Cthonia

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Geography

Cthonia, sometimes called the Thunderlands, is a sheltered and mostly unexplored land. Located on what is commonly called the Eastern Arm of the Continent of Yrth, it falls between The Scab to the west and the Crying Woods to the east. It was mostly avoided as "too dangerous for civilized folks" until recently. As trade between the Peninsula of Elenna and parts east increased, the need for a land trade route has increased.

Much of the "floor" of Cythonia is jungle. The term floor is used, because above the jungle are huge plateaus. Some rise as high as several thousand feet above the carpeted forest below. Surrounding Savannahs are the home for the larger dinosaurs, also called the Thunder Gods.

Despite the dangers more and more people are choosing to either spend time in Cythonia or even to call it home. Several villages are rumored to exist, but until the trade routes are better secured, the knowledge of trading posts and safe houses along Monster Trail are sketchy and undependable.

The new interest in an established trade route has drawn every manner of explorer, hunter, and trailblazer to the area, trying to cash in on the establishing of this trade route, which has been called Thunder Road. However, the route does not want to be tamed. For Cthonia's main type of wildlife is dinosaurs! There are other threats to be sure, but dinosaurs top the list.

Great Beast Hunters try to keep the trailblazers safe. On the other hand, however, Monstrologers have flocked to the area to see that the "noble beasts" of the area are not hunted to extinction, while scheming to see that the Great Beast Hunters do become endangered. Witch covens have for some reason taken to the area, perhaps seeking solitude and escape from persecution. Other free thinkers, libertines, outlaws, and other misfits of society find Cythonia a refuge, if a dangerous one.

There are also tribes of natives in the area that adhere to a spiritual type existence. To many, the beasts of the area are holy. It is said that a religion is followed by some of these primitives that worships the Great Beast, a legendary power that rules over all the beasts of Cthonia. There is said to be much variation among these tribes and how they choose to worship and follow the Great One.

History

Cythonia was destroyed at the end of the 4th Age and the entire area was a desert of black ash. This was first discovered by the Gold Dragons who claim that the First King of New Elenna, Yatimir, was secretly buried in the Ashlands. With the death and recreation of The Wold at the end of the 5th age, the area was restored, pristine and complete--at least as far as anyone knows. A remnant of the Ashlands known as the Blasted Crater was left as a reminder of the arrogance of the Noble Races of the past.