its maximum height and maturity in less than a day, leading to its namesake. A occupation unique to the Botwan people is based on foraging in these plains, called grasscombing.

### Star shards

Meteors are common in the Botwanan region, the shards of which are valued by all residents of Botwa, and will often fight over them. Botwan updrafters camp on ledges and mountains and race to recover star shards where they fall.

### Red moons

Red moons are similar to blood moons as they occur in welt but in botwa are a nightly occurrence. A red moon is specifically a blood moon that has been aborted due to a special ritual that blocks the descent of the blood moon. This prevents the demonic reproductive cycle from taking place. The botwans enact the ritual nightly, as it enhances their chemical ability, creating more powerful dishes and potions.

The red moon ritual consists of a botwan holy person remaining in an underground place of worship until after midnight. Once midnight has passed, the blood moon will cease, but keeps its red hue.

### Fairy fountains

The rare oasis in Botwan deserts are kept by fairy nobility.

## Population

While Botwans are numerically the most numerous in the lands, local monster populations have established small settlements in the area, and live off the land, occasionally mugging unfortunate Botwan travelers.

While superior in numbers, the monstrous populations live simple lives in isolated tribes, rarely composed of more than a dozen individuals. The hostility between monsters and botwans usually stems from banditry and the usage of monster parts to make potions.

## **Other races**

### Pucks

The Botwans proper are the pucks living in Botwa, and their king has dominion over the area. They inhabit small villages all around botwa.

### Redcaps

Botwa was once invaded by Artesian gnomes, today there is a tenuous cosmopolitan peace between the artesians and the botwans. These gnomes are sometimes called Botwans, and they live mostly in wells and caves underneath settlements.

### Cragkin

Silicate animates whose diet is exclusively lithotrophic. They reside in the lower slopes of the western mountain range. They were subjugated sometime ago by the botwans.

### Vodyanoi

River dwellers who live in the mountain lakes and waterfalls. They were subjugated sometime ago by the botwans.

### Harpies

Sentient birds that live in eyries spread across the peaks of the western mountain ranges. They mostly keep to themselves and rarely leave their cliffs and ledges.

### Folidryads

Minute leaf beings who are lead by a forest lord living in the only forested area of Botwa. They are worshipped by the botwans.

### Fairies

Botwan fairies are structured into tribes centered around a queen that rules over an oasis, and her servants, called fairlings

### Monsters

Botwa is notable for the large number of monsters that inhabit the lands, due to the frequent blood moons that occur over the area. These monsters are hunted by the Botwans to make potions.