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	=Geography=		=Geography=

	Those who dismiss the land say that Vilous has three flavors. Flat and cold (the Tatola Plains in the north), flat and hot (Sailzane Desert in the center) or flat and wet (the swamps of Vekshimar Uresh in the southwest and Jiar-jia in the south).		Those who dismiss the land say that Vilous has three flavors. Flat and cold (the Tatola Plains in the north), flat and hot (Sailzane Desert in the center) or flat and wet (the swamps of Vekshimar Uresh in the southwest and Jiar-jia in the south).

	There are also the Mensala Badlands in the southeast. And that's pretty much it. Sure there are oases, mountains, forests and all the other things you'll find on any continent of sufficient size. But it is mostly flat and worthless to outsiders.		There are also the Mensala Badlands in the southeast. And that's pretty much it. Sure there are oases, mountains, forests and all the other things you'll find on any continent of sufficient size. But it is mostly flat and worthless to outsiders.

	Vilous is homeland to the [[Sergal\|sergal]], [[Unified Setting/~~Lizardfolk~~\|lizardfolk]], [[Unified Setting/Gnolls\|gnolls]], and [[~~Unified_Setting~~/Doobies\|doobies]]. Other races, notably the goblins and their merchant fleet, have attempted to establish bases. These have all fallen or been abandoned after native attack. At the present time, only the precariously neutral, human-colonized island of Thrace off the lizardfolk coast endures.		Vilous is homeland to the [[Setting:Unified Setting/Sergal\|sergal]], [[Setting:Unified Setting/Toltecatl\|lizardfolk]], [[Setting:Unified Setting/Gnolls\|gnolls]], and [[Setting:Unified Setting/Doobies\|doobies]]. Other races, notably the goblins and their merchant fleet, have attempted to establish bases. These have all fallen or been abandoned after native attack. At the present time, only the precariously neutral, human-colonized island of Thrace off the lizardfolk coast endures.

	=Political Regions=		=Political Regions=

	==Silvoran Empire==		==Silvoran Empire==

	An alarming newcomer to the national stage, the Silvoran Empire arose a century ago thanks to the genius and blood-lust of its sergal founder. Governor-General Rain Silves.		An alarming newcomer to the national stage, the Silvoran Empire arose a century ago thanks to the genius and blood-lust of its sergal founder. Governor-General Rain Silves.

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	==Vekshimar Uresh==		==Vekshimar Uresh==
	Homeland of the [[Toltecatl]] and drainage basin for most of Vilous, Vekshimar is a vast, humid swamp with no known natural resources. Accordingly it has been ignored by every other race, even the Silvoran Empire under General Rain never laid claim to it.		Homeland of the [[Setting:Unified Setting/Toltecatl\|Toltecatl]] and drainage basin for most of Vilous, Vekshimar is a vast, humid swamp with no known natural resources. Accordingly it has been ignored by every other race, even the Silvoran Empire under General Rain never laid claim to it.

	Toltecatl society revolves around their religion, whose main god and goal both translate into PROGRESS!(1) Toltecatl believe they must learn all that can be learned and use that information to advance their race. It is common for young Toltecatl to go on pilgrimages across the world, amassing whatever information they can. When they feel they have learned enough they return to Vekshimar to present their findings to the archivists.		Toltecatl society revolves around their religion, whose main god and goal both translate into PROGRESS!(1) Toltecatl believe they must learn all that can be learned and use that information to advance their race. It is common for young Toltecatl to go on pilgrimages across the world, amassing whatever information they can. When they feel they have learned enough they return to Vekshimar to present their findings to the archivists.
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	When the news spread other nations began treating the Toltecatl with greater respect. The elves denounced the work as crude and unworthy of even apprentice level casters, but everybody expected them to. The Toltecatl knew life-magic, and treated it casually. Who knew what other secrets they had in their possession?		When the news spread other nations began treating the Toltecatl with greater respect. The elves denounced the work as crude and unworthy of even apprentice level casters, but everybody expected them to. The Toltecatl knew life-magic, and treated it casually. Who knew what other secrets they had in their possession?


