...,~/*%##                                          ##%*/~,...
....,~/*%#                                          #%*/~,....
.....,~/*%                                          %*/~,.....
......,~/*                                          */~,......
.......,~/                                          /~,.......
......,~/* 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.         %*/~,.....
....,~/*%#                                          #%*/~,....
...,~/*%##                                          ##%*/~,...
..,~/*%###                                          ###%*/~,..
.,~/*%#### . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ####%*/~,.
..,~/*%###                                          ###%*/~,..
...,~/*%## . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ##%*/~,...
....,~/*%#                                          #%*/~,....
.....,~/*% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . %*/~,.....
......,~/*                  desert                  */~,......
.......,~/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . /~,.......
......,~/*                                          */~,......
.....,~/*% .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %*/~,.....
....,~/*%#                   town                   #%*/~,....
...,~/*%## . . . . . . . .  %# . . . . . . . .  . . ##%*/~,...
..,~/*%### ################# #% ################### ###%*/~,..
.,~/*%#### , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , , , , ####%*/~,.
..,~/*%### ~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% ###%*/~,..
...,~/*%## , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , , , , , , , , ##%*/~,...
....,~/*%# *,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*, #%*/~,....
.....,~/*% , , , , , , , great woods  , , , , , , , %*/~,.....
......,~/* ~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% */~,......
.......,~/ , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , /~,.......
......,~/* *,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*, */~,......
.....,~/*% , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , , , %*/~,.....
....,~/*%#                                          #%*/~,....
...,~/*%##                                          ##%*/~,...
..,~/*%###                                          ###%*/~,..
.,~/*%#### 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.                  %*/~,.....
....,~/*%#                                          #%*/~,....
...,~/*%##                                          ##%*/~,...
..,~/*%###                                          ###%*/~,..
.,~/*%####                                          ####%*/~,.
..,~/*%###                                          ###%*/~,..
...,~/*%##                                          ##%*/~,...