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Locations in the evolving world

The Prayer is a phrase said by those who worship or protect the tribes.

Places of importance:

Gaia:
The Village: Your average rustic and sunny village in a small valley. They say it is where life, and the first journey in the history of the world, began. It is home to the Shabby Meadows Orphanage.
The People: The people of Gaia are a middle class and average people. All of history's heros were born here.
The Prayer: Live, sleep, dream
Item: None

Biancamella:
The City: A bustling utopia of pink and yellows, a wall surrounds their home to keep out the unwanted. The city was named after the fairies that keep the city sweet.
The People: The people of Biancamella are kind hearted, sweet and stylish. They all have sweet toothes and happy-go-lucky, yet relaxed, looks on life, and can also be very snobby.
The Prayer: A delicate little lidded bowl, filled with crystalline sugar. One can never tell what sweet things will come from it...
Item: Biancamella

DandiiDooDad Forest:
The Forest: A jungle of overgrown dandilions and vines. The forest is said to be a living being itself. Whether truth or rumor is still unproven.
The People: A small band of misfits and mischief makers, they protect the forest. In return, the forest protects them.
The Prayer: A fuzzy, quiet, mischievous companion. It likes sunlight and reproduces via magical, bioluminescent spores. Not recommended for those sensitive to allergies.
Item: DandiiDooDad Spore

Bottle Ranch:
The Ranch: A small ranch in the flat land. It houses many flying horses who sleep in bottles in a large barn.
The People: Henry Scraps is the ranch owner and is very handy with a sword. He appreciates the occasional visitor and always welcomes the next challenge.
The Prayer: Carry this bottle gingerly like your heart. It will be yours to keep, but you will soon learn that the love which lasts the longest is the love that is never requited. Never named is the unknown, since you can never see the end.
Item: Fausto's Bottle

The Green Temple:
The Temple: A lone temple to the gods, covered in over growth and snakes. It bears a similar design to that of the Aztecs.
The People: The Priest Durago is an aged and spiritual man. He has no fear of the snakes, for they too protect the purity of the temple.
The Prayer: Nobody really knows what could hatch out of this green, scaly egg. Except for whatever's inside this green, scaly egg, of course.
Item: Green Corallus Egg

Hermes Village:
The Village: A small town that produces mochi for worldwide distribution. It was named Hermes Village after the mesenger God because of how quickly they deliver the mochi. The popular pet is a rare rabbit that appears with every new moon.
The People: The village is also widely known for the Festival of the Moon. The people dress in gold and white every night to celebrate every phse of the moon. They have banquets and games and parties galore. No one in Hermes Village has ever been known to say no to a celebration.
The Prayer: If you're lucky enough to catch a full moon on the clearest of nights, legend speaks of a special visitor...
Item: Hermes' Moon

Castle Orin:
The Castle: Surrounded by a village in constant poverty, the castle stands proud in the middle. Both the village and the castle are covered in small frogs called daes. One is rumored to be the cursed Prince Orin.
The People: The poor and deprived people of the villages live wretched lives as the King Oran reins and taves them into the ground. King Oran is the younger prother of Prince Orin. It is said that he is the one who had the curse placed on his brother, and the people live in hope that one day Orin will return.
The Prayer: This jar contains an unimpressive little egg that resembles a glob of snot. You're probably not feeling great about this investment, but then, more interesting things have come from less interesting places...
Item: Orindae

Pantheracorax Tavern:
The Tavern: A tavern and inn that rests high in the frosted north. It is in a small snow covered valley that Pantheracorax griffons use as their breeding grounds.
The People: Erik Featherback is a retired viking that opened the tavern to give back to those he had pillaged.
The Prayer: Inside this colorful egg-shaped stone, something warm and alive is stirring.
Item: Pantheracorax Agate

The Ice Lodge:
The Lodge: A lodge that rests in the frigid south. It is built on a lake that is froven all year long. Small Pora ice bears usually come by the lake to break a hole in the ice for fishing.
The People: Patricia Winters is a retired body gaurd who now runs the lodge. She is always willing to shelter anyone from the cold. Both those who pay and those who can't afford it.
The Prayer: This chilly little snowthing looks so cute its hard to believe its heart is made of ICE biggrin
Item: Pora Ice

Bamboo Basket Factory:
The Factory: An abandoned basket factory in the middle of a large bamboo forest. Raccoon like creatures called Tamas roam about and make their nests in baskets that were left in the old building.
The People: Big Tommy is a master salesman who bought the factory to prove he could sell anything. He uses the bamboo to make baskets and most of the furniture he has. He and the Tamas call the factory home and will protect it no matter what.
The Prayer: A cuddly basket full of magic and wonder. What might grow within the nest of blankets? A committed caretaker may uncover its secrets in time...
Item: Tama's Basket

The Experimental Tunnels:
The Tunnels: Once the dungeons of Castle Orin, until years ago when it was closed off by King Oran due to the spread of a strange infection caused by tampering with one of the prisoners DNA. Now the prisoners have dug out a large tunnel system where they live and breed.
The People: The infected are of kind hearted and loving nature. They stay below because down in the tunnels they can live without fear of anything harming them or their way of life.
The Prayer: You'll learn your lesson soon enough - trying to create life out of the old things in the back of the fridge is a recipe for things going horribly, horribly wrong.
Item: The Experiment

Drome Camp:
The Camp: A small group of tents and huts that is never in one place for too long.
The People: Nomads that have been shunned for their way of life. They are spiritual and do not cause much harm, but because their only way of breeding is through infection of the blood they have been hunted to the brink of extinction.
The Prayer: An egg fabricated from scraps of ancient DNA by the scientists at G-Corp. They made you sign a waiver before you took it home, absolving them of responsibility for any eaten pets or family members.
Item: White Drome Egg

Dion:
The City: A city built within the trees of a large and deadly forest the city is the pinnacle of natural technology.
The People: A race of strange plant/animal beings the inhabitants of Dion have been known to be gentle and peaceful at most times. If one is hungry then it is said that the being will devour all in it's path until its hunger is sustained. They pride themselves on their pottery.
The Prayer: Who knows what lives in this seemingly ordinary pot? The door is open to all sorts of possibilities.
Item: Dionaesil

Alruna:
The City: A dark place where the sun is covered by purple clouds and the only plant that grows is a dark rose that entangles all structures. The city is cursed to never see the light of day for all of the sin that occurs in this place. And that's just the way the denizens like it. The demons who were the first to call this place home, still run loose in the streets and try to influence all who wander through the cities gates.
The People: Born into a world without sun and brought up in sin the citizens of Alruna are a promiscuous bunch who enjoy their lives. They are sworn enemies of those who live in Biancamella.
The Prayer: A mischievous spirit lives in this black rose, eager to feed off of its owner's body and soul.
Item: Alruna's Rose

Furuyoru:
The Village: a small abndoned village in a valley near Hermes Village. It is old and desolate, yet rumors abound that spirits and other demons live and strive in this village. Only the very young, or pure of mind and heart can interact with such beings.
The People: Only certain rumors and gossip have told of beings who do reside there. Whether or not these are true still remain unseen, but you never know. Some say that only whispers of the dead remain.
The Prayer:Just an old, musty paper umbrella, but it sure does give you the creeps.
Item: Furugasa