	(1) A note on language: Toltecatl speech is notoriously difficult for outsiders to interpret. To the untrained ear, the primary language sounds like guttural hisses. So does everything else uttered by a Toltecatl and respectable people question the sanity of scholars who waste their time trying to understand their tongue. PROGRESS! (both the god and the goal) both derive from the same root, are uttered as verbs in a notoriously verb-heavy language and both have imperfective aspect, active voice, imperative mood, are present-active infinitive, future perfect tense. The god form is third-person singular and neuter. The goal form is first-person plural. Because the god-form is a verb, debate rages whether the Toltecatl have an actual god, are animistic or instead follow a philosophy.		(1) A note on language: Toltecatl speech is notoriously difficult for outsiders to interpret. To the untrained ear, the primary language sounds like guttural hisses. So does everything else uttered by a Toltecatl and respectable people question the sanity of scholars who waste their time trying to understand their tongue. PROGRESS! (both the god and the goal) both derive from the same root, are uttered as verbs in a notoriously verb-heavy language and both have imperfective aspect, active voice, imperative mood, are present-active infinitive, future perfect tense. The god form is third-person singular and neuter. The goal form is first-person plural. Because the god-form is a verb, debate rages whether the Toltecatl have an actual god, are animistic or instead follow a philosophy.
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	==Jiar-jia (The Swamp of Death)==		==Jiar-jia (The Swamp of Death)==

	Homeland of the doobies, the most perfect, beautiful and awesome creatures in all of creation. In deference to lesser beings they make their home in the southernmost realm of Vilous. The area is a drain for Vilous and Lindwurm and infested with creatures so foul and dangerous they seem to have stepped out of the Water Forest. The doobies insist that the Swamp of Death is actually a paradise that other races are simply unable to appreciate.		Homeland of the doobies, the most perfect, beautiful and awesome creatures in all of creation. In deference to lesser beings they make their home in the southernmost realm of Vilous. The area is a drain for Vilous and Lindwurm and infested with creatures so foul and dangerous they seem to have stepped out of the Water Forest. The doobies insist that the Swamp of Death is actually a paradise that other races are simply unable to appreciate.

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	==Gnoll Tribes==		==Gnoll Tribes==

	Despite centuries of working and living together and a prospering trade in goods and ideas with other nations, the world remains a very racist place. Humanoid races universally place themselves at the top of the ranking, judging other humanoids by various criteria and rarely distinguish between the beastmen. Beastmen are more discerning, interleaving humanoids and beastmen underneath them. Lizardfolk for example are quite fond of the drow and place them third, beneath themselves and the extinct draconians. Kobolds being a simple, practical people invert the standard ranking and put themselves at the bottom, ranking other races above them by how scary they are.		Despite centuries of working and living together and a prospering trade in goods and ideas with other nations, the world remains a very racist place. Humanoid races universally place themselves at the top of the ranking, judging other humanoids by various criteria and rarely distinguish between the beastmen. Beastmen are more discerning, interleaving humanoids and beastmen underneath them. Lizardfolk for example are quite fond of the drow and place them third, beneath themselves and the extinct draconians. Kobolds being a simple, practical people invert the standard ranking and put themselves at the bottom, ranking other races above them by how scary they are.

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	=See also=		=See also=
	*[[~~Sergal_Fluff~~\|Sergal History]]		*[[Setting:Unified Setting/Sergal\|Sergal History]]

	=Adventure Hooks=		=Adventure Hooks=
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	*'''Super Happy Gnoll Death Squad Family Hour'''- Your adventuring party are all gnolls. They kill what they want and doesn't afraid of anything.		*'''Super Happy Gnoll Death Squad Family Hour'''- Your adventuring party are all gnolls. They kill what they want and doesn't afraid of anything.
	*'''Blood of the Empress'''- The Eternal Empress cultists are stirring. Find out why, and if possible stop them. Complications include, but are not limited to: Finding the body of Rain, magical fleshshaping blood that could only come from one person, or the Yellow-Eyed Terror herself.		*'''Blood of the Empress'''- The Eternal Empress cultists are stirring. Find out why, and if possible stop them. Complications include, but are not limited to: Finding the body of Rain, magical fleshshaping blood that could only come from one person, or the Yellow-Eyed Terror herself.


