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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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.~-:†*@#@#                  DESERT                  #@#@*†:-~.
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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 @@*::-....
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