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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                  %=^~:.....
....:~^=%& . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . &%=^~:....
...:~^=%&¶                                          ¶&%=^~:...
..:~^=%&¶@ . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . @¶&%=^~:..
.:~^=%&¶@#                   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.                  @¶&%=^~:..
.:~^=%&¶@#                                          #@¶&%=^~:.
..:~^=%&¶@                                          @¶&%=^~:..
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