Alacritis Is Expanding!
12-28-2013, 09:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2014, 12:46 PM by Zafira.)
The Dark Forest (because without one up north where will Zafira live?)
Shadows have claimed this land, as the name of it so clearly states. A vast array of trees rules this place; from redwoods to evergreens to birch to maple, all growing to immense heights, their canopies blocking out the sun and the moon above, therefore nothing grows on the forest floor, which is covered in dead and decaying foliage which has fallen from the massive trees. Not many dare to enter here, because the creatures that do reside here are known to attack, due to the hunger caused by the absence of prey. With no shrubs, ungulates do not come here, nor rodents, so nothing can eat. However, it is a haven for creatures that climb, the treetops diverse with life that chatters away; which sounds almost menacing from the ground far below.
Avian Estuary (West)
A marshy wetland is home to a nesting ground for birds of all kinds. Herons, storks, ducks, swans, and in the trees surrounding many songbirds feed their young with the insect larvae that spawn in the spring. Frogs are also abundant, their tadpoles becoming dinner for many young birds. In the centre of it all, there is an island with a single willow tree in the middle, big enough for a few wolves to gather for a meeting; or simply a place for young lovers to escape and be alone together wrapped in the songs of thousands of birds.
Firefly Lake (East)
It looks quite a bit like every other lake, surrounded by cattails and reeds in some places, so thick with the plants that it's hard to get through them, other places are soft sandy beaches, and in others water smoothed pebbles make up the shore. However, when night falls, the fireflies come out from their hiding places and swarm over the surface of the lake and all over the grassy fields around it. It appears the stars have fallen from the sky and are floating about the land as far as the eyes can see.
Scaled Island (Islands)
The island is completely barren, it is mostly rocks and the occasional stunted, gnarled tree strong enough to poke up from the volcanic soils below. It is home to a variety of reptilian life, large lizards, snakes, and there is even a muddy crocodile pit in the centre of the island's small archipelago where about seven large saltwater crocodiles eat the fish they can get to in the ocean. Altogether, it is not a place for the faint of heart.
Shadows have claimed this land, as the name of it so clearly states. A vast array of trees rules this place; from redwoods to evergreens to birch to maple, all growing to immense heights, their canopies blocking out the sun and the moon above, therefore nothing grows on the forest floor, which is covered in dead and decaying foliage which has fallen from the massive trees. Not many dare to enter here, because the creatures that do reside here are known to attack, due to the hunger caused by the absence of prey. With no shrubs, ungulates do not come here, nor rodents, so nothing can eat. However, it is a haven for creatures that climb, the treetops diverse with life that chatters away; which sounds almost menacing from the ground far below.
Avian Estuary (West)
A marshy wetland is home to a nesting ground for birds of all kinds. Herons, storks, ducks, swans, and in the trees surrounding many songbirds feed their young with the insect larvae that spawn in the spring. Frogs are also abundant, their tadpoles becoming dinner for many young birds. In the centre of it all, there is an island with a single willow tree in the middle, big enough for a few wolves to gather for a meeting; or simply a place for young lovers to escape and be alone together wrapped in the songs of thousands of birds.
Firefly Lake (East)
It looks quite a bit like every other lake, surrounded by cattails and reeds in some places, so thick with the plants that it's hard to get through them, other places are soft sandy beaches, and in others water smoothed pebbles make up the shore. However, when night falls, the fireflies come out from their hiding places and swarm over the surface of the lake and all over the grassy fields around it. It appears the stars have fallen from the sky and are floating about the land as far as the eyes can see.
Scaled Island (Islands)
The island is completely barren, it is mostly rocks and the occasional stunted, gnarled tree strong enough to poke up from the volcanic soils below. It is home to a variety of reptilian life, large lizards, snakes, and there is even a muddy crocodile pit in the centre of the island's small archipelago where about seven large saltwater crocodiles eat the fish they can get to in the ocean. Altogether, it is not a place for the faint of heart.