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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.          #.....###.
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#..#...... 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)           #...#.##..
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..#.....## there  is a  law but it is  watered down .##...#.##
#..#....#. the  further  away   you   go   (inverse .###....##
##..#.....                 square?)                 .#.##...#.
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#.##..#... 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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....#...## =^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^=^ #.##.....#
#....#..#. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^  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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