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..~~†^%&## we might  find ourselves in the land  of ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&#    kirugu vargir. the borders are not    #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&## known!  it  spans   until   it   doesnt, ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### roughly. people know where they are,  or ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&## they have a hunch. below is  the map. it ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&#          is somewhat zoomed in.          #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&##                                          ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### kirugu   vargir  has  one  town,  a  big ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&##   settlement or aggregation of peoples   ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&# and  buildings. it's  also called kirugu #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&## vargir, located where the  forest  falls ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### into  the  desert. in  the  heart of the ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&## city stands the  crypt where  they  keep ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&# veszelle, the  comatose girl whose dream #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&## this is (she has been stolen  from earth ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&###          by a pack of martens)           ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&##                                          ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&# there is a law but it  is  watered  down #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&## the  further   away  you   go   (inverse ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&###                 square?)                 ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&##                                          ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&# the desert is  not so full of life,  but #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&## it  is there! a  lizard-like people make ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### their  homes  in   the   caverns   below ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&##       ground. they are the original      ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&#         collectors of the honey.         #&%^†~~...
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...~~†^%&# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . #&%^†~~...
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...~~†^%&# . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&##                  desert                  ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ###&%^†~~.
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...~~†^%&# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&##                   town                   ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### .  . . . . . . .  %# . . . . . . . . . . ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&## ################# #% ################### ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&## ~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&## ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  great woods ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&## ~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&## ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #&%^†~~...
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..~~†^%&##                                          ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&# in the forest are  minor food  producing #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&##       settlements, mines (battery        ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&###      production), witches and other      ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&## magicians,  and lots of prey. kirugu has ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&#   an overrepresentation of ferrets and   #&%^†~~...
..~~†^%&## they  are  also  made somewhere in  here ##&%^†~~..
.~~†^%&### (ferretary?),  down to the southwest. in ###&%^†~~.
..~~†^%&## the  southeast  are some  mountains  and ##&%^†~~..
...~~†^%&#                  caves.                  #&%^†~~...
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