	[[Category:Unified Setting]]		[[Category:Unified Setting]]

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	=Adventure Hooks=		=Adventure Hooks=
	* '''The Green Berets'''- You are an elite team of adventurers. Your true patrons are clouded by so many layers it would make an onion cry. But your mission is clear. Transit to southern Vilous, establish a base-camp, contact and recruit gnoll tribes and renegade sergals to your cause. Train them in the ways of mayhem, murder and death. Acting solo and leading your native allies give the Silvoran Empire a bloody snout. Sabotage their military machine. Raid their settlements. Do everything in your power to drench the Sailzane Desert in Silvoran blood.		* '''The Green Berets'''- You are an elite team of adventurers. Your true patrons are clouded by so many layers it would make an onion cry. But your mission is clear. Transit to southern Vilous, establish a base-camp, contact and recruit gnoll tribes and renegade sergals to your cause. Train them in the ways of mayhem, murder and death. Acting solo and leading your native allies give the Silvoran Empire a bloody snout. Sabotage their military machine. Raid their settlements. Do everything in your power to drench the Sailzane Desert in Silvoran blood.
	* '''Raid on Rs'''- The library-temples of the lizardfolk used to be a punchline, but their knowledge of life-shaping has changed that. The lizardfolk may have their own timetable towards PROGRESS! but ~~their~~ is no denying they have accumulated vast wisdom. Your job is to break-in and retrieve whatever you can, while avoiding death at the hands of an entire nation who consider knowledge to be their holy of holies.		* '''Raid on Rs'''- The library-temples of the lizardfolk used to be a punchline, but their knowledge of life-shaping has changed that. The lizardfolk may have their own timetable towards PROGRESS! but there is no denying they have accumulated vast wisdom. Your job is to break-in and retrieve whatever you can, while avoiding death at the hands of an entire nation who consider knowledge to be their holy of holies.
	* '''Just a quick border crossing'''- The Silvoran Empire needs intelligence about the elves, but all sergals are suspect. The players on the other hand are perfect for a quick recon mission. What could go wrong?		* '''Just a quick border crossing'''- The Silvoran Empire needs intelligence about the elves, but all sergals are suspect. The players on the other hand are perfect for a quick recon mission. What could go wrong?
	*'''DOOBIES!'''- Your patron is convinced that the doobie race holds whatever it is he wants. Hit Vilous, cross a beastman infested continent, somehow survive a trip across the Swamp of Death to reach the doobie homeland. Now try and navigate doobie culture while dwelling amidst doobie-worshipping cultists in the foreign quarter. Try not to say anything negative about your host race.		*'''DOOBIES!'''- Your patron is convinced that the doobie race holds whatever it is he wants. Hit Vilous, cross a beastman infested continent, somehow survive a trip across the Swamp of Death to reach the doobie homeland. Now try and navigate doobie culture while dwelling amidst doobie-worshipping cultists in the foreign quarter. Try not to say anything negative about your host race.

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	Doobies are creatures of such striking beauty, that it is impossible not to stare in awe at them. Their songs are so hauntingly beautiful they awaken a melancholy so deep it brings tears to all who hear it. Their movements are so graceful it inspires love in even the coldest of hearts. Their intellect and philosophy are so powerful that it is difficult for lesser beings to understand even an iota of their wisdom		Doobies are creatures of such striking beauty, that it is impossible not to stare in awe at them. Their songs are so hauntingly beautiful they awaken a melancholy so deep it brings tears to all who hear it. Their movements are so graceful it inspires love in even the coldest of hearts. Their intellect and philosophy are so powerful that it is difficult for lesser beings to understand even an iota of their wisdom

	Doobies are freakish, ~~mishappen~~ looking creatures that it is impossible not to gawk at. Their incessant, tuneless wailing is so unbearable it can make a grown man cry. Their freakish, spastic jerking is so pitiful you feel an urge to correct them. Their nonsensical ramblings make the ravings of a drunken kobold with heat-stroke seem sane in comparison.		Doobies are freakish, misshapen looking creatures that it is impossible not to gawk at. Their incessant, tuneless wailing is so unbearable it can make a grown man cry. Their freakish, spastic jerking is so pitiful you feel an urge to correct them. Their nonsensical ramblings make the ravings of a drunken kobold with heat-stroke seem sane in comparison.

	Whichever side you believe, the doobie endure despite all threats. This, they say, is proof of their perfection. Naysayers put greater credit on the fact that doobies are almost impossible to kill. They heal in seconds from normal wounds, slightly longer from mortal ones and have been known to pick up and re-attach severed limbs.		Whichever side you believe, the doobie endure despite all threats. This, they say, is proof of their perfection. Naysayers put greater credit on the fact that doobies are almost impossible to kill. They heal in seconds from normal wounds, slightly longer from mortal ones and have been known to pick up and re-attach severed limbs.

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	While outwardly a great power, the Silvoran Empire is teetering on the brink of collapse. Universal conscription into the omnipresent military has done much to unify the sergals (as has making referring to southerners by the racial epithet of "gnoll-blooded" a prosecutable offense under the Silvoran Code of Military Justice). But there are still factions dividing the empire.		While outwardly a great power, the Silvoran Empire is teetering on the brink of collapse. Universal conscription into the omnipresent military has done much to unify the sergals (as has making referring to southerners by the racial epithet of "gnoll-blooded" a prosecutable offense under the Silvoran Code of Military Justice). But there are still factions dividing the empire.

	Southern sergals are resentful of their subjugation, and bands of freedom-fighters still roam the Sailzane Desert. The military government is ill-suited to deal with the complexity of a modern society, but dare not change for fear of unleashing pent-up revolutionary forces. Ambitious generals scheme for the position of General~~-Regent~~, followers of the old ways agitate for greater influence, and most disturbing of all is the Cult of Rain.		Southern sergals are resentful of their subjugation, and bands of freedom-fighters still roam the Sailzane Desert. The military government is ill-suited to deal with the complexity of a modern society, but dare not change for fear of unleashing pent-up revolutionary forces. Ambitious generals scheme for the position of Acting Governor-General, followers of the old ways agitate for greater influence, and most disturbing of all is the Cult of Rain.

	Declaring her the Eternal Empress, these cultists believe Rain still lives and will return one day to lead the Silvoran Empire to new heights of glory. While loyal to the existing government they do all in their power to expand the empire, believing that is her will and that conflict will lead to strength. The generals who run the empire keep a careful eye on the cult, fearful that they may be right and that the magics Rain learned in her later years could preserve her to the present day.		Declaring her the Eternal Empress, these cultists believe Rain still lives and will return one day to lead the Silvoran Empire to new heights of glory. While loyal to the existing government they do all in their power to expand the empire, believing that is her will and that conflict will lead to strength. The generals who run the empire keep a careful eye on the cult, fearful that they may be right and that the magics Rain learned in her later years could preserve her to the present day.

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	==Silvoran Empire==		==Silvoran Empire==

	An alarming newcomer to the national stage, the Silvoran Empire arose a century ago thanks to the genius and blood-lust of its sergal founder. General Rain Silves.		An alarming newcomer to the national stage, the Silvoran Empire arose a century ago thanks to the genius and blood-lust of its sergal founder. Governor-General Rain Silves.

	Opinions differ as to whether she was a brilliant polymath, a bloodthirsty atavism or a sergal touched by the gods themselves. The facts are she forged a mighty empire out of scattered tribes that once threatened the world and endures to this day.		Opinions differ as to whether she was a brilliant polymath, a bloodthirsty atavism or a sergal touched by the gods themselves. The facts are she forged a mighty empire out of scattered tribes that once threatened the world and endures to this day.

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Geography

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	There are also the Mensala Badlands in the southeast. And that's pretty much it. Sure there are oases, mountains, forests and all the other things you'll find on any continent of sufficient size. But it is mostly flat and worthless to outsiders.		There are also the Mensala Badlands in the southeast. And that's pretty much it. Sure there are oases, mountains, forests and all the other things you'll find on any continent of sufficient size. But it is mostly flat and worthless to outsiders.

	Vilous is homeland to the [[Sergal\|sergal]], [[Unified Setting/Lizardfolk\|lizardfolk]], [[Unified Setting/Gnolls\|gnolls]], and [[Doobies\|doobies]]. Other races, notably the goblins and their merchant fleet, have attempted to establish bases. These have all fallen or been abandoned after native attack. At the present time, only the precariously neutral, human-colonized island of Thrace off the lizardfolk coast endures.		Vilous is homeland to the [[Sergal\|sergal]], [[Unified Setting/Lizardfolk\|lizardfolk]], [[Unified Setting/Gnolls\|gnolls]], and [[Unified_Setting/Doobies\|doobies]]. Other races, notably the goblins and their merchant fleet, have attempted to establish bases. These have all fallen or been abandoned after native attack. At the present time, only the precariously neutral, human-colonized island of Thrace off the lizardfolk coast endures.

	=Political Regions=		=Political Regions=

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	==Vekshimar Uresh==		==Vekshimar Uresh==
	Homeland of the Toltecatl and drainage basin for most of Vilous, Vekshimar is a vast, humid swamp with no known natural resources. Accordingly it has been ignored by every other race, even the Silvoran Empire under General Rain never laid claim to it.		Homeland of the [[Toltecatl]] and drainage basin for most of Vilous, Vekshimar is a vast, humid swamp with no known natural resources. Accordingly it has been ignored by every other race, even the Silvoran Empire under General Rain never laid claim to it.

	Toltecatl society revolves around their religion, whose main god and goal both translate into PROGRESS!(1) Toltecatl believe they must learn all that can be learned and use that information to advance their race. It is common for young Toltecatl to go on pilgrimages across the world, amassing whatever information they can. When they feel they have learned enough they return to Vekshimar to present their findings to the archivists.		Toltecatl society revolves around their religion, whose main god and goal both translate into PROGRESS!(1) Toltecatl believe they must learn all that can be learned and use that information to advance their race. It is common for young Toltecatl to go on pilgrimages across the world, amassing whatever information they can. When they feel they have learned enough they return to Vekshimar to present their findings to the archivists.

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	=Adventure Hooks=		=Adventure Hooks=
	* '''The Green Berets''': You are an elite team of adventurers. Your true patrons are clouded by so many layers it would make an onion cry. But your mission is clear. Transit to southern Vilous, establish a base-camp, contact and recruit gnoll tribes and renegade sergals to your cause. Train them in the ways of mayhem, murder and death. Acting solo and leading your native allies give the Silvoran Empire a bloody snout. Sabotage their military machine. Raid their settlements. Do everything in your power to drench the Sailzane Desert in Silvoran blood.		* '''The Green Berets'''- You are an elite team of adventurers. Your true patrons are clouded by so many layers it would make an onion cry. But your mission is clear. Transit to southern Vilous, establish a base-camp, contact and recruit gnoll tribes and renegade sergals to your cause. Train them in the ways of mayhem, murder and death. Acting solo and leading your native allies give the Silvoran Empire a bloody snout. Sabotage their military machine. Raid their settlements. Do everything in your power to drench the Sailzane Desert in Silvoran blood.
	* '''Raid on Rs''': The library-temples of the lizardfolk used to be a punchline, but their knowledge of life-shaping has changed that. The lizardfolk may have their own timetable towards PROGRESS! but their is no denying they have accumulated vast wisdom. Your job is to break-in and retrieve whatever you can, while avoiding death at the hands of an entire nation who consider knowledge to be their holy of holies.		* '''Raid on Rs'''- The library-temples of the lizardfolk used to be a punchline, but their knowledge of life-shaping has changed that. The lizardfolk may have their own timetable towards PROGRESS! but their is no denying they have accumulated vast wisdom. Your job is to break-in and retrieve whatever you can, while avoiding death at the hands of an entire nation who consider knowledge to be their holy of holies.
	* '''Just a quick border crossing''': The Silvoran Empire needs intelligence about the elves, but all sergals are suspect. The players on the other hand are perfect for a quick recon mission. What could go wrong?		* '''Just a quick border crossing'''- The Silvoran Empire needs intelligence about the elves, but all sergals are suspect. The players on the other hand are perfect for a quick recon mission. What could go wrong?
	*'''DOOBIES!''': Your patron is convinced that the doobie race holds whatever it is he wants. Hit Vilous, cross a beastman infested continent, somehow survive a trip across the Swamp of Death to reach the doobie homeland. Now try and navigate doobie culture while dwelling amidst doobie-worshipping cultists in the foreign quarter. Try not to say anything negative about your host race.		*'''DOOBIES!'''- Your patron is convinced that the doobie race holds whatever it is he wants. Hit Vilous, cross a beastman infested continent, somehow survive a trip across the Swamp of Death to reach the doobie homeland. Now try and navigate doobie culture while dwelling amidst doobie-worshipping cultists in the foreign quarter. Try not to say anything negative about your host race.
	*'''Super Happy Gnoll Death Squad Family Hour''': Your adventuring party are all gnolls. They kill what they want and doesn't afraid of anything.		*'''Super Happy Gnoll Death Squad Family Hour'''- Your adventuring party are all gnolls. They kill what they want and doesn't afraid of anything.
			*'''Blood of the Empress'''- The Eternal Empress cultists are stirring. Find out why, and if possible stop them. Complications include, but are not limited to: Finding the body of Rain, magical fleshshaping blood that could only come from one person, or the Yellow-Eyed Terror herself.


	[[Category:Unified Setting]]		[[Category:Unified Setting